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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Technology
Sarah Lumley

Young designers create app to help tackle substance abuse and plastic pollution

Two budding innovators have won a nationwide competition by designing applications for voice-controlled devices to help tackle substance abuse and plastic pollution.

Eleora Ajanaku, 16, from Cambridge, and Isi Holdom, 13, from Peckham, saw their ideas picked by a judging panel, which included Carol Vorderman, to win a nationwide competition.

After starting to code at the age of nine, Eleora proposed an Alexa skill called "Sober Tracker" to help those struggling with alcohol addiction and substance abuse after being inspired by her grandfather’s own battle.

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