Srinagar (April 17, 2018): Muzaffar, a nine-year-old kid from Gurez valley in Indian occupied Kashmir has invented a ‘counting pen’ that keeps a word count while writing, reports NDTV.
“It is a pen with a casing attached to its rear. Once someone starts writing, it keeps a track of the word count, which is displayed on a small LCD monitor attached to it, said Muzaffar, a student of class 3.
What’s more, the word count can also be displayed on one’s mobile phone through a message, says the boy.
Muzaffar told news agency ANI, the idea of a ‘counting pen’ struck him after he got poor marks in an exam, as he could not manage the required word count.
Jammu and Kashmir: Nine-year-old Muzaffar Ahmad Khan from Bandipora’s Gurez has invented a ‘counting pen’, a pen that counts words while writing. The prototype of the pen was displayed at the Festival of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, organized by NIF at the Rashtrapati Bhavan pic.twitter.com/if8fvunuNA
— ANI (@ANI) April 16, 2018
“In my last exam, I got minimum marks as I wrote fewer words. It made me restless and from that very time, I started thinking of inventing something which can save my time and finally ‘counting pen’ struck my mind,” Muzaffar said.
A prototype of Muzaffar’s ‘counting pen’ has been showcased at the Festival of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, organized by National Innovation Foundation (NIF), an autonomous body under the Department of Science and Technology, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
