Innovation Day is commemorated on February 16 to recognize the role that new knowledge plays in making a country more advanced and powerful. This special day celebrates the achievements of the scientific community and opens the doors to new technologies, inventions, and careers for the younger generation.
Innovation Day
Credit: Virtual Bodyworks
Stories about Young Innovators
Heman Bekele is TIME’s Kid of the Year, 2024
By: Abigail Richardson
14-year-old Heman Bekele from Virginia has recently gained attention for his groundbreaking development of a low-cost, soap-like cancer treatment.
Eniola Shokunbi: Young Scientist and Innovator
By: Naomi Gledhill
Read about Eniola Shokunbi, a young innovator fighting for clean air in classrooms.
Kiara Nirghin: Young and Innovative
By: Jennifer Yoshikoshi
William Kamkwamba
By: Nathan P. from Ohio
William Kamkwamba
NYLA INNUKSUK
By: Wendy Jewell
Nyla Innuksuk is an exciting young indigenous filmmaker who is pushing the boundaries of filmmaking, going beyond 2 D (flattie) films to VR/AR and 360 with her Mixtape VR company. Check out her journey to date.
Quinn Callander
By: Shanelle Felipe
Quinn Callander is a 13-year-old who invented protective gear for face masks, helping healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dasia Taylor: The Inventor of Color-Changing Sutures
By: Naomi Gledhill
Dorcas Lukwesa’s Mobile, Sustainable Farms
By: Abigail Richardson
Kelly Reinhart - The TPak | Consumer Devices
By: The Lemelson-MIT Program
Art
A Story of Kindness
By: Mahnoor Jaffar
Films about Young Innovators - watch all three films in 15 minutes
60 Sec Docs with Jahkil Jackson
By: 60 Sec docs
Jahkil Jackson from Chicago is the founder of Project I Am, an organization raising awareness about homelessness.
The Secret of Trees
Produced by:Albert Maysles
What do trees know that we don't? 13-year-old inventor Aiden set out to find out. 3.5 minutes.
Caine's Arcade
Produced by:Nirvan Mullick
Caine Munroy created a working cardboard arcade in his father's garage. 10.5 minutes
More Films
Rewilding Honeybees
By: Cameron Nielsen
Progressive conservationist Michael Thiele is “re-wilding” honey bees — introducing swarms to habitats that are more conducive to the instinctive preferences that allow them to thrive.
Joy Buolamwini
By: Abbigail Mira - Ascot Avenue Elementary School
This film was made by Ascot Avenue Elementary student Abbigail Mira.
Building a Shower Trailer for Chico's Houseless on a Budget... of Love!
Produced by:Respectful Revolution
This video is one of the latest from the Respectful Revolution project that is dedicated to documenting humane solutions to our world's many challenges.
GE FOCUS FORWARD / Short films, Big Ideas
Produced by:CINELAN
GE FOCUS FORWARD uses short documentaries to highlight innovators who are striving to make a positive impact on our future.
Rise From the Cape Flats
Shamier Magmoet
Shamier Magmoet overcomes difficulty and learns to educate youth to experience the ocean, becoming advocates and protectors of therof.
Gwala Rising in the Bwanabwana Islands
Produced by:Whitney Yadao-Evans, Niquole Esters, and Jennifer Shoemaker
Gwala Rising in the Bwanabwana Islands depicts the revitalization of traditional conservation practices in the islands of Papua New Guinea.
freeFLY
Avery Bazan
A collaboration between Oceans Unmanned and DJI utilizing drones to help entangled humpback whales.
With Change Comes Opportunity
Produced by:Bluebottle Films - James Sherwood, Danielle Ryan
Rob Pennicott was disappointed the day his local fishing spot was turned into a marine park. Today, Rob says his fishing tourism business, Pennicott Wilderness Journeys, is reliant not just on good fisheries management, but on the longevity of marine park areas in Tasmania.
Charles Ofori Antipem
Cheikh Darou Seck
Chales Antipem invented a science set to help African students engage in scientific experiments.
