ExploraVision
ExploraVision is a scientific national contest held in the United States and Canada, a joint project by Toshiba Corporation and the National Science Teachers Association. Designed for K–12 students of all interest, skill and ability levels, ExploraVision encourages its participants to create and explore a vision of future technology by developing new ways to apply current science. Since 1992, more than 360,000 students from across the United States and Canada have competed.
Requirements
Each student is limited to one entry per year. Each team must have no more than 4 students. Students and teachers/mentors complete a Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision Awards Entry Form, signed by the students, coach and mentor, an abstract of their project, a detailed project description, a list of technology used that is available at present time, a bibliography, and five Web page graphics that will be used later to create an official web page for the project. If a team advances to the national level, they will then be challenged with 3 other tasks: 1. Make a prototype displaying how their project would work. 2. Create a video showing both what your project does and why it would be useful. 3. Make a website based on your webpage graphics that displays everything you submitted originally. There is a 1st and 2nd place for national winners. The 1st-place winners receive $10,000 worth of college funds each, and 2nd-place winners get $5,000. Both teams go on an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., where they get to be on live television, receive their awards and participate in many other activities.
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School | Invention | School | Invention | School | Invention | School | Invention | School | Invention | School | Invention | School | Invention | School | Invention | |
2018 | LD Batchelder Elementary School - North Reading, MA | Integrated Smart Wireless Agriculture Remote Management (iSWARM)[1] | Plainview Old Bethpage Middle School, Plainview, NY | The CFAST- Cystic Fibrosis Absorbent Sponge Technology[2] | St Anthony's High School, South Huntington, NY | Emotion Recognition (EMREC): The personalized future of autism therapy[3] | Ward Melville High School - East Setauket, New York | Polychiral Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube Solar Cells[4] | St. Thomas the Apostle - Miami, FL | The Smart Toilet[5] | St. Brother Andre - Ottawa, Ontario | Perpetual Energy Motor[6] | The Gagie School - Kalamazoo, Michigan | Word Watch[7] | Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences - Granada Hills, California | Targeted Two-Drug Combo Therapy for Lupus[8] |
2017 | Bayville Intermediate - Bayville, NY | Float Tees | Bayville Intermediate - Bayville, NY | RCBs (Robotic Cleaning Bivalves) | Next Generation School - Champaign, IL | BioKT: The Wearable Kinetic and Thermoelectric Energy Harvester | West Salem High School - Salem, OR | qSafe: Power Cell of the Future | Nathanael Greene Elementary School - Stanardsville, VA | The Aller Watch | Pine View Elementary - Land O'Lakes, FL | The Coral Reef MGS | Commack High School - Commack, NY | Scat Scan: The Future of Microbiome Analysis | Stuyvesant High School - New York, NY | Using carbon nanospheres to reduce decoherence in quantum computing systems |
2016 | Bayville Intermediate - Bayville, NY | The Tick Detective - Creating a scanning device to detect the presence of a deer tick on the human body | Locust Valley Intermediate School - Locust Valley, NY | Hubble NEST (Next Elimination of Space Trash) | Rothesay Netherwood School - Rothesay, New Brunswick | Bulletproof Vests | University Laboratory High School - Urbana, IL | BEISight: Bionic Eye Implant for Sight | Chapman Hill - Salem, OR | Triple-E: Edible, Electrolyte Balanced, Eco-Friendly Water Bottle | The Village School - Houston, TX | A.P.P. | Arlington High School - Lagrangeville, NY | The VISOR: A Neuro-olfaction Device for Perceiving Smell Remotely | Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School - Plainview, NY | Intra-Neuromuscular Cellular Regeneration Promoter |
