CEREMONY SUNDAY.
THEIR SPECIFIC
LOCATION IS BEING
HELD FOR SECURITY REASONS.
ERIELLE: BILL NYE THE SCIENCE
GUY IS A SEVEN-TIME
AWARD-WINNING HOST.
STEVE: HE IS JOINING US LIVE.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
YOU ARE AT THE NATIONAL PRESS
CLUB IN D.C.
BILL: EXPLORER VISION IS A
SCIENCE COLLAR -- COMPETITION.
YOU HAVE TO CREATE AN
INVENTION
THAT WILL BE IN EXISTENCE 20
YEARS FROM NOW.
YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH THE TEAM.
IT STARTS IN KINDERGARTEN AND
GOES ALL THE WAY UP.
IT'S A SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIP
COMPETITION.
WE NEED TO GET YOUNG PEOPLE
EXCITED ABOUT SCIENCE.
THEY CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.
ERIELLE: YOU HAVE SOME
YOUNGSTERS ALONGSIDE YOU.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PROJECTS
YO
SAW?
BILL: HAVE YOU HEARD OF LYME
DISEASE?
TELL US ABOUT THIS.
>>
IT DETECTS THE TICK.
WHEN IT IS
DETECTED.
BILL: HOW DOES IT DO IT BEST AND
MARK --?
>> IT HASN'T
ORGAN.
BILL: IT'S JUST THE BASIC STUFF.
STEV
WHAT GRADE ARE YOU GUYS
IN?
>> THIRD.
BILL: WHAT WERE YOU DOING WHEN
YOU WERE NINE?
ERIELLE: WATCHING YOUR SHOW.
THE: DID YOU MEET YOUR
CONGRESSMAN?
TONIGHT IS THE BIG AWARDS
CEREMONY.
THEY GET A SCHOLARSHIP FROM
TOSHIBA.
IT'S SPONSORED BY TOSHIBA.
IF YOU ARE A YOUNG
PERSON, CHECK
THIS OUT.
STEVE: THEY MET WITH THEIR
CONGRESSMAN AND SENATORS.
YOU ARE
TRAINED AS A SCIENTIST
AND THE COMEDIAN.
WHICH OF THOSE ARE YOU USING
MORE THESE DAYS?
BILL: MOSTLY I USE MY
ENGINEERING DEGREE.
I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY.
TAKE THE ENVIRONMENT INTO
ACCOUNT.
THINK ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT.
THERE ARE 7 BILLION PEOPLE.
BY THE TIME THESE GUYS ARE MY
AGE, IT'S GOING TO BE OVER 9
BILLION PEOPLE.
CHECK
OUT EXPLORER VISION.
ERIELLE: WE WILL CERTAINLY DO
SO.
