Meet the Teams
Congratulations to our top teams competing this year! Below you will find some brief information about each of the teams as well as the link to their video pitch. These 39 teams were selected from the top in each class out of over 150 teams this year. Collaborating across multiple classes over the past 3-4 weeks to make their solutions a reality, these teams have put in the hard work and effort to impress their peers and hopefully the judges! Wish them luck in their final round of competition!
Please note that teams are listed in no particular order.Â
Garbanzo Beans
Our innovative product, Garbanzo Beans, revolutionizes the trash management process for parks and companies. With our wireless and automated solution, it enables effortless identification of full/overfilling trash cans at an incredibly low cost. The installation time is minimal, making it a hassle-free and efficient choice for streamlining waste collection operations.
by Toni En, Jimin Lim, Mohit Varikuti, Panth ShahÂ
SPAARC
SPAARC is an application made with Unity, based on students commonly missing out on lessons due to absences, sports, or simply being sick. It is a virtual map of the ARC with a variety of features like chat boards, event boards, and more! Â
by Siqi Li, Alicia Wang, Angela Xin, Phoebe Yee
CarPro-S
Our product is a device that detects when a driver is not looking at the road and when both the hands are not on the steering wheel. The device plays a low frequency alarm when either of these things are detected, and plays a higher frequency alarm if both events are detected at once. If the event occurs for longer than 10 seconds, then the system also sends a notification to the legal guardian of the driver.
by Benjamin Armanuse, Kaii Bijlani, Anisha Goyal, Diya Menon
EcoSort
The average American doesn't know what goes into a compost bin and what goes into a trash can. This leads to a lot of compost that could be used to make fertile soil going to waste.
by Vineel Bhattiprolu, Jaden Ding, Sahith Sudini, Ribhav Vallishayee
HygiGlow
HygiGlow is a device that utilizes UV radiation to eliminate harmful bacteria and germs from water fountain spouts. HygiGlow is designed to be used by janitors or businesses whose goal is to keep public areas, like a water fountain clean while being efficient and cost effective.
by Krish Bhakta, Kevin Ham, Zayaan Lalani, Naren Venkat
EcoSpark
Mines worldwide, especially in developing countries, face high risks of cave-ins and gas leaks. To address this, we developed EcoSpark: a cost-effective system that utilizes gas and environmental sensors to detect toxic or flammable gas leaks and predict cave-ins through a mesh network system for communication in deep mines without internet access. With stricter global mining regulations, there is a growing market for such a solution, and EcoSpark perfectly fulfills this need.
by Raman Arora, Ayush Garg, Sajeev Magesh, Rohan Vij
Bullet Bag
Project A.N.T is a versatile bag that can not only transform into a backpack, satchel, or a purse but aid in saving many lives. Our bag is meant to be comfortable as well as bulletproof; including a bulletproof blanket which can aid in saving lives. Project A.N.T has designed this bag to be taken as a regular bag with extra protection or a medical bag which would contain emergency equipment in order to save more lives that could have been saved if the right equipment were to be present.Â
by Alex Moises, Franklin Tay, Navleen Kaur
AutoAlgae
Currently, the soil in American farms is degrading at a rapid rate due to unsustainable farming practices, namely the considerable overuse of chemical fertilizers. Our product, AutoAlgae, aims to give farmers a convenient and effective replacement for chemical fertilizers. We created a fertilizer spreader equipped with an algae farm that is able to dispense the nutrient-filled spirulina onto crop beds to rejuvenate the soil and improve crop yields.
by Athena Contos, Vincent High, Jose Idrovo-Macias, Sakura Kongsberg
Wheelchair Handle: Ergonomic Extension Lever (WHEEL)
The WHEEL is a wheelchair attachment that reduces shoulder strain for wheelchair users. It utilizes a back-and-forth motion to propel the wheelchair forward.Â
by Jessie Cao, Cayden Cho, Pravarthika Pabbisetty, Victor Saggese-Brito
Snack Stash
A safe locker for food delivery services to schools, office buildings, etc.
