These 65 inventors have been invited to present (virtually!) their inventions to teams of judges gathered from across the United States during June 2021. They will be part of the Virtual National Invention Convention hosted by The Henry Ford. They join an estimated 400 inventors from all over the country. Winners will be announced on June 24, 2021
Congratulations to them all!! They are listed alphabetically below.
| Inventor | Grade | School | Invention | Invention Description |
| Sophie Angeles | 5 | Think Together – Werner Elementary | Life saving bracelet | Bracelet container for medicine |
| Sarah Arata | 7 | Rolling Robots | Daily Turtle Feeder | Automated turtle feeder varies feeding times around a turtle’s regular / hibernation feeding cycles |
| Rylan Baker | 5 | Rio del Mar Elementary | The Super Scanner | Camera attached to glasses to take photos of schoolwork and have it automatically upload to Google Classroom |
| Eliana Baskin | 5 | Gateway School | H20 Strap | A strap that can attach non-permanently to any backpack and any water bottle to prevent water bottles from falling out of the pouch on the backpack |
| Hanna Bhathena | 2 | Walteria Elementary | THE HUGGIE PLUSHIE | Invention helps kids and adults who are scared of sleeping in the dark and suffer from anxiety |
| Anish Bhethanabotla | 8 | Independent Inventor | Advent | A comprehensive low cost automatic ventilator and vital signs monitor |
| Finnegan Blakeslee | 5 | Gateway School | Lego Vacuum Sorter | Vacuums up and sorts Legos all within one tool |
| Ariya Brinton | 4 | Gateway School | The De-Buzzed Feeder | A home hummingbird feeder that keeps away yellow jackets |
| Ian Brown | 0 | Bishop Elementary | GPE (Growing Pain Eliminator) | Device used for treating children with growing pains or even adults with sore muscles |
| Alyssa Cabebe | 5 | St. Jeanne de Lestonnac | FindSphere | Tracker hidden in a pearl earring |
| Daniel Camarena Zenteno | 5 | Hall District Elementary | Trash pod | A portable trash compressor when no trash can is near |
| Neel Chandran | 9 | El Cerrito High | Regen-Cart | A shopping cart which is able to generate energy when pushed |
| Samantha Chang | 9 | Rolling Robots | Solar Powered Beach Cleaner Robot | Robot uses solar energy as a power source, tank treads for easy maneuverability along sandy terrains, and a scoop to pick up the trash |
| Nolan Cheng | 9 | Rolling Robots | Solar Powered Beach Cleaner Robot | Robot uses solar energy as a power source, tank treads for easy maneuverability along sandy terrains, and a scoop to pick up the trash |
| Caleb Dada | 5 | St. Jeanne de Lestonnac | The Space Saver | Creates a more organized area to store school supplies and books at the student’s desk |
| Sofia Donaldson-Zurita | 5 | Gateway School | Go with the Flow | Solves general household water wastage |
| Sloane Donnelly | 5 | Ada W. Harris Elementary | Exegi IV | Portable IV drip system |
| Madeline Frank | 6 | Corte Madera | SaxVac | Sucks the saliva from saxophone quickly without having to disassemble the instrument |
| Ava Gunther | 5 | St. Peter the Apostle Catholic School | The Chick-O Feeder 3000 | Helps feed chickens without steping on their poop, or feeds chickens without them leaving their coop |
| Risha Gupta | 3 | Towers Elementary | Multi Purpose Jacket (MPJ) | Single wearable that will take care of the all the important items needed for any outdoor activity |
| Shellie Hance | 8 | Twin Hills Charter Middle | All-Season Hamster Hut | Hamster hut that warms or cools a hamster based on the different seasons |
| Hannah Heald | 6 | Lawrence E. Jones Middle | A Hint of Peppermint Blanket | Blanket gives off a smell that prevents you from getting carsick |
| Esme Henry | 4 | Gateway School | The De-Buzzed Feeder | A home hummingbird feeder that keeps away yellow jackets |
| Lincoln Hogan | 5 | Ada W. Harris Elementary | SURF SWAY | Surf and skate training swing for people to continue their workout and training at home |
| Shinja Hong-Lange | 3 | Walteria Elementary | The Rosin Ring | Secures rosin to the musician’s finger to avoid sticky messes and dropped rosin |
| Kai-Ri Hsueh | 4 | Joshua Chadbourne Elementary | iRemember | An app that helps early- and mid-stage Alzheimer patients keep track of their daily activities, and get audio and visual reminders to do activities |
| Yeehun Jang | 4 | Joshua Chadbourne Elementary | EPC(Easy to pack and carry) Toothbrush | All-in-one toothbrush with everything needed for oral health while traveling |
| Ronav Karmacharya | 1 | Joseph Azevada Elementary | Handytizer | Touchless automatic hand sanitizer for public use |
| Shrey Karmacharya | 4 | Joseph Azevada Elementary | Handytizer | Touchless automatic hand sanitizer for public use |
| Kabir Kulkarni | 0 | O. N. Hirsch Elementary | Plug & Play Skates | Solves the problem of going down steps while wearing skates |
| Christopher Kwok | 10 | Independent Inventor | Chaeto Biofilters | Chemically modified chaetomorpha to mitigate ocean acidification |
| Nicholas Kwok | 10 | Independent Inventor | Chaeto Biofilters | Chemically modified chaetomorpha to mitigate ocean acidification |
| Violet Lane-Basler | 6 | Lawrence E. Jones Middle School | S.I.S 1.0: The Bottle Ring Remover | An easy way to remove the non-recyclable rings from plastic bottles in under 1 minute |
| Kai Ledbetter | 3 | Bishop Elementary | Mega Charger | Charges ten devices at once |
