How A High School Senior Won $150,000 By Inventing A $35 Medical Device

A few years ago, while at summer camp, Maya Varma witnessed a close friend having a severe asthma attack. She was taken to a hospital and recovered.

For most teenagers, that would be that. But Varma isn’t like most teenagers.

She started asking questions and discovered that a device called a spirometer was used to treat her friend.

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