An NTU engineering duo made Google headlines when they were crowned one of the three winners in this year’s Google Solutions Challenge. The students’ invention, an app that keeps dementia patients safe and engaged and gives their caregivers an avenue to get information and support for themselves, beat other entries from teams across six continents. As a sign of the app’s utility, the pair is already working with social organisations and nursing homes in Singapore and are planning to reach out to private caregivers as well.

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