by Miles Cruz, Tyler Prellwitz, Armaan Shah, Damian Wilson
DancypantsÂ
Dancypants aims to make karaoke accessible to the home user. Instead of shelling out hundreds of dollars for a karaoke machine or finagling with an audio setup, users can simply use our webapp to browse thousands of songs, sing along to the lyrics, and be scored in real time (accurately) as well.
by Marissa Li, Franklin Liu, Eashan Mahajan, Andre Xiang
Aqua Drone
Algal blooms are a growing concern worldwide, especially due to fertilizer runoff and high temperatures, which has ended up creating dead zones by depleting dissolved oxygen and threatening marine life. To address this problem, our team has developed a drone prototype capable of detecting algal blooms and removing the blooms using a custom scooper. Additionally, the harvested algae can be converted into biodiesel for future drone operations, allowing for a self sustainable and eco-friendly model that truly helps marine life.
by Prathik Ankala, Zain Mustafa, Raghavan Srinivas, Krithik Tamilvanan
Menu Mate
Menu Mate is a user-friendly app designed to help individuals with dietary restrictions easily navigate restaurant menus. With a simple interface, users can input their specific allergies or dietary restrictions, and the app will filter out menu items that contain those ingredients. Not only does this help customers, but it also increases exposure for smaller and local restaurants.
by Paulos John, Rohan Nihalani, Aaryan Sinha
Magic Dining Alerts
Magic Dining Alerts allows for custom user alerts for Walt Disney World restaurants. Users input what time, amount of people, and place where they want the reservation, then once the reservation is available the user will be notified.
by Elisha McDuffie
PetAsst.
 PetAsst. is a powerful companion that ensures that your furry friends are well-fed and cared for, even when you are away. Using multiple different mechanisms and advanced sensor fusion all brought together with an intuitive app, this system delivers custom feeding schedules, pet activity analytics, and a communication channel. Now you can love your pet from anywhere with PetAsst.Â
by Srikanth Samy, Aaryan Boreddy, Jash Dadia, Raina Upadhyay
Green Galvanics
Green Galvanics is a battery sorting device aimed at making battery disposal and recycling a safer, quicker, and cheaper process. This device sorts used alkaline and nickel-metal hydride batteries into their respective types based on their size and mass, using a combination of robotics, manufacturing technologies, circuitry, and coding.
by Jerry Huang, Alejandro Martinez, Paige Nothelfer, Clara Yee
Exertricity Charger
Introducing the Exertricity Charger: a lightweight, compact, cheap clean energy device that generates electrical power with body heat and nanoelectronics! An accessible energy solution for the future, you can generate significant power anywhere, anytime.
by Rohan Sontakke, Aaditya Jagtap, Rushil Yadavalli, Aarav Kenchiah
VisiLock
The door lock of the future that utilizes facial recognition technology and remote access technology to provide a hassle free and seamless home security solution. With features such as remote locking and unlocking, gone are the days of fumbling for keys and having to remember length passcodes. All in a product that can adapt and change to a consumers needs, whether it be for home security purposes or access control of an airbnb property.
by Ryan Gill, Akash Guntamadugu, Dheeshik Ramachandran, Daksh Rana
No More Screem Time!
Every day, the peace of many households is disrupted by teens who scream while playing video games. No More Screem Time! trains teens to be respectful of other household members by warning them when they get too loud, and then turning off power to a connected device (typically the gamer's monitor) after repeated alerts.
