6 Genius Kids Knocking The Future With Innovation

By siliconindia  |   Wednesday, 11 June 2014, 00:52 IST
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BANGALORE: All entrepreneurs face hurdles in starting their businesses. But that’s not the case here as Thiel foundation created by Peter Thiel, offers $100,000 fellows program as well as mentorship for a select group of entrepreneurial kids if they jump right into working on their passions. The only catch is that they have to ditch college.  If you eager to know who these wonder kids are, here is a list of the next genius fellows who are below their 20s and are already making an impression with their innovations, as listed by fastcoexist.com
Benjamin Englard (18, Miami, FL): Benjamin Englard, a 2013 graduate of Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High, will be one of the genius teens who will be assisted by Thiel foundation to work on high-tech projects and companies instead of attending college for two years. Englard who has completed his first year of college is a student of computer science at the University of Michigan, has an impressive track record over his research in this particular field. Englard whos interest liesin natural language processing, computer vision, and other combination of computer science is now working to combine ideas from computer science and psychology with the goal of personalizing technology.
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