BREAKING Nigerian Engineer invents smart bra to detect Breast Cancer
BREAKING Nigerian Engineer invents smart bra to detect Breast Cancer
Nigerian robotics and embedded systems engineer, Kemisola Bolarinwa, has invented a smart bra capable of diagnosing early-stage breast cancer before symptoms develop.
Bolarinwa made the invention known to the world in February 2022, by designing the prototype of the smart bra, which was spurred by the death of her loved one in 2017.
She said before the death of her aunt, she rarely paid any attention to breast cancer because it was just something she heard on the TV or radio.
Bolarinwa, the founder and chief executive officer of Nextwear Technologies, the first wearable technology startup in Nigeria, said she was moved to invent the smart bra, after frequent visits to the hospital where her aunt was before she died.
She said seeing other women battling breast cancer was painful, and her efforts to intensify research into the invention were increased.
Her invention was recognised by BBC Africa, adding that she spent a year and a half of intense research, before the smart bra came up in 2019.
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