‘Like a dream come true’: Newport Beach teen deploys his AI-driven early wildfire detection system for the first time

A 17-year-old inventor from Newport Beach saw years of hard work come to fruition after he deployed his AI-driven early wildfire detection system near Irvine for the first time on Feb. 10.

Ryan Honary, a high school student and founder of SensoRy AI, has been working on the project since fifth grade after seeing the devastation of the 2018 Camp fire, which killed 85 people and destroyed over 18,000 structures in northern California. Working alongside the City of Irvine and the Orange County…