PAUL: MAKING SCIENCE
ENTERTAINING IS SOMETHING BILL
NYE "THE SCIENCE GUY" HAS BEEN
DOING MOST OF HIS LIFE.
ERIN: AND THIS MORNING HE'S
HONORING SOME OF THE BEST AND
BRIGHTEST STUDENTS OUR NATION
HAS TO OFFER.
THIS IS EXCITING.
JOINING US FROM THE NATIONAL
PRESS CLUB IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
IS BILL NYE, "THE SCIENCE GUY."
AND THREE YOUNG INVENTORS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US.
BILL, TELL US ABOUT THE
EXPLORA-VISION PROGRAM?
>>
SO, THIS IS A UNIQUE SCIENCE
SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION WHERE
YOU HAVE TO WORK IN A TEAM.
AND YOU NEED TO COME UP WITH AN
IDEA FOR INTERVENTION THAT YOU
THINK WILL COME INTO EXISTENCE
IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT IS
UNIQUE, IT STARTS IN
KINDERGARTEN, ALL THE WAY TO
HIGH SCHOOL.
WHEN WE THINK OF SCIENCE
COMPETITIONS, WE THINK HIGH
SCHOOL, BUT NO, THIS IS RUNNING
THE GAMUT.
AND WITH THESE GUYS COME UP WITH
IS AMAZING.
PAUL: WHAT ARE SOME OF THE
INVENTIONS?
>> PROSTHETICS.
THIS IS ONE TO HELP YOUR HEALTH.
AND THEN SOME SPACE INVENTIONS
AND THINGS TO IMPROVE THE
QUALITY OF LIFE, THROUGH SCIENCE
AND ENGINEERING.
IT IS AN EXCITING THING AND IT
IS UNUSUAL.
IT IS JUDGED BY THE TEACHERS
ASSOCIATION.
I AM A LONGTIME MEMBER.
AND IT IS SPONSORED BY
TOSHIBA,
THAT IS AN ENGINEERING COMPANY
THAT IS ALWAYS PUTTING
ENGINEERING IN THE PIPELINE, SO
IT IS A COOL COMPETITION.
THIS IS MY 14TH YEAR HERE.
ARE YOU GUYS EVEN 14 YEARS OLD?
>> WE ARE.
>> JUST BARELY.
ERIN: CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE
KIDS?
>> I WILL LET THEM TELL YOU.
>> WE ARE FROM LONG
ISLAND, NEW
YORK.
WE CREATED THIS PROJECT FOR THE
COMPOSITION.
-- COMPETITION.
IT IS A PROJECT THAT IS
AIMED TO
ENVISION A MORE RESPECTIVE
METHOD OF SOME CELL RESEARCH BY
WAY OF AN IMPLANT THAT CAN
REGULATE STEM CELL REGENERATION
THAT HAS BEEN DAMAGED IN THE
BODY.
PAUL: SO YOU GUYS ARE IN HIGH
SCHOOL?
WHAT GREAT?
>> 11TH GRADE.
>> WHAT WERE YOU DOING IN 11TH
GRADE?
ERIN: NOW THAT.
PAUL: TRYING TO SCORE ON THE ECT
FOR COLLEGE -- ACT FOR COLLEGE.
>> THE IDEA IS TO GET THE STEM
CELLS TARGETED.
IS THAT RIGHT?
>> YES.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT SOME
OF THE TISSUES THAT GENERALLY AS
ADULT WOULD NOT REGENERATE THE
NERVE CELLS.
THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT WOULD BE
TO INITIATE THE REGENERATION
PROJECT IN SOMEBODY WHO MIGHT BE
D GENERATING BECAUSE OF DISEASE
OR AN ACCIDENT.
>> HOW HARD COULD IT BE?
ERIN: THAT IS IMPRESSIVE.
WE NEED MORE KIDS LIKE THAT.
