A Texas teenager has built an emergency QR code that shows allergies, medications and contacts to anyone who scans it, after a friend fainted at school and nobody knew who to call.
Aanya Mansani’s close friend fainted at school and people rushed to help, but no one knew her allergies, medications or who to contact, Frisco STYLE magazine reports.
So Aanya, from Frisco, built Emergen. Anyone can scan a code on a student’s ID badge or phone case to see that information. “No app download or login is required,” she told Good Good Good.
Severe allergies appear first. Emergency contacts are reached through masked calling, which protects personal phone numbers, and family members get a location alert when a scan happens, according to Frisco STYLE.
Aanya checked the idea with a Battalion Chief with Frisco Fire Department EMS, an emergency physician and her school nurse.
Emergen was named a Junior Division grand prize winner by Technovation, the global tech competition for girls. The organization announced its winners on October 14 after 15 finalist teams from 13 countries presented in Bengaluru, India, Raksha Anirveda reports.
Frisco STYLE also reports she won Gold at the 2026 GENIUS Olympiad in Rochester, New York, where students from 79 countries and 37 states competed.
Frisco’s school district already issues student ID badges, so a code could be added with minimal extra infrastructure, the magazine says.
“My larger goal is to bring Emergen into schools and communities,” Aanya told Good Good Good.
