Emma Yang Launches Crowdfunding Campaign For App To Help Improve Alzheimer’s Patients’ Daily Lives

Emma Yang, a 14 year old entrepreneur and coder, recently launched a crowdfunding campaign on IndieGogo for an app aimed at improving the daily lives of consumers with Alzheimer’s. The app—named Timeless—displays photos of friends and family for people with Alzheimer’s to scroll through, listing their names and relation to that individual.

Tech is also being developed for the app which allows the user to take a photo of somebody they do not recognize. Using facial recognition technology, the app then attempts to identify that individual for the user. Ms. Yang hopes to raise enough during . . .