Thomas Suarez has been interested in technology for as long as he can remember

Jul 5, 2014 09:09 GMT  ·  By

It’s no secret that young minds will readily embrace technology. This is the case of fifteen-year-old Thomas Suarez, whose name you might have heard before.

The kid started fiddling with technology since he was 11 and developed a series of iPhone apps. After creating the “Justin Bieber whack-a-mole” app called Bustin Jieber, he even got invited to host his own TED Talk.

Suarez is also known for creating Google Glass programs and starting his own little tech company, too – CarrotCorp. But our young inventor doesn’t stop here. Apparently, he also developed a love for 3D printing and even paid a visit to the MarkerBot flagship store in New York, where he got to sit down for a chat with the company’s CEO.

Suarez is quite taken with the concept, so he is looking to design his own 3D printer. The fifteen-year-old has already filed a patent for a device which he claims will be more reliable and put an emphasis on speed. The printer should be 10x faster than what we’re seeing on the market.

“There’s something that makes me want to keep going and keep innovating. I feel that my interests will always lie in technology. Maybe I should go outside more but I just really like this stuff,” explains Suarez.

The boy is completely self-taught when it comes to coding and business, but he did get a little help from his folks in the business part.

We’re not given any details about how the 3D printer would achieve this feat or on what it might end up looking like when it arrives on the market. We dare say it should be of the smaller variety and maybe sell with a decent price tag too.

Anyway, the BBC report detailing Suarez’s story also talks about other children and adolescents striving to achieve something in tech.

For example, there’s six-year-old Kiowa Kavovit, who presented her Boo Boo Goo idea on ABC’s Shark Tank.

Boo Boo Goo aims to be a revolutionary new skin protectant that can be painted on a bandage and comes with a variety of fun colors. On top of that, little Kiowa made the Goo environmentally friendly, so unlike traditional band-aids, this little pain eraser won’t end up in our landfills.

The coverage also talks about the Incubator School in Los Angeles, which is a middle school that is looking to develop the entrepreneurial spirit in children by teaching them the ABC of creating their own sustainable business.