The following ideas are thought-starters to help you identify a problem and think about a creative solution. You are encouraged to consider one of these topics or come up with their own ideas!

 

HOW WE MANUFACTURE

From automobiles to your kitchen sink, manufacturing is essential to making every day life run more efficiently.

What kinds of technologies, innovations, or solutions might:

• Ensure clean breathing air for people in all communities?

• Provide safe drinking water to people across the world?

• Help increase the production of goods without the use of fossil fuels?

• Improve the efficiency of production at minimal costs?

 

HOW WE PROVIDE ENERGY

Energy is the key to keeping the world working and one of the most fundamental parts of our daily lives.

What kinds of technologies, innovations, or solutions might:

• Help plants grow in dry climates?

• Provide electricity to underdeveloped countries?

• Make transportation easier without automation?

• Help limit the amount of fossil fuels in the environment?

• Find ways to help people reduce their environmental footprint?

• Reuse energy in creative ways?

 

HOW WE STAY SAFE

Whether you’re on the sports field or crossing the street, safety should always come first.

What kinds of technologies, innovations, or solutions might:

• Detect and alert people of the likelihood of an accident happening?

• Protect people from workplace dangers?

• Make it safer to travel during bad weather?

• Prevent a sports related injury from happening?

• Create ways to reduce the risk of accidents?

 

HOW WE STAY HEALTHY

Living a healthy lifestyle and ensuring the health of others is crucial to having long and productive lives.

What kinds of technologies, innovations, or solutions might:

• Provide healthy foods to all communities?

• Detect and alert people of the onset of health problems?

• Make healthcare products available to underdeveloped communities?

• Perform diagnostics without the use of modern technology?