by Sky Aniszewski, David Loo, Matthew Loo, Manning Wu
SmartSchedulerÂ
Our product aims to solve the issue that college students and high schooler seniors have when creating their course schedules. In most colleges, courses run at several varying times, making it hard to create a class schedule in which students can take all the classes they want but also have free time to do work or spend time with friends. Our product automatically generates several class schedules based off of inputted courses, making it easier and more efficient for college students to create their class schedules.Â
by Akshat Khandelwal, Mayank Kumar, Ankita Kumar, Ryan Lim
SSG (Senior Security Guards)Â
SSG is an informational app for seniors citizens that educates them about the cyber threats they might face on the internet. The app goes into detail about phishing, how to prevent attacks, and general safety tips. Additionally, the app is formatted in a simple way, with a large font and reduced overly complicated terms, specifically to appeal to the seniors' preferences.
by Chandini Chennakesavan, Abhinav Chunduru, Alina Shaikh, Sarayu Unnam
Envibot
ENVIBOT is short for Environmentally Intelligent Garbage Sorting Robot and is built to combat the growing problem of waste mismanagement in the world by targeting the root of the problem. It is a robot that can be clipped onto any trash can, and analyzes, classifies and sorts waste thrown into that trash can into different waste categories, effectively removing the element of human error from the process of recycling. By installing ENVIBOT in homes and crowded public places such as parks and tourist sites, ENVIBOT will reduce the amount of recyclable materials that end up in landfills to slow down global warming, microplastic accumulation and pollution.
by Jia Aggarwal, Nithila Sadheesh, Shivani Sridhar, Sanjitha Saravanan
Eco Hinge
Eco Hing is a door hinge that harvests the rotational kinetic energy of a door swinging to generate renewable energy. If used, it can save Dublin High over $18,000 during the course of a school yearÂ
by Alexander Suen, Suriya GnanasundarÂ
The Sinking Spool
Our product takes catching crabs to a whole new level. With our product, the environment will be healthy as the rope of our spool won’t affect any marine life like others do. We make crabbing more efficient and more environment friendly.
by Daniel Huang, Harman Lalli, Natthan Intharasombat, Eugene Jia
EdAI
The solution is an app that uses generative AI via OpenAI's open source API's to guide students and help them solve problems that they may come across in school assignments. It acts as if it is a teacher, guiding the student without giving them the direct answer as regular ChatGPT would. This app is also able to generate funny jokes and visuals using the Dall-E API to benefit the user's mental health.
by Charles Peachy, Nikhil Prabhu, Aarush Shetty, Neil Srivastava
My Alcohol Story
A platform that provides teenagers and young adults who have struggled with alcohol a platform to anonymously share their stories and connect with others.
by Anit Annadi, Ishaan Gupta, Sathvik Lakamsani, Shreyas Tulsi
Life AI
An application that solves the simplicity of creating a routine through using AI and daily addictions and habits. Our application is personalized with AI, and will take into account your daily life to improve it to create a better, fulfilling, and successful life. Our app is mainly for progressively reducing addictions and replacing it with interests - look at the image to see how our app works.
by Huang Kyle, Jumper Connor, Saindane Rishi, Sidamsety Jayanth
FoodSafe
In order to reduce school lunch lines, we, FoodSafe, have engineered what is to be a school oriented Food Locker system. We plan to put FoodSafes at lunch serving windows in order to help alleviate the down time needed to distribute lunches with a card swipe both reading the card connecting the information to the school's system and unlocking the door to the FoodSafe. The food inside the FoodSafe can be picked up and the door from the back would allow the food to be refilled cycling the food distribution process.
by Abigail Garguilo, Andre Lee, Anika Yu, Cathy Zhao
CyberSavers
CyberSavers' main goal is to spread awareness about the dangers the internet holds and how internet users can protect themselves when online. Our product is an innovative, free-to-use website where individuals can not only learn about the dangers and safety remedies but also get the personalized help they may need through our 24-hour chat service and by connecting with experienced professionals. We aim to CyberSave every uneducated internet user.
