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July 18, 2022, 1:48 p.m.

Student Voices: Watch these 3 TikTok interviews with inspiring student inventors

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Our PBS NewsHour Classroom intern Evelyn Chi spoke to several talented students about their inventions following the 2022 National Invention Convention in Dearborn, Michigan, earlier this summer. These students made a variety of inventions from solving issues such as food deserts to delays in 911 emergency calls. To learn more about how you or your school can get involved, click here .

Click on these three TikTok videos to watch their 1-minute interviews!

Students featured:

Austin E., Ifeoma O. and John C.

Grade 9

Chicago, Illinois

Invention: Ambrosia Auto

Harshita Kothapalli

Grade 8

Milford, Connecticut

Invention: 911 QuickFind

Gabriel Caron

Grade 4

Bedford, New Hampshire

Invention: Flip It

Evelyn Chi, a rising sophomore at Amherst College and intern with NewsHour Classroom, wrote this Student Voices article with editing by Victoria Pasquantonio.

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