SAMMAMISH, Wash. — A Sammamish high school student has developed cutting-edge technology that could help reduce animal-vehicle collisions.
Vedant Srinivas, a student at Eastlake High School, developed a system called Eqwis, which enables animal crossing signs to alert drivers when animals are actually present on a road.
His work earned him a $5,000 award at the 2022 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair.
The system uses sensors to detect animals on the road and an algorithm that pins down whether they’re moving away or toward a road.
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