| Leo Lewis | 2 | Arnold Elementary | The Watering Stick | A gadget to water hanging baskets without the need for a hose or a ladder |
| Olivia Luukkonen | 4 | Independent Inventor | Jumpy Ball | Challenges you to jump on the trampoline by counting the number of times it bounces and makes fun noises as you score points |
| Isha Malla | 4 | Joshua Chadbourne Elementary | Autistic App | An app that can be used by anyone related to Autism Disorder providing helpful resource info |
| Arjun Mandalika | 4 | Joshua Chadbourne Elementary | Pro Mask 2000 | Solves the problem of poor audio/ communication, foggy glasses while breathing or talking and the discomfort caused behind the ears while wearing the mask for a very long time |
| Aryan Mangal | 9 | Independent Inventor | Determining mental wellbeing | Analyzing change in social and personal behavior/habits using machine learning |
| Arya Marker | 6 | John Gomes Elementary | Heaties | So people don’t feel cold or uncomfortable while doing the things they love outdoors or serving their country |
| Emma Sue Martinez | 5 | St. Peter the Apostle Catholic School | Super Style Changer | Helps people who have to get changed in public |
| Molly McCarren | 5 | Ada W. Harris Elementary | Sign @ School | A system that lets a person who is deaf participate in a traditional classroom setting |
| Xavier Mendez | 4 | Dan O. Root Elementary | Sturdy Skateboard Attachment | Helps new riders to learn how to skate while eliminating some of the falls |
| Maya Mendoza | 5 | Ada W. Harris Elementary | Fidget Master | Helps take away anxiety and stress and put one in a relaxed state of mind |
| Ahmed Mufti | 2 | Walteria Elementary | Self Watering System for Indoor Plants | Designed for indoor plants which can self water while you are away from home for few days |
| Ledger Mullen | 5 | Ada W. Harris Elementary | SURF SWAY | Surf and skate training swing for people to continue their workout and training at home |
| Vrishank Ram | 6 | John Gomes Elementary | Heaties | So people don’t feel cold or uncomfortable while doing the things they love outdoors or serving their country |
| Amrita Ramanan | 4 | Joshua Chadbourne Elementary | Autistic App | An app that can be used by anyone related to Autism Disorder providing helpful resource info |
| Jyothikaa Ramann | 11 | Independent Inventor | CarC SPY | A novel AI-based electrochemical biosensor for early cancer detection |
| Zander Ross | 5 | Watsonville Charter School of the Arts | Water Holder 2021 | Keeps the ingredients from spilling out of measuring spoons helping people with Parkinson’s disease or limited mobility |
| Luz Del Carmen Rubio | 8 | Korematsu After School | The Skater 360: off ice spinner | A spin board for skaters to practice their spins off of the ice |
| Abishrudha Sabari | 3 | Victor Elementary | InteliAttendance4Covid19 (IA4C) App | App that ensures that students and staff are granted to go to school as long as no one has COVID-19 symptoms |
| Panav Shah | 4 | Joshua Chadbourne Elementary | Jump Silencer | Removable extension for a shoe that significantly reduces the noise made by jumping on wooden floors |
| Annie So | 8 | Rolling Robots | Solar Powered Beach Cleaner Robot | Robot uses solar energy as a power source, tank treads for easy maneuverability along sandy terrains, and a scoop to pick up the trash. |
| Karthik Subramanian | 8 | Independent Inventor | SafeBox | An effective solution to prevent package theft |
| Josh Takahashi | 3 | Walteria Elementary | MedBot21 | Prototype of a robot to deliver medicine to patients reducing exposure to a virus when caring for the patient |
| Aahanaa Thaker | 5 | Brook Knoll Elementary | Mask Up No-Slip Grip | Simple but effective device that allows the mask to remain in place over children’s noses |
| Isaiah Timmer | 5 | Brook Knoll Elementary | Turtle Basker | A turtle raft of individual platforms for turtles to bask in the sun on ponds preventing the spread of diseases |
| Diego Torres | 5 | Hall District Elementary | My Peace of Mind | App and watch that makes dealing with anxiety private and affordable, giving people the tools to control and track their anxiety and get help when needed |
| Kenzie Uwins Johnson | 6 | Lawrence E. Jones Middle | A Hint of Peppermint Blanket | Blanket gives off a smell that prevents you from getting carsick |
| Owen Vaughan | 5 | Gateway School | Multifertilizer | Invention to allow four different types of fertilizer to be selected when watering household plants |
| Cala Watson | 2 | Pacific Coast Charter | Magic Medicine Kit | A kit that has everything you need to help medicine taste better and help kids feel better who have to take medicine |
| Kahdin Watson | 4 | Pacific Coast Charter | Vulcan Warm Robe | A warm robe is ready for you when you wake up or get out of the shower |
| Eliya Wee | 5 | The Nueva School | EliFeed | Solves the physical and mental health problems of elephants housed in limited zoo spaces |
| Noah Welsh | 5 | Watsonville Charter School of the Arts | Yo Como Tu Comes-I Eat and You Eat | Website /app connecting those in need of food and food donors to access points throughout the county |
| Haley Williams | 8 | Twin Hills Charter Middle | Soil Cinch | A cleaner, more efficient way to store house plants in your home |
| Annabel Xu | 3 | Arnold Elementary | The Happy Turtle Aquarium Divider | Divider that separates the whole tank in half including the water area and the basking area to avoid 2 turtles fighting with each other |