Watch this Salon hosted by Eva Haller with guest Charlie Pearmund of Virtual Bodyworks - 50 minutes
Eva Haller Salon - Charlie Pearmund
By: Eva Haller
Stories
Illumination Foundation: Disrupting the Cycle of Homelessness
By: Naomi Gledhill
Read about the Illumination Foundation, an innovative non-profit organisation seeking to disrupt the cycle of homelessness.
Dr. Joy Buolamwini: Digital Activist
By: Naomi Gledhill
Read about Dr. Joy Buolamwini, the computer scientist fighting against algorithmic bias.
Charlie Pearmund, Virtual Bodyworks: Advanced Inclusion Training
By: Abigail Richardson
Charlie Pearmund is the CEO of Virtual Bodyworks, a company based in Barcelona who's mission is to use neuroscience and Virtual Reality (VR) to change society.
Charity: Water
By: Naomi Gledhill
Read this story about Charity: Water, the non-profit providing access to clean water to people across the globe.
Jahkil Jackson
By: Abigail Richardson
A Young Philanthropist Making a Big Difference
Gregory L. Robinson: NASA Engineer
By: Naomi Gledhill
Gregory L. Robinson is an American Engineer who is most known for his work on the James Webb Space Telescope Program at NASA.
Joseph-Armand Bombardier
By: Vanessa from Casselman
Bombardier invented in the first snowmobile at age 15 in Canada.
Jeff Preston Bezos
By: Joonseo Lee
Steve Jobs
By: Grace from Louisiana
"The ordinary man involves in the action, the hero acts. An immense difference" -Henry Miller <3
Sally Fox
By: Carmela Federico
Sally Fox produced a cotton that naturally comes in different colors.
James Burke
By: Jerrilyn Jacobs
James Burke
developed a model of discovery called the Knowledge Web to connect information across space and time.
Stories Courtesy of the Christian Science Monitor
Gitanjali Rao earned the top prize at the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge
Credit: (Courtesy of Andy King/Discovery Education)
Shubham Banerjee works on his lego robotics braille printer at home in Santa Clarita, California.
Credit: Marcio Jose Sanches/AP
Energy from fusion: What is the promise? What hurdles remain?
Credit: CSM
Nepal farmers plant hope, resilience with indigenous seeds
Credit: CSM
Fusion breakthrough: US achieves net energy gain for first time
Credit: CSM
Bringing quicker, easier solar power to rural Africa
By: Philip Newell <br> Nourishing The Planet <br> <h5>Permission to use this mat...
SolarNexus custom designs small solar power systems so that they can be easily installed in the field, providing a kick-start to the local economy.
On International Women's Day: 12 innovations that are lifting women out of poverty
By: Nourishing the Planet <br> <h5>Permission to use this material<br> was grant...
International Women's Day (March 8) celebrates women's achievements. Innovative ideas and programs, such as the 12 below, are helping women better care for themselves and their families.
Nourishing the Planet examines five innovations that are improving the sustainability of aquaculture around the world.
By: Laura Reynolds <br> Nourishing the Planet <br> <h5>Permission to use this ma...
Nourishing the Planet finds that combining rice paddles and fish ponds, and using locally caught fish as feed, are just two of the ways that fish farming, or aquaculture, can be made more environmentally friendly.
World Water Day 2012: Two innovations for purifying water
By: Erik Mandell <br> Global Envision <br> <h5>Permission to use this material<b...
Harnessing the bacteria naturally occurring in water and using solar energy are just two innovations that may help bring clean drinking water to the world's poor.
INNOVATIONS IN ONLINE LEARNING FOR REFUGEES, SLUM CHILDREN EARN UN PRIZE
By: ADELA SULIMAN Thomson Reuters Foundation
How renewable energy is rescuing US schools from budget cuts
By: Erin L. McCoy<br>YES! Magazine <br> <h5>Permission to use this material<br> ...
Educators across the country are finding millions of dollars in savings through cheap and simple forms of renewable energy. Since 2003, one school district has cut more than $7 million in energy costs. That equates to 45 teaching positions.
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