Congratulations to the nine Technovation[MN] teams who made it to the semi-final round of the 2021 Technovation Girls global challenge. They were chosen from 1700 submissions across 60 countries.
In a pandemic year, nothing has quite been the same and the Technovation challenges are no exception. Local winners from the Minnesota chapter did not automatically advance as in past non-pandemic years. For a full list of local winners, please see Appapalooza 2021 Pitch Winners. The semi-finalists below created technology that rose to the top among 1700 apps across the world! We are so proud of them.
One team, CASP Technologies, was honored as one of only twelve finalists in the competition. CASP technologies created an application called Operation Serenity. Operation Serenity is an Android application that taps into a market to reduce anxiety in pediatric patients aged 8-15 by harnessing kid-friendly images and surgical sounds of general surgery procedures and displaying them in a step-by-step manner that both educates and engages pediatric surgery patients. Operation Serenity also helps pediatric patients to reduce stress by informing them of fun local events and activities. CASP Technologies will get the opportunity to pitch at the Technovation World Summit in August. You BELIEVED you could and you certainly DID! Best of luck to you at the World Summit!
Finalist:
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Team: CASP Technologies App Name: Operation Serenity Team Members:
Operation Serenity is an Android application that taps into a market to reduce anxiety in pediatric patients aged 8-15 by harnessing kid-friendly images and surgical sounds of general surgery procedures and displaying them in a step-by-step manner that both educates and engages pediatric surgery patients. Operation Serenity also helps pediatric patients to reduce stress by informing them of fun local events and activities. |
Semi-Finalists
Junior Division:
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Team: Axolotls App Name: Relaxolotl Team Members:
Get rid of mental baggage from your long day with thought inspiring stories to help you learn about yourself and tasks to get your body moving. Relaxolotl is for young people between the ages of 12 and 15. |
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Team: Anwatin Middle School App Name: Green Goals Team Members:
Game methodologies are used to help stop (or at least slow down) climate change. |
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Team: STEM teen girls App Name: BarterBuy Team Members:
BarterBuy serves as a trading and bartering platform for community gardeners, encouraging a sense of community in neighborhoods, something that feels lost since Covid-19 and quarantine. |
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Team: WMS 2 App Name: Chaptr Team Members:
Chaptr is an app designed specifically to support small authors (to promote and find readers) and young readers (to find books that spark interest). The mission is to establish a community that benefits both small authors and young adult readers. |
Senior Division:
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Team: Fantabulous App Name: Teach Across the Globe Team Members:
Teach Across the Globe provides teachers, educating abroad, with resources and a supportive community to help connect new teachers to more experienced ones. |
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Team: CASP Technologies App Name: Operation Serenity Team Members:
Operation Serenity is an Android application that taps into a market to reduce anxiety in pediatric patients