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Anwar Almojarkesh

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Country Syria
Anwar Almojarkesh
“I strongly encourage every young innovator to take part in Stars of Science. It's truly life-changing. There’s nothing more exciting than turning an idea from paper into a real, working solution. You don’t have to be one of the top four finalists to succeed — what really matters is what you do after the SOS journey ends. I finished in fifth place, but I kept pushing forward, and eventually my project became a reality. The key is persistence — keep building, keep learning, and be sure to join accelerator programs after SOS to take your innovation to the next level."

About

Anwar Almojarkesh is a Syrian-born innovator and serial entrepreneur with a passion for technology that solves real-world problems. 

Anwar graduated from Season 5 of Stars of Science and took 5th place, but his journey was far from over. 

What started as a prototype developed on the show became the foundation for thriving career marked by international recognition and impact.

Today, he is the founder and CEO of two forward-thinking companies: Innovation Factory in the UK and Sound Genetics Inc. in the United States.

About the Project

During his time on Stars of Science, Anwar developed a smart pillow for the hearing impaired — at the time, a groundbreaking device capable of recognizing critical household sounds like fire alarms, doorbells, and security alerts. 

By combining sound recognition with vibrations, lights, and scent signals, the pillow ensures that users are alerted during emergencies, even in their sleep. 

This early innovation set the tone for Anwar’s career — practical, human-centered technology with a purpose.

Impact

Since participating in Stars of Science, Anwar Almojarkesh has launched a successful innovation career, founding two companies: Innovation Factory (UK) and Sound Genetics Inc. (USA). His time on the program marked a turning point that led him to develop groundbreaking technologies across multiple sectors, including transportation, public safety, healthcare, and cybersecurity.

His projects have been deployed in the UK, Ireland, Oman, and the US — ranging from wildlife deterrence systems on railways to AI-powered voice authentication tools and sleep apnea detection apps. 

Anwar’s innovations are now used by government agencies, major tech platforms, and healthcare providers. 

Today, Innovation Factory has been profitable since 2017, generating over $1.2 million in revenue in the past year alone, with over $1 million in profit reinvested into R&D for global impact.

At Innovation Factory, Anwar leads a number of applied AI projects. One of the most successful is the Wildlife Animal Deterrence System (WADS) — the first of its kind, designed to prevent animals from crossing railway tracks. It uses AI-powered cameras and smart deterrence mechanisms, and has been deployed across the British and Irish rail networks. The system has detected over 13,000 deer and helped achieve zero deer strikes, saving the UK government significant financial losses. Another product is the Graffiti and Trespass Detection System, which detects spray can activity and activates cameras to alert British Transport Police and security teams in real time.

And for Sound Genetics Inc., Anwar’s team developed a voice authentication algorithm that enables secure login and account recovery using only voice signatures. The company also created a deep fake voice detection tool that verifies within 3 seconds whether a voice is real or AI-generated. Additionally, Anwar developed a snore detection app, in collaboration with the NHS, to identify snoring patterns associated with sleep apnea, which is now in clinical trials and receiving positive feedback from a major UK sleep clinic.