These 48 inventors have been invited to present (virtually!) these top 40 inventions to teams of judges gathered from across the United States. They will be part of the Virtual National Invention Convention hosted by The Henry Ford. They will join an estimated 500 inventors from all over the country.
Additionally, each invention will be awarded $50 from Maxim Integrated. Thank you to Maxim for all their support!
Congratulations to them all!! They are listed alphabetically below.
| Name | Grade | School | Invention | Project Description | |
| Benjamin | Acton | 5 | Brook Knoll Elementary | The New Chain Gang | Football First Down Measuring Device |
| Nicholas | Acton | 5 | Brook Knoll Elementary | The New Chain Gang | Football First Down Measuring Device |
| Tabitha | Bane | 5 | Bradley Elementary | Kid of the Mountain | A retractable towing device for bicycles that helps kids climb hills |
| Moya | Buffenmyer | 6 | Watsonville Charter School Of The Arts | Sneaky Spray | Automatic mister to keep cats inside and safe. |
| Isaac | Campos Hernandez | 3 | Burbank Boulevard Gifted Global Learning Magnet | The Feeder Express | Animal feeder that could save time for any animal owner so they will not be refiling their water or food. |
| Neel | Chandran | 8 | Fred T. Korematsu Middle School | Bamboo Racer | This is is a bamboo scooter of tri-wheel design, with the objective of being safer, more sustainable, and cheaper. |
| Shreya | Chatwani | 6 | Gomes Elementary | Doggo-on-the-Go! | It’s an all-in-one leash with a pet corrector, dog treats, a comb, and a roll of doggy poop bags. |
| Christian | Cooke | 6 | Dan O. Root Health Wellness Academy | Blaze Bunker | The Blaze Bunker is a safe place in your home to retreat to if a fire should occur in the home or a wildfire. |
| Ayden | Cordero | 4 | Dan O. Root Health Wellness Academy | Doggy Under Bite Helper | A bowl for dogs who have trouble eating when they have severe over / under bite |
| Chaitanya | Dandekar | 8 | Fred T. Korematsu Middle School | PortaDry – The Portable Dryer That Uses Zero Electricity | PortaDry is a portable eco-friendly, collapsible dryer used for drying articles of clothing, particularly swimsuits. |
| Isabella | Davalos | 6 | Ceiba College Preparatory Academy | Connectable Glasses | A better way to fix glasses. |
| Claire | Diaco | 8 | Fred T. Korematsu Middle School | PortaDry – The Portable Dryer That Uses Zero Electricity | PortaDry is a portable eco-friendly, collapsible dryer used for drying articles of clothing, particularly swimsuits. |
| Marielle Angelica | Ecalnir | 5 | St. Jeanne de Lestonnac | Rain Breaker | An umbrella that protects the entire body of a person. |
| Theo | Esposito | 5 | Watsonville Charter School Of The Arts | Project Seaweed Paper Plates | Plates made of 75% seaweed and 25% recycled egg carton. |
| Gianna | Fanara | 5 | Brook Knoll Elementary | The PasteBrush | All in one toothbrush and toothpaste |
| Piper | Garrett | 5 | Gateway School | Solo Soccer Touch Trainer | The Solo Soccer Touch Trainer is a soccer training tool that allows players to build fitness, ball control, and muscle memory. |
| Jonah | Guyer | 6 | Happy Valley Elementary | Splash Bag | The Splash Bag is a watertight “dry bag” used for a CADD-MS3 pump for people who have Pulmonary Hypertension so that they can do water based activities. |
| Aidyn | Hix | 5 | Brook Knoll Elementary | Skizup | Ski jacket with zipper attached gloves to sleeves and attached ear muffs to hood of jacket. |
| Leina | Ikeda | 4 | Chadbourne Elementary | Weik Up! | Weik Up! is a puzzle alarm clock. The slogan is “Open your eyes, work out your brain.” |
| Nate | Jones | 5 | Gateway School | Produce Protector | A moving scarecrow to protect farms and crops. |
| Nicole | Khachatourians | 5 | Castlebay Lane Charter Elementary | PhoneSafe | The PhoneSafe is a box to put your phone in while driving. To have the car turn on, your phone must be in the box. If the driver removes the phone out of the box, the car will come to a stop. |
| Pavith | Khara | 6 | Gomes Elementary | Portable Musical Drawer | A portable musical drawer to put musicians’ tools like metronome, tuner, pencil and even some sanitizer! |
| Jadeyn | Kim | 3 | Castlebay Lane Charter Elementary | Trashfly-proof | An adjustable anchor for the trash can and lid so wind can not blow over can or lid and let trash out. |
