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.

National Winners
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2018LD Batchelder Elementary School - North Reading, MAIntegrated Smart Wireless Agriculture Remote Management (iSWARM)[1]Plainview Old Bethpage Middle School, Plainview, NYThe CFAST- Cystic Fibrosis Absorbent Sponge Technology[2]St Anthony's High School, South Huntington, NYEmotion Recognition (EMREC): The personalized future of autism therapy[3]Ward Melville High School - East Setauket, New YorkPolychiral Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube Solar Cells[4]St. Thomas the Apostle - Miami, FLThe Smart Toilet[5]St. Brother Andre - Ottawa, OntarioPerpetual Energy Motor[6]The Gagie School - Kalamazoo, MichiganWord Watch[7]Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences - Granada Hills, CaliforniaTargeted Two-Drug Combo Therapy for Lupus[8]
2017Bayville Intermediate - Bayville, NYFloat TeesBayville Intermediate - Bayville, NYRCBs (Robotic Cleaning Bivalves)Next Generation School - Champaign, ILBioKT: The Wearable Kinetic and Thermoelectric Energy HarvesterWest Salem High School - Salem, ORqSafe: Power Cell of the FutureNathanael Greene Elementary School - Stanardsville, VAThe Aller WatchPine View Elementary - Land O'Lakes, FLThe Coral Reef MGSCommack High School - Commack, NYScat Scan: The Future of Microbiome AnalysisStuyvesant High School - New York, NYUsing carbon nanospheres to reduce decoherence in quantum computing systems
2016Bayville Intermediate - Bayville, NYThe Tick Detective - Creating a scanning device to detect the presence of a deer tick on the human bodyLocust Valley Intermediate School - Locust Valley, NYHubble NEST (Next Elimination of Space Trash)Rothesay Netherwood School - Rothesay, New BrunswickBulletproof VestsUniversity Laboratory High School - Urbana, ILBEISight: Bionic Eye Implant for SightChapman Hill - Salem, ORTriple-E: Edible, Electrolyte Balanced, Eco-Friendly Water BottleThe Village School - Houston, TXA.P.P.Arlington High School - Lagrangeville, NYThe VISOR: A Neuro-olfaction Device for Perceiving Smell RemotelyPlainview Old Bethpage JFK High School - Plainview, NYIntra-Neuromuscular Cellular Regeneration Promoter
2015Waldron Mercy Academy - Merion Station, PAS.T.A.R. Sea Turtle Assistance RodPine View Middle School - Land O’Lakes, FLThe Green TabletMarlboro Memorial Middle School - Morganville, NJSurvival of the Freshest: Preservation of Organic FoodWest Salem High School - Salem, ORProgrammable Bio-Scaffolding: The Suture of the Future Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback MachineHolmes Elementary - San Diego, CASportaVisionHarford Day School - Bel air, MDClarité - A Better Cochlear ImplantBattle Creek Area Math & Science Center - Battle Creek, MIHeat Utilizing Hearing Aids Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback MachineNorthview High School - Duluth, GAExternal Microbial Cleansing Device- EMCD Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback Machine
2014John Ross Elementary - Edmond, OKHot Car Safety System Archived 2015-07-09 at the Wayback MachineLocust Valley Intermediate School - Locust Valley, NYPlant Power - Super-hydrophobic Lotus LeafMarlboro Middle School - Marlboro, NJiGlasses - The Eyeglasses of the Future? Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback MachineWest Salem High School - Salem, ORQuantum Dot Energy Harvesters for Powering Implantable Medical Devices Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback MachineWaldron Mercy Academy - Merion Station, PAS.A.F.E.R. (Saving All Friends Escaping Rip currents) Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback MachineCountryside Montessori Charter - Land O' Lakes, FLWateRenew: Wave Power for Clean Water Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback MachineNorthview High School - Duluth, GAKidney Microfilter Regulation Device (K.M.R.D.) Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback MachineW. L. Mackenzie C. I. - Toronto, ONLTCHDTM using P-SOT Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback Machine
2013LD Batchelder Elementary School - North Reading, MAThe SIGHT System Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback MachineChapman Hill Elementary School - Salem, ORSMART Moves Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback MachineKilmer Middle School - Vienna, VAFood Allergen Detector Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback MachineBellarmine College Preparatory - San Jose, CAImmunotargeted DNA-based nanostructures for the delivery of the pro-angiogenic VEGF protein to revascularize infarcted myocardium Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback MachineKingsley Elementary - Evanston, ILLice-A-Nator Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback MachineMitchell Intermediate School - The Woodlands, TXL.E.A.D.S.(Laminitis Equine Absolute Diagnosis System) Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback MachineThe Alternative School for Math and Science - Corning, NYThe Opti Arm-An Optical Interface Prosthetic Device Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback MachineOur Lady of Lourdes Academy - Miami, FLS2I Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback Machine
2012LD Batchelder Elementary School - North Reading, MASMART Desk Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback MachineFairmont Private School - Anaheim, CAHelping the World's Silent Side Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback MachineDavid Thompson Secondary School - Vancouver, BCThermoresponsive Hydrogel Injection Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback MachineNorth Carolina School of Science and Mathematics - Durham, NCAmphipathic Films for Water Collection Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback MachineFlippen Elementary School - McDonough, GACOOL Pads: Shoulder Pads that Keep Players Safe from Overheating Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback MachineCountryside Montessori Charter - Land O'Lakes, FLThe S.M.A.R.T. School Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback MachineThe Alternative School for Math and Science - Corning, NYRadiclear — A System to Filter Radium from Water Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback MachineWestwood High School - Austin, TXLANAPT (Ligand Attached Nanoshells Assisting Photothermal Therapy) Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback Machine
2011Discovery Montessori School - Edinburg, TXi.streets (Intelligent Streets) Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback MachineVirginia Virtual Academy - Herndon, VAThe HEADS UP! Helmet Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback MachineHorace Mann School - Bronx, NYSubway Smart System Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback MachineHopewell Valley Central High School - Pennington, NJBionic Auditory Prosthesis Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback MachineCountryside Montessori Charter - Land O' Lakes, FLThe Solar Tree Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback MachinePlainview Old Bethpage Middle School - Plainview, NYBlindSight Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback MachineWest Hills Middle School - West Bloomfield, MII-TBS: Intra-trachea Breathing System Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback MachineStuyvesant High School - New York, NY3Drenal: Kidney Bio-Printer Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback Machine
2010Scofield Magnet Middle School - Samford, CTCommunity Algae BioReactor Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback MachineForest Ridge School - Bellevue, WAEPPIC – Ecological Paper Printing and Ink Collector Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback MachineUniversity Laboratory High School - Urbana, ILNIBEye: Neural Interfaced Bionic Eye Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback MachineTampa Christian Community School - Tampa, FLSmart Touch First Aid Kit Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback MachineFairmont Private School - Anaheim, CAAutomatic Correcting Eyeglasses (A.C.E.) Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback MachineMa’ayanot Yeshiva High School for Girls - Teaneck, NJREGENX: Human Limb Regenerative Protein Cocktail Injections Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback MachineStuyvesant High School - New York, NYI-CEE: IKVAV — Scaffold Center-Surround Eyesight Enhancement Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback Machine

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