Conrad Awards
kcollins | April 21, 2010For two weeks I posted about the Spirit of Innovation Conrad awards and all of the cool stuff that these students were inventing. I urged all you, dear readers, to go vote for the people's choice award. Maybe you are now asking yourself: Well...who won?
The following recipients were announced to be the 2010 Pete Conrad Scholars: Falcon Robotics (aerospace), Green MAST (green schools), ACWa (renewable energy) and AM Rocks (space nutrition).
And the the People's Choice Award was bestowed on the team with the largest percentage of votes cast during the online, public voting period. The top vote…
kcollins | April 9, 2010TODAY is the last day to vote for Spirit of Innovation Awards! Have you voted yet? Check out www.conradawards.org for more information on all of the teams, their products, and to submit your vote!
For the past week and a half I have posted different videos from the different divisions. The three divisions are Aerospace, Renewable/Green and Space Nutrition. Wednesday I covered Aerospace Finalists, Yesterday I covered the Renewable/Green Finalist and Today (the last day to VOTE) I am covering the finalist in the Space Nutrition category.Here are the teams that are the Space Nutrition Finalists…
kcollins | April 8, 2010Only TWO Days left to vote for the Spirit of Innovation Awards! Have you voted yet? Check out www.conradawards.org for more information on all of the teams, their products, and to submit your vote!
For the past week and a half I have posted different videos from the different divisions. The three divisions are Aerospace, Renewable/Green and Space Nutrition. Yesterday I covered Aerospace Finalists, Today I am covering the Renewable/Green Finalist and Tomorrow (the last day to vote) I will be covering the Finalist in the Space Nutrition category.Here are the teams that are the Renewable/Green…
kcollins | April 7, 2010Only THREE Days left to vote for the Spirit of Innovation Awards! Have you voted yet? Check out www.conradawards.org for more information on all of the teams, their products, and to submit your vote!
For the past week and a half I have posted different videos from the different divisions. The three divisions are Aerospace, Renewable/Green and Space Nutrition. Today, Tomorrow and Friday (the last day to vote) I will have videos that go with the finalists in each division.Here are the teams that are the Aerospace Finalists. Make sure you go and VOTE (Click on the big red button to vote). You…
kcollins | April 5, 2010Only Four Days left to vote for the spirit of innovation awards! Have you voted yet? Check out www.conradawards.org for more information on all of the teams, their products, and to submit your vote!
This is the GBN GADGET team's commercial for the Afterburner, the Nutrition Bar with a Kick!
ARCSat: Attitude quick-Reaction Control Satellite
The Sun Sailors: Creating an innovative way to harness the sun's energy using magnetic and solar sails.
kcollins | April 5, 2010The last week for voting for the spirit of innovation awards! Have you voted yet? Check out www.conradawards.org for more information on all of the teams, their products, and to submit your vote!
Here are a few videos of teams up for the Spirit of Innovation award.
Check out Team Green MAST and their idea for harvesting Highway Windpower
This is Team Rocket's Video Skit for the Space Nutrition Category of the Conrad Awards. Our Product: Peanut Butter Rocket Chips Our team is participating in the space nutrition category of Conrad Awards; our objective is to develop a nutrition bar for…
kcollins | April 2, 2010iT'S day FIVE voting for the spirit of innovation awards! What are you waiting for? Check out www.conradawards.org for more information on all of the teams, their products, and to submit your vote! Have you voted yet?
Here are a few videos of teams up for the Spirit of Innovation award.
Our product, called the DiRes Chamber, manufactures parts and tools in a microgravity environment by using sound!
Here is our team's video! It tells you all about Native Sun: Who we are; what we have done; and where we are going next. Most importantly, it shows the creation and consumption of what is almost…
kcollins | April 1, 2010Day four for voting for the spirit of innovation awards is upon us. Check out www.conradawards.org for more information on all of the teams, their products, and to submit your vote! Have you voted yet?
Here are a few videos of teams up for the Spirit of Innovation award.
This video gives you some cool views of this team's ROV named "Mabel"
Check out the TJ Delta Green proposal for the Conrad awards!
Get out and vote!
kcollins | March 31, 2010Day three for voting for the spirit of innovation awards is upon us. Check out www.conradawards.org for more information on all of the teams, their products, and to submit your vote!
Here are a few videos of teams up for the Spirit of Innovation award.
The Piezo-Paper invention.
A quick demo of the robot in it's early stages of construction.--Falcon Robtics - Robot Carmen
Have you voted yet? Make sure to cast your vote for the Spirit of Innovation awards over at www.conradawards.org!
kcollins | March 30, 2010Day two for voting for the spirit of innovation awards is upon us. Check out www.conradawards.org for more information on all of the teams, their products, and to submit your vote!
Here are a few videos of teams up for the Spirit of Innovation award.
Check out what Greem MAST from Milken Community High School in L.A is doing!
And Check out Team Delicious who will take you on a date with Cynthia, a Space Matter bar, their nutrition bar, in their final commercial video.
kcollins | March 29, 2010Vote now for your favorite high school innovators! 25 top high school teams have been designing the future. Its not science fiction. Here, education meets innovation and entrepreneurship, and real science gets real. Teams have created innovative products to solve some of the grand challenges facing society. Now, they need YOU to help select the winners of the Spirit of Innovation Awards by voting online for your favorite teams. From March 29 to April 9, you can change the world, one vote at a time. Check out www.conradawards.org for more information on all of the teams, their products, and…
kcollins | March 26, 2010
Help 25 of the top high school innovators design the future! On March 29th, the Spirit of Innovation Awards challenges YOU to vote for your favorite teams and help select this year's "Pete Conrad Scholars!" Over the past 6 months, 25 finalist teams have created real products to solve some of the grand challenges facing society. From the depths of the oceans to the edges of space, these students will knock your socks off! Piezo-electric wallpaper, robotic astronaut assistants, advanced water purification systems, and Navajo Solar "Frybread" ovens; these are just a few of the amazing products…