What participants say …
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Hoopla Rack,
third place and $4,000,
2008 Schoofs Prize for Creativity;
third place and $700,
Tong Prototype Prize;
and Younkle Best Presentation Award
“Through the whole process, I actually began to see my design turn into a prototype, and now my prototype might actually become a patented reality. By the end, I was so happy that I had chosen to take a chance on myself and do something that brought my engineering and hooping life together.”
—Danielle McIntosh
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Pen Smart,
$1,000 Judges’ Award for Special Merit,
2008 Schoofs Prize for Creativity
“I thought of this product two years ago—I wrote it down and kind of forgot about it for awhile. And I realized that if I didn’t do it, I’d always regret it, so I just decided to pursue it. The competition is a great outlet for anyone interested in innovation and development. The experience gives you the tools to develop the idea and the confidence to continue.”
—Daniel Gartenberg
Innovators in the news …
articles about past competitors
Digital Blackboard
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“I learned a lot from being able to prototype my idea. Especially, I found out that some ideas seem to be easy to implement theoretically, but actually, it is pretty difficult to implement. So I could come up with a different idea which makes it a lot easier to implement. Without prototyping, I would never notice this. It also give me some idea how much it will cost to manufacture my invention. The Tong loan made it possible for me to try many different materials to make my prototype. Without the loan, I wouldn't have been able to try some materials or products which could be useful and necessary for my prototyping, but are expensive, such as ferrofluida”.
— Ohan Oda
