09/28/2025
Meet Bohlale Mphahlele, a 16-year-old innovator from Limpopo, South Africa. She developed a discreet safety device called the Alerting Earpiece, an earring that hides a camera and GPS. With a press of a concealed button it captures a photo of an attacker, sends your location to trusted contacts (and possibly police), and activates emergency alerts. She unveiled it at the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists and is working to bring the prototype into real use.
