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Profile video of Nikolai Begg, 2013 $30,000 winner of the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for his portfolio of novel medical devices that are helping to make surgical procedures less invasive.
My video submission for the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for Invention, describing a novel mechanism to increase the safety of puncture access procedures.
Lemelson student prize application video.
Students from the Shenzhen Middle School InvenTeam in Shenzhen, China describe their InvenTeams project, an embedded structural bicycle lock, as well as their InvenTeams experience.
Students from the Beijing NO.4 High School Invention in Beijing, China explain their invention, a power generator using low wind speeds, as well as their InvenTeams experience.
Students from the Berlin High School InvenTeam in Cherry Plain, New York discuss their invention, an ultrasonic sensing device, as well as their InvenTeams experience.
Students from the Bishop Kelly High School InvenTeam in Boise, Idaho explain their invention, assistive writing and computer pointing devices, as well as their InvenTeams experience.
Students from the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Essex County InvenTeam in Westport, New York explain their invention, a bio-sand water pre-filter, as well as their InvenTeams experience.
Students from the East Central High School InvenTeam explain their invention, a solar-powered dry heat sterilizer, as well as their InvenTeams experience.
Students from the Eastern Regional High School InvenTeam in Voorhees, New Jersey explain their invention, an ultraviolet water filtration and storage device, as well as their InvenTeams experience.
Students from the KIPP Houston High School InvenTeam in Houston, Texas explain their invention, an air pollution absorbing paint additive, as well as their InvenTeams experience.
Students from the Landmark School InvenTeam in Prides Crossing, Massachusetts explain their invention, a water desalination and purification system, as well as their InvenTeams experience.
Students from the Northeast High School Invention in Oakland Park, Florida explain their invention, a water sanitation station, and their InvenTeams experience.
Students from the S.S. Seward Institute InvenTeam in Florida, New York explain their invention, a solar-powered steam autoclave, as well as their InvenTeams experience.
Students from the Bergen County Academies InvenTeam in Hackensack, New Jersey explain their invention, a power generator from electronic waste, as well as their InvenTeams experience.
Students from the Boy Scout Troop 703 InvenTeam in Brevard, North Carolina explain their invention, an ergonomic rescue system for bariatric patients, as well as their InvenTeams experience.
Students from the Clear Lake High School InvenTeam in Houston, Texas explain their invention, a multifunctional medical unit, as well as their InvenTeams experience.
