14 Year Old Makes Invention to Remove Blind Spots in Cars

Yes, you read that right. A 14 year old, someone not old enough to even drive, just outsmarted us all by solving the problem of blind spots in cars that cause so many accidents.

14-year-old Alaina Gassler lives in West Grove, Pennsylvania, just west of Philadelphia.  And she came up with an invention that basically eliminates the BLIND SPOTS in a car created by the support posts on the sides of the windshield.

She put a tiny camera on the passenger’s side of a car, right next to the windshield.  Then she linked it to a projector installed inside the car that projects live video ONTO the blind spot.

She recently entered it into an engineering contest called the Broadcom Masters, which is like a science fair for super-smart kids.  And she won the grand prize of $25,000.

Now car companies are looking into offering it in their cars, and it could be available relatively soon.