<p> According to <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science-fair-gold-medalist-17-invents-better-way-to-search-internet/article2118962/"><em>The Globe and Mail</em></a>, Schiefer created Apodora, which is named "after a python species with extraordinary search capabilities" by using linear algebra and discrete math. He's yet another example of teens, like the <a href="http://www.good.is/post/who-runs-the-world-three-girls-sweep-google-s-science-fair/">three high school winners</a> of this year's Google Science Fair, who are embracing science and technology and inventing things that solve real-world problems.</p><p> The teen inventor, who is working for IBM Canada this summer, has garnered such a reputation as a genius that his peers have dubbed him the "next Mark Zuckerberg." However, Schiefer isn't sure they're really that similar. What Zuckerberg, he says, "managed to create very well was a desire." But, "we already have the desire to search. The technology is trying to catch up to what people expect."</p><p> So will Google snap up Apodora? Schiefer's still not sure what's going to happen with his invention. "It's a science fair project" he says. If this is what he's inventing in high school, it's going to be pretty interesting to see what he comes up with next.</p><p> <em>Photo via <a href="http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/rolffimages/rolffimages0912/rolffimages091200067/6039398-internet-search.jpg">123rf.com</a></em></p>
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