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Thirteen$%ear$!ld &'hi( )id* +uin EtnreSchools M,T Graduates ,n ElectronicProgrammingn five ears- he ho.es he will be attending the Cambridge school for college/

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+uin Etnre has his own com.an that manufactures electronic bits for .eo.les* .et .ro4ects- has

aught M,T graduates how to .rogram- and is alread fairl confident he will attend the

.restigious school himself in a few ears/

"nd he is onl 56 ears old/

This wee7 theBBC ran a feature about Etnre*s im.ressive list of accolades- which outside of

o.erating his own small$scale business venture- +tech7now- aimed at hel.ing other 7ids get into

electronic .rogramming- includes building a moveable robot that can detect when there is a wall

or other structure and move awa without the hel. of a human o.erator/

n theBBCfeature- Etnre is seen teaching a class to members of the M,T Club of Southern

California- a volunteer$run organi(ation that unites alumni and friends of M,T- how to .rogram/

8uring the session- Etnre .roudl wears a fresh$.ressed T$shirt bearing the M,T logo as he

e9.lains how "rduino- an o.en$source electronic .rotot.ing .latform:the 56$ear$old*s

avorite to wor7 with:o.erates/

Etnre*s famil admits at first the ;didn*t get it-< referencing their son*s curious obsession for

com.uter .rogramming- and teaching adults how to do the same:something most 7ids his age

aren*t worried about in their dail lives:but the su..ort him wholeheartedl/

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