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Meet Mahika – the future of Smart engineering is in safe hands

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SmartFutures

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United Kingdom

Publication date:

1 February 2018

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News

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As part of the UCL STEM Literacy programme (see related publication) and in partnership with Primary Engineer Leaders Award, one participant, nine-year-old, Miss Mihika Sharma, supported by UCL Engineering students, invented the ‘Smart Stick’ to aid the visually-impaired.

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Meet Mahika – the future of Smart engineering is in safe hands

Meet Mahika – the future of Smart engineering is in safe hands

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