A UBC student has won a prestigious global competition after creating a wearable device to track anxiety in real-time for children with autism.

Interactive avatars that help children on the autism spectrum learn social and conversation skills will be demonstrated at the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) Conference, November 12-14 in Denver, CO.

As Google retools its Glass experiment, researchers at Stanford are using the device to help autistic children recognize and classify emotions.