by Saketh Bandi, Rhea John, Nathan Kantorov, Tanvi Singh
AR Gym Assistant
Our product is a sort of application that allows for people to understand how to use gym equipment. A sticker is placed on certain equipment, and the app scans the sticker. A 3D model pops up in front of them showing them a step by step instruction on how to use it correctly and the proper formm
by Aaryan Arurkar, Mohit Suresh Chandar, Leslie Fernandes, Rudra Vaishnav
WaterWatch
Over 1M Californians suffer from water pollution -- most live in low-income, high-minority communities, disproportionally exposing them to cancer and other deadly health effects. Investigating the source of pollution is the first step to solving the issue: WaterWatch is an accessible, easy-to-use test kit that combats environmental inequity by providing a new low-cost method to analyze water quality.
by Katie Cheng, Arjun Patel, Anisha Rao, Saachi Tuli
Protego
Our idea to combat this fear and danger is called Protego. Protego is a small device, camouflaged as an everyday item (lipstick, keychain, bracelet, case, etc.) that contains an alarm and notification system. Basically, if the user suspects they may be in danger, they can press a button, which will send a warning message to the contacts specified in the accompanying app. If the user is in immediate danger, they can pull up (or some other more complex function), which would blare an alarm, flash bright lights, and even call 911.
by Maya Poghosyan, Mahathi Pothukuchi, Manasvi Pula, Esha Shenoy
CropCare
CropCare is a robot that can traverse fields to equitably treat crops by using a mounted camera system and various sensors to determine its specific needs. If it detects any pests or diseases on the crop, it can use a special pesticide spray on that crop only, which reduces the environmental impact and lessens the waste of resources for farmers along with increasing their crop yield. Furthermore, the robot is able to transmit data to a website that allows farmers to track the health of their soil and crops as well as giving tips to help improve their farm.
by Adi Jain, Ryan Saleh, Dhruv Vootkuri, and Arya Cherukuri
Sip Safe
Sip Safe is a small filter that provides people with clean water. The small attachment is simply placed onto water fountains and cleans the water as the fountain is activated.
by Anishka Vora, Sahithi Gonugunta, Sophia Thai, Ellen Liang
Cense
Our product is a library occupation tracking system that will greatly imrove the efficiency of the capacity system currently in place. It is a low-budget system that integrates a Raspberry Pi, breadboarding, and a live website accessible by anyone. While currently specified for the Dublin High School libary, it can be used anywhere and we are planning on adding many improvements, such as AI tracking, multiple units, and interactivity.
by Samiksha Krishnamurthy, Atiksh Paul, Jeremy Sevilla, Jeia So
SensoryLink
SensoryLink is a gadget for autistic children that helps in both keeping them safe as well as provide them with a quality educational environment. As part of the safety features, there is a live gps tracking website, a facial recognition program that logs in all of the people that came in contact with the user so the guardian can see who they interacted with in case they something bad happens, as well as object detection to look out for dangerous objects to warn the user. For education, object detection is used to detect objects and say it out loud with the pronunciation/spelling to help improve communication/socialization.
by Siyu Chen, Shiny Gajula, Ananya Jakilati, Pavan Sidhu
L.S. Bullet
We plan to place detectors around a public area, such as a school, and put a transmitter in each bullet, so that the supervisors of the public area and the police can detect a moving gun. Further, if this person serves as a threat, the police can disable the gun using an application via an LTE connection as we plan to put a microprocessor and a transmitter inside the gun itself.
by Jasmine Dhaliwal, Shreya Shingare, Megan Zhang
Automanium
Automanium is a robot designed to assess the structural integrity of a damaged building (possibly by earthquakes) without the need for a human to enter the building. It uses a modular suite of sensors to perform structural integrity tests.
by Edwin He, Johnny Lei, Sarathisamy Velmurugan, Sohdai Yokokawa
YEET (Yard Enhancement & Efficient Trimming)
A fully autonomous lawn mowing system which utilizes a vision sensor to accurately formulate a minimum cost Hamiltonian circuit. Features a fast, sturdy robot built from aluminum and protective/functional polycarbonate sheets.
by Jacob Jung, Aakrisht Mehra, Frank Xiao