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The VOLT X action camera created by locals Kevin Song, William
Sun and Chris Wong and their business partners Danny Hu and
Ethan Ng from British Columbia.
Clinton highschoolers make
huge splash into tech world
Three C.H.S.S. students create action camera
which gives GoPro a run for its money
Justine Alkema
Clinton News Record
You won't believe what three highsh-
coolers in Clinton have been up to for
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the past year. Local teenagers Kevin
Song, William Sun and Chris Wong
have invented a high-end action cam-
era which is very similar to a GoPro and
are selling it for a small fraction of the
price.
It sounds crazy, but it's true. The
three boys are all going to grade 10 at
C.H.S.S. this year. Last summer, their
school recommended that they attend
a high school entrepreneurship pro-
gram at M.I.T. called M.I.T. Launch.
During the program, the three locals
met two teens from British Columbia
named Danny Hu and Ethan Ng. The
five hit it off and became business part-
ners. As a team, they began brainstorm-
ing business ideas.
When they started coming up with
ideas, they weren't necessarily thinking
of creating a camera. They were inter-
ested in technology and were hoping to
create something, but they had a lot of
ideas.
"We put all of our ideas together,"
said Song, the team's marketing officer,
"and this is what came out."
What came out is a high end action
camera called VOLT X camera. VOLT X
has all the same specs of the GoPro but
has 16 megapixels instead of 12, is
almost half as light and charges in 30
minutes instead of two hours.
"I do have an action camera," said
Song. "It's not a GoPro; it's a cheaper
version, and it's not as good. Chris also
had an action camera, and we started
thinking how can we put quality and
affordably into a camera."
VOLT Xis capable of capturing video
with 4K resolution at 30 frames -per -
second with a viewing angle of 170
degrees.
"Our wide aperture is highly adjusta-
ble," said Song. "Another thing I really
love about our camera is our interface.
It's very user friendly."
There are other action cameras that
have come around in an attempt to
dethrone the extremely popular GoPro
brand. However not many of these have
offered the quality of a 4K resolution for
only $99.
The top level GoPro sells for
$500USD, and VOLT X sells for $99USD.
According to Song, some reasons the
GoPro is $500 is because they have
strong brand recognition and have a
strong presence in the market. However
by contacting specific manufacturers in
China and not having much overhead,
VOLT X will be able to sell for one fifth
of the GoPro cost.
At this point, they do not have the
funds or name recognition to sell in
mainstream stores. However they are
selling the camera on their website,
www.voltcamera.com.
So far, they have sold around 20 cam-
eras, and have gotten great feedback on
them.
On August 31, they are launching
their Kickstarter website to begin
crowdfunding for their business. This
is Huron County residents' opportu-
nity to support an ambitious, impres-
sive business venture. The link for this
page is https://goo.gl/QcGW5E, and
various donation amounts will merit
different rewards. Donations of $129
and more include at least one VOLT X
camera.
In the meantime, the five business
partners will go back to high school
next week in their respective provinces
like most teens their age, all the while
keeping up their new business on the
side.
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