>> i'm 18 years old, and i'm from oakville, ontario, in canada. >> jimmy: yeah! canada, all right!e seen this invention. i saw this months ago. i saw it in rehearsal, but i think it's very important. great invention. congratulations. what is this invention? >> so my invention is called t.i.c. it stands for tongue interface communication. and it's a tongue-controlled computer mouse for individuals with als or any spinal cord conditions that prevent them from communicating or using a a computer. >> jimmy: how did you come up with this? >> i had a friend who had als, and so i could see how he had difficulty communicating his needs and wants verbally. >> jimmy: can you show me how it works? >> yeah, for sure. so this is just a regular sports mouth guard. got it out of my brother's hockey bag. clean. so it has five buttons attached to it. >> jimmy: so canada, yeah. [ light laughter ] >> exactly. so there are five buttons attached to it, and these five buttons move the mouse up, down, left, right, and then click. so this one is left. >> jimmy: yep. >> this one is up. >> jimmy: yeah. >> t