At age 11, Moziah Bridges took to Shark Tank to present his custom idea. His fashionable, custom, “Mo’s Bows” was a hit with the sharks where they offered him deals for his company. However, after advice given by Daymond John, Moziah ultimately decided to decline the deals to keep full ownership of his company.

Luckily for Mo, that was one of the best decisions in his youthful life. Now 15, Mo’s Bows has landed an agreement that will launch his company to a new level. The NBA has partnered with Mo’s Bows to allow designing of custom ties complete with NBA team branding and logos. The NBA will gain a special area in merchandising to add to their empire of sports apparel. For the fans who wish to sport their team in style, Mo’s Bows will provide.

This deal is huge for Bridges and his company. With NBA apparel always growing each season, Mo’s company is sure to follow suit; pun intended. The NBA is very selective with their deals with other companies, and for Mo to land a partnership at 15 years of age is a huge accomplishment.

Through the inspiring nature of Moziah and his smart and supportive mom, Mo’s Bows hopes to become a household name. And with this deal, it is likely it will become so soon.

Inventing wizard, Mihir Garimella has taken his curiosity of how the world works and utilized it to power his creative mind to save lives. The 18-year old Pittsburgh native has explored the infinite potential of drones. A very successful inventor for his age, science fair champion, and technology junkie, Garimella had a revelation moment that led to an idea.

Coming home from vacation, Mihir took notice of fruit flies all over some bananas they had sitting on the kitchen counter. After many failed attempts to swat them, he reflected on the irritating, but amazing reaction time of the fruit flies. A creature so small with terrible vision clarity, has one of the fastest vision processing speeds of any creature. Mihir took this discovery and applied it to fast response search and rescue drones.

Now a student at Stanford University in California, he hopes to upgrade his previous idea he called “Firefly” and apply it to rapid response teams. His goal was to create a low-cost, but reliable drone, with adaptable “plug-ins” for separate tasks. And he has delivered. One example of his adaption is applying thermal reading to a drone to process heat signatures given off by distressed humans in need of rescue. Another situation such as a nuclear leak, a specialized drone with radiation detection can identify affected areas for cleanup.

The possibilities are endless. And with the ambition of Mihir, the sky is the limit. Mihir would like to keep his drone under the $1000 range for affordability. After future testing and adaptions, he hopes to have products available in one to two years.

The world is changing, technology is growing; sometimes in a dark way. Mihir understands the dangers of drones and remains optimistic to show the world the positive potential for drones to save lives around the world.