| Nic | Lee | 2 | Castlebay Lane Charter Elementary | The Spoon Buddy | The Spoon Buddy keeps your utensils from falling into your bowl! |
| Jacob | Leonard | 5 | Brook Knoll Elementary | The Drop-Shirt Hanger | The Drop-Shirt Hanger allows the shirt to slip right off into your hand |
| Connie | Li | 6 | Gomes Elementary | Doggo-on-the-Go! | It’s an all-in-one leash with a pet corrector, dog treats, a comb, and a roll of doggy poop bags. |
| Alyssa | Liu | 4 | Chadbourne Elementary | Paintbrush Paradise | A paintbrush cleaner that washes the paintbrushes all together automatically in 5 easy steps. |
| Aryan | Mangal | 8 | Thornton Junior High | Artemis | An App for abuse prevention by analyzing sound through machine learning |
| Emma Sue | Martinez | 4 | St. Peter the Apostle Catholic School | The Memory Keeper | The Memory Keeper is an interactive digital photo album for patients with Alzheimer’s. |
| Olivia | Martinez | 5 | Watsonville Charter School Of The Arts | Boredom Fixer 2000 | An app to help kids think of activities they can do if they are bored. |
| David | Morales Rodriguez | 5 | Hall District Elementary | R. Water | Filters water while in the shower that way you’re able to reuse it and not waste so much water. |
| Damian | Moreno | 5 | Watsonville Charter School Of The Arts | Hands Free Brella | It’s an umbrella holder that can be attached to a backpack. |
| Austin | Pieracci | 3 | Bradley Elementary | Tortoise Box | A device that protects your tortoise from harm when you let it out of it’s cage. |
| Olivia | Potes | 5 | Main Street Elementary | Self-Sucking Straw | A straw that sucks liquid for people with disabilities without choking them. |
| Michael | Qin | 4 | Chadbourne Elementary | Mr. Grabber – Fill Your Belly With A Juicy Fruit | A fruit picking tool that is used to pick fruits off trees easily without the fruit falling to the ground and cracking. |
| Bryce | Quang | 5 | St. Jeanne de Lestonnac | S.B. 1.5v Desk Fan | Dual-powered solar battery desk fan. |
| Jyothikaa | Ramann | 10 | Dougherty Valley High School | The Posture Genie | The Posture Genie is a smart programmable device built to track and warn when you deviate from your correct posture. “Better Posture, One Buzz at a Time” |
| Kate | Reynolds | 5 | Gateway School | Windmill on Wheels | Clean wind-powered electricity generator for cars and trailers. |
| Zander | Ross | 4 | Watsonville Charter School Of The Arts | The Water Holder 2020 | The Water Holder 2020 is a cooking spoon/measuring spoon that helps ingredients to stay on the spoon – very useful tool for people with Parkinson’s Disease or other disabilities that cause hands shake or tremor. |
| Yilin | Shen | 5 | Vallejo Mill Elementary | Easy Take-Off Backpack | The Easy Take-Off Backpack helps people who have a broken arm or have back/shoulder problems to take off their backpacks easily. |
| Yiran | Shen | 5 | Vallejo Mill Elementary | Easy Take-Off Backpack | The Easy Take-Off Backpack helps people who have a broken arm or have back/shoulder problems to take off their backpacks easily. |
| Jack | Steinberg | 8 | Fred T. Korematsu Middle School | Bamboo Racer | This is is a bamboo scooter of tri-wheel design, with the objective of being safer, more sustainable, and cheaper. |
| Isaiah | Timmer | 4 | Brook Knoll Elementary | BeachComber 2020 | The BeachComber 2020 is a tool to clean up trash on beaches. |
| Curren | Tran | 5 | Main Street | Solar Powered Backpack Fan Cell Phone Charger | Used to cool down kids with asthma who get overheated on family hike. |
| Richard | Wan | 6 | Gomes Elementary | Portable Musical Drawer | A portable musical drawer to put musicians’ tools like metronome, tuner, pencil and even some sanitizer! |
| Jennifer | Wen | 4 | Sandra J Gallardo Elementary | WOW This Bookmark! | A bookmark is designed with an indicator or window to show the last word read. |
| Oliver | Willet | 6 | Happy Valley Elementary | Splash Bag | The Splash Bag is a watertight “dry bag” used for a CADD-MS3 pump for people who have Pulmonary Hypertension so that they can do water based activities. |
| Milo | Woodruff | 5 | Gateway School | Produce Protector | A moving scarecrow to protect farms and crops. |