2015 | Waldron Mercy Academy - Merion Station, PA | S.T.A.R. Sea Turtle Assistance Rod | Pine View Middle School - Land O’Lakes, FL | The Green Tablet | Marlboro Memorial Middle School - Morganville, NJ | Survival of the Freshest: Preservation of Organic Food | West Salem High School - Salem, OR | Programmable Bio-Scaffolding: The Suture of the Future | Holmes Elementary - San Diego, CA | SportaVision | Harford Day School - Bel air, MD | Clarité - A Better Cochlear Implant | Battle Creek Area Math & Science Center - Battle Creek, MI | Heat Utilizing Hearing Aids | Northview High School - Duluth, GA | External Microbial Cleansing Device- EMCD |
2014 | John Ross Elementary - Edmond, OK | Hot Car Safety System | Locust Valley Intermediate School - Locust Valley, NY | Plant Power - Super-hydrophobic Lotus Leaf | Marlboro Middle School - Marlboro, NJ | iGlasses - The Eyeglasses of the Future? | West Salem High School - Salem, OR | Quantum Dot Energy Harvesters for Powering Implantable Medical Devices | Waldron Mercy Academy - Merion Station, PA | S.A.F.E.R. (Saving All Friends Escaping Rip currents) | Countryside Montessori Charter - Land O' Lakes, FL | WateRenew: Wave Power for Clean Water | Northview High School - Duluth, GA | Kidney Microfilter Regulation Device (K.M.R.D.) | W. L. Mackenzie C. I. - Toronto, ON | LTCHDTM using P-SOT |
2013 | LD Batchelder Elementary School - North Reading, MA | The SIGHT System | Chapman Hill Elementary School - Salem, OR | SMART Moves | Kilmer Middle School - Vienna, VA | Food Allergen Detector | Bellarmine College Preparatory - San Jose, CA | Immunotargeted DNA-based nanostructures for the delivery of the pro-angiogenic VEGF protein to revascularize infarcted myocardium | Kingsley Elementary - Evanston, IL | Lice-A-Nator | Mitchell Intermediate School - The Woodlands, TX | L.E.A.D.S.(Laminitis Equine Absolute Diagnosis System) | The Alternative School for Math and Science - Corning, NY | The Opti Arm-An Optical Interface Prosthetic Device | Our Lady of Lourdes Academy - Miami, FL | S2I |
2012 | LD Batchelder Elementary School - North Reading, MA | SMART Desk | Fairmont Private School - Anaheim, CA | Helping the World's Silent Side | David Thompson Secondary School - Vancouver, BC | Thermoresponsive Hydrogel Injection | North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics - Durham, NC | Amphipathic Films for Water Collection | Flippen Elementary School - McDonough, GA | COOL Pads: Shoulder Pads that Keep Players Safe from Overheating | Countryside Montessori Charter - Land O'Lakes, FL | The S.M.A.R.T. School | The Alternative School for Math and Science - Corning, NY | Radiclear — A System to Filter Radium from Water | Westwood High School - Austin, TX | LANAPT (Ligand Attached Nanoshells Assisting Photothermal Therapy) |
2011 | Discovery Montessori School - Edinburg, TX | i.streets (Intelligent Streets) | Virginia Virtual Academy - Herndon, VA | The HEADS UP! Helmet | Horace Mann School - Bronx, NY | Subway Smart System | Hopewell Valley Central High School - Pennington, NJ | Bionic Auditory Prosthesis | Countryside Montessori Charter - Land O' Lakes, FL | The Solar Tree | Plainview Old Bethpage Middle School - Plainview, NY | BlindSight | West Hills Middle School - West Bloomfield, MI | I-TBS: Intra-trachea Breathing System | Stuyvesant High School - New York, NY | 3Drenal: Kidney Bio-Printer |
2010 | Scofield Magnet Middle School - Samford, CT | Community Algae BioReactor | Forest Ridge School - Bellevue, WA | EPPIC – Ecological Paper Printing and Ink Collector | University Laboratory High School - Urbana, IL | NIBEye: Neural Interfaced Bionic Eye | Tampa Christian Community School - Tampa, FL | Smart Touch First Aid Kit | Fairmont Private School - Anaheim, CA | Automatic Correcting Eyeglasses (A.C.E.) | Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High School for Girls - Teaneck, NJ | REGENX: Human Limb Regenerative Protein Cocktail Injections | Stuyvesant High School - New York, NY | I-CEE: IKVAV — Scaffold Center-Surround Eyesight Enhancement |
References
- "Integrated Smart Wireless Agriculture Remote Management (iSWARM)". Exploravision.
- "The CFAST- Cystic Fibrosis Absorbant [sic] Sponge Technology". Exploravision.
- "Emotion Recognition (EMREC): The personalized future of autism therapy". Exploravision.
- "Polychiral Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube Solar Cells". Exploravision.
- "The Smart Toilet". Exploravision.
- "Perpetual Energy Motor". Exploravision.
- "Word Watch". Exploravision.
- "Targeted Two-Drug Combo Therapy for Lupus". Exploravision.