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Teen entrepreneurs see success with code and mirrors
Jack O’Regan Kenny and Alice Shaughnessy. Image: Mirr
Mirr, a start-up turning the mirror into a smart device, emerged from this year’s Patch accelerator for young entrepreneurs.
Mirr is a tech start-up founded by two first-year engineering students, Alice Shaughnessy and Jack O’Regan Kenny. Call it a smart mirror or a reflective tablet, Mirr is a device that lets users stream Netflix, listen to Spotify or check the weather while maintaining a reflective surface on screen space that’s not in use.
The teen entrepreneurs see themselves as role models for what can come from youth engagement in STEM activities.