Inventor’s Challenge 2019 Winners!
Thank you to all those who participated and supported in the 4th Annual Inventor’s Challenge! With our partners at AT&T, we launch the Inventor’s Challenge each year to empower young inventors to harness their creative potential by addressing real issues they face every day. This year, we were able to challenge over 4,000 kids from to 76 cities from all around the world to create a solution to a problem within their homes, schools or communities.
We received over 100 video contest entries from grades pre-k to high school. Our teams at Imagination and AT&T were incredibly impressed by the resourcefulness, creativity and ingenuity displayed by these young inventors. We would like to acknowledge the hard work and committment from each and every participant. With so many incredible inventions, it was no easy task choosing the winners.
Each of the individual prize winners will receive an ‘Imagination Prize Pack’ including a tablet, a Bitsbox, a Wildcards Maker Kit, a letter from Scott Frank, President & CEO of AT&T Intellectual Property and more! The winners of the Grace Hopper Group Prize will receive a $1,000 seed grant from Imagination.org to further develop their invention. Now, introducing the winners of the 2019 Inventor’s Challenge!
Thomas Edison Prize, Grades Pre-K-2
Play-Doh Saver created by Grace Rhodes from Powell, OH. The Play-Doh Saver is “…a way for children to store their large Play-Doh Creations without them drying out and getting ruined!” Grace’s invention was featured Ohio Invention Leagues’ Ohio Invention Convention program.
Alexander Graham Bell Prize, Grades 3–5
The EZ Door Opener created by Caleb Scott from Richmond, VA. Caleb invented the EZ Door Opener to help open doors easily for users including (but not liminted to) pets, babies, the elderly.
Nikola Tesla Prize, Grades 6–8
Blindingly Smart, created by Jianna Nichols from Tipp City, OH is a “…board game that the blind and people with sight can play to connect socially and have fun!”. Jianna’s invention was also featured in Ohio Invention Leagues’ Ohio Invention Convention program.
Leonardo Da Vinci Prize, Grades 9–12
Energy Efficient Solar Electricity Charger (EESEC) created by Brian Kang from Yongin-si, South Korea is a battery charger that uese solar panels and peltier transducers to support electric light for night.
Grace Hopper Incubator Prize, all ages — group prize
This group from Denton, TX is working on a “…sleek, 3D-printed modular device, called the Intrapod…that can alert the police and other emergency services of a person’s communication disorder via a mobile application”. Team Trustle, as they call themselves, include these four talented high schoolers: Rhythm Garg, Wendy Rossi, Jeffrey Chen and Connie Wang; and have been supported by Project Invent, an organization that activates invention teams throughout the U.S.
Congratulations to each of the winners from all of us at Imagination.org, a division of Two Bit Circus Foundation and AT&T. And congratulations to all of the participants who took on Inventor’s Challenge with us this year — you are all winners in our eyes.
