We Spoke to Some Inspirational Teens at Sydney's TEDxYouth 2019

Sydney's TEDxYouth served up some big ideas from young people.

There was a wealth of inspirational young people at Sydney's TEDxYouth 2019 from young astronomers to high school climate change activists.

Big ideas were definitely not in short supply on the day.

Thankfully, we got the opportunity to speak to two of them after their talks: Angelina Arora and Connor McLeod.

Both under 18, they told us how they identified an issue and decided they wouldn't let age get in the way of fixing it.

Angelina told us how she created a new type of plastic inspired by the plastic-y look of prawn shells. It was something she noticed during a grocery shopping trip with her parents when she was in her early teens.

Now, she's looking into how this new type of plastic can be used for medical purposes and is exploring options for selling her patent.

For Connor McLeod, however, his campaign was a bit closer to home.

On Christmas Day in 2012, Connor received bank notes from his relatives. While he was more than grateful for receiving the money, Connor, who has been blind from birth, couldn't tell how much he'd received.

It inspired him to do some research into how visually-impaired Australians might be able to easily identify bank notes in the near future. He petitioned the Reserve Bank of Australia to implement tactile bank notes and the rest is history.

Get inspired by our video below.