Shreya's winning idea, "Energy Save" is a great tool for families and businesses to start conserving energy and make a difference. Energy Save automatically configures each appliance in a location (home/office) so the total energy usage in the premise fits the monthly dollar budget. Energy Save measures the power consumption of all appliances in the location and conserves energy by configuring them to operate at specific hours of most use and at a sustainable power usage range. The software compiles energy usage statistics of each appliance to control devices based on the importance set by the user. 

When Martin saw bikers using bicycle locks and then just hanging their helmet on their handlebars outside stores, he wanted to come up with a solution to keep helmets secure as well. His invention, the Helmet Lock is a bike helmet with a twist. The helmet clip (which you usually just pull apart) on the chin strap includes a number combination lock. The small, circular number lock combination will be comfortable when resting against a chin, and when you strap it around your bike and secure it to a pole or fence, it will act as a secure lock. 

Johannah for her idea "Jojo's Fro-Yo (& Mo!)"
Age: 17

Johannah won the Grow Your Business Challenge with her idea for a storefront business in Northern Virginia that provides non-dairy foods and beverages as well as an array of gluten-free and vegan treats. Jojo's Fro-Yo café will serve the lactose-intolerant customer base and will introduce non-dairy foods and drinks to those who have not experienced it yet. Johannah believes her café will help inspire others to eat healthy.

Cayla's winning idea "Hometowns Matter" began as a Civics project in her school in Indiana. It is now a network for hometown businesses to create products as wearable discount cards with their logos. Any customer that buys a product from one of the network businesses will receive a discount or special service at all of the participating businesses. For instance, everyone that owns and wears a hometowns matter shirt automatically gets a discount or service for wearing or carrying that product into the store. When people wear  products from hometownsmatter.com they are all at once, advertising for their own hometown small businesses. Part of the profits will go to schools, community funding, and kid small business start ups.

Brian beat out thousands of other contestants for his highly original new game, ‘The Puzzler,’ which masterfully combines logic puzzles with board games. As the National Grand Prize winner of ‘Invention Dimension,’ Brian received a $1,000 JAKKS Pacific Prize Pack plus a $1,000 gift card for a shopping spree at Toys“R”Us. On May 19, 2010, Brian was honored and celebrated for his victory, in a special Grand Prize Award Ceremony at the Toys“R”Us international flagship store in Times Square.

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Fabian's "Oink-a-Saurus,"  is an Apple iPhone/iPod Touch app that teaches kids about saving, investing and the stock market. It combines a profiler, which learns about your interests by tracking your web browsing & buying habits through a UPC (bar code) reader and a what-if scenario creator showing what if you saved/invested in stocks rather than spending your money. Fabian was celebrated in a special ceremony at the New York Stock Exchange, where he received $2500 and closed the markets for the day by ringing the closing bell.  The NYSE also provided seed money to Fabian to turn his product concept into a real life iPhone app, which is now available for download at oink-a-saurus.com.

Dan for his game "Rhythm"

Dan swept the judges off their feet with his video game idea "Rhythm". The Ohio resident won a U.S. Savings bond of $10,000 and a trip to the Best Buy Headquarters. Dan's idea takes you on a journey into the music world with Rhythm, the main character of his game. Rhythm’s hometown, Melody loses its access to music when someone steals the Platinum Record. Now, it’s up to Rhythm to find it! Dan also got to meet with EA developers to make his idea into a real game that  you can now play online!. 

Jonathan for his TV show idea "Hot Places for Cool Kids"

Hot Places for Cool Kids is a travel and entertainment show about kids traveling to new places. Jonathan says, "Kids and families like to travel, have fun, and enjoy places and my show can introduce them to a new place where they may want to travel too and have fun. I will go to cool places like the LA County Fair, cruises, theme parks, anywhere families and kids go and show people at home how kids can have fun at that place."

Max for his idea "Home Dome"

Max's invention, Home Dome,  redefines a makeshift dwelling, which he calls “The Home Dome.” Max recalls: “When I was six, I won an invention contest that included a trip to Chicago. While there, I saw homeless people living on streets, and beneath highways and underpasses. I felt very sorry for these people, and ever since then, felt that my goal and obligation was to find a way to help them. My invention improves the living conditions for homeless people, refugees, or disaster victims by giving them easy-to-assemble shelter." The Grand Prize winner of the Trash to Treasure Competition is Max for his invention of the "The Home Dome". Max won $10,000, a laptop powered by Intel, and a trip to Boston to see his design built.

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Maya for her business idea "Surprise Industries"

Maya is the grand prize winner of the CosmoGirl! Mind Your Own Business Entrepreneurial Challenge. She describes her winning idea, Surprise Industries, as a web based business that provides ‘surprising’ experiences to its customers. For a fee, one will select their area of choice where they would like their experience and Surprise Industries matches you up with fun and unique activities ranging from glass blowing to an engaging charity event like painting an elementary school.  Maya won $10,000 and a trip to the offices of  Time Out New York in NYC.

Rhonesha for her website idea "HerAgenda.com"

Rhonesha won the Unleash Your Locker Challenge for her idea"HerAgenda.com". Her idea, a website encourages women to never lose site of their dreams! Inspired by Rhonesha's own personal philosophy, "No one ever slows her agenda," a comment on her own personal ambition and drive, HerAgenda.com will feature 30 bloggers from a wide range of occupations and will also encourage mentorship between successful women and those just starting out. Rhonesha won $500 and a trip to an innovative company, provided by the Kauffman Foundation.

Alyssa for her "The Guardians"

Alyssa, from Irvine, CA, depicts a new kind of hero in the “The Guardians”. Uncovering the challenging nature of the color guard, where dancers spin, toss and catch flags, rifles or sabers, Alyssa has conceived an edge-of-your-seat graphic novel that stars five heroines. Naturally, the girls dance on their high school’s “sport of the arts” color guard squad, but their real job is to protect the President of the United States. Lacking superpowers, they instead rely on brains, personality, confidence, and hard work to become better teammates.  She won $10,000 and a trip to shadow a professional at the Pearson Publishing Company.

Rachel for her “Retro Modern”

Rachel believes in 'Retro Fashion' with a twist. Her designs are inspired from the past but are smartly adjusted to fit into current fashion trends. She blends vintage patterns and modern designs for a collection she thinks is bound to turn heads. And surely enough, Rachel has been chosen as the Grand Prize Winner of the BKFK Signature Style Challenge. She won $10,000 and a trip to the Tommy Hilfiger Studios!

Douglas for his sporting good idea “Roller Boggin”

Douglas enjoyed skateboarding but like many other kids, it took him a long time before he could stand up on the board. He decided to create something that was as much fun as skateboard but a whole lot easier, safer and cool. He combined his snow sled and skateboard to create a sitting or kneeling version of a skateboard. The Roller Boggin is propelled by hand, arm and upper body thrusting movements. Speed & height come from thrusting against a rolled outer edge. There are inside bungee-type cords inside the ‘boggin’ for additional thrusting power, steering and ‘snap.’  He won $10,000 and a 'meet n greet' with an ESPN sportscaster!

Elizabeth for her “Water Watcher”

Realizing just how much water it took to take a shower, Elizabeth began seeking a way to make everyone more aware of their water usage. After learning that reducing her shower time only by one minute would save 1,000 gallons of water per year, she was driven to find a smarter way of utilizing this valuable resource. Elizabeth created “The Water Watcher”, a device that can be fastened to any faucet. It signals a red light and sounds a beep every time a half-gallon of water is used. Elizabeth hopes this will keep everyone more conscientious in just how much water they use up in their everyday life. She won $10,000 and a trip to shadow an expert from the 11th Hour Action Site!

Keagan Bolibol for her “Problem Pad” 

Keagan is a 10-year-old fourth-grader from Woodinville, Wash. Her invention, the Problem Pad, is a dry erase page with various learning tools that fits into a binder. While working on a difficult homework assignment, Keagan realized there had to be an easy way to keep her homework from turning out so messy. After talking with her father, she came up with the Problem Pad. The winners of the  were announced at the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City and presented with a $25,000 cash prize. The runners up received $5,000.

Eric is a second grader in Anne Arundel County, MD. The “Recording Folder” is a school folder featuring a built-in microphone kids can use to record their homework assignments or other important school notes. No more excuses like “I forgot to write it down!”

Caitlyn is a second grader in Charles County, MD. To create the “Eraselet” Caitlin ran an elastic band through a pink eraser and added beads that spelled out ERASELET. Now not only are kids’ accessories fashionable, they are functional too.

Brenda is a fourth grader in Baltimore, MD. Inspired by a schoolmate who is blind, Brenda created “Eye Paper,” which is simply paper with raised lines to help visually impaired students know where to write. The paper can also be scented. This gives kids with visual impairments more independence in the classroom, allowing them to write on ordinary-sized school paper

Emily is a third grader in Charles County, MD. The “School for Pencils” is a pencil holder that mounts to the classroom wall and holds pencils for the entire class. The “School For Pencils” is shaped like a house made of pencils. This solves the problem of kids not having a pencil – each morning kids pick up a pencil on their way into the class and return it to the “School for Pencils” at the end of the day.

Jacob, 6 from California invented a new way to learn how to ride a bike. The training wheels adjust in and out on a scale of 1-10. Day 1 the wheels are all the way out which makes the bike very stable (like standard training wheels). Each day you progress to a higher number (the wheels move in closer to the bike) which makes the bike less stable and the rider better balanced.

Ana, 12 from Pennsylvania invented an electronic game that lets you play hand clap games with only one person. She invented it because she liked hand clap games and did not always have someone to play with. All you need to do is choose your rhyme, your level and press start!. 

Russell, 12 from Connecticut invented a fun way to play tag, especially for the summer. Each player wears a vest that has four plugs with long ribbons of fabric. When any plug is pulled, water is released from the vest, getting the player soaked!