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Spirit of Innovation Awards

"Revenge of the Nerds" meets "American Idol"

Online Voting Opens for the Spirit of Innovation Awards: www.conradawards.org

From Monday, March 29th through April 9th, YOU have the opportunity to vote for your favorite high school innovators! 24 of the top high school teams have been designing the future. Its not science fiction. Its where education meets innovation and entrepreneurship. Its where real science gets real. Teams have created innovative products to solve some of the grand challenges facing society. From rural water collection devices, to robotic astronaut assistants. From Satellite attitude-control systems to Navajo Solar Frybread Ovens. These students will rock your world! Now, they need YOU to help select the winners of the Spirit of Innovation Awards by voting online for your favorite teams. Finalists have created videos, blogs, photos and more to show off their products. From March 29 to April 9, you can help a generation of 21st century innovators change the world, one vote at a time. Check out www.conradawards.org for information on the teams, their products, and to submit your vote. When you vote, be sure to select Astronomers Without Borders as your affiliate.

Video Previews
If you are interested in seeing a very cool preview of what the teams are creating for their voting profiles, please take a peak at the video from Team Native Sun. It is a hilarious "bobbing heads" video about their solar oven. These are the kinds of things we're making real for the students.

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Take a look at the team blogs on www.conradawards.org. Each of the teams has a great stories to tell about how they're going through the process of creating their technologies. You'll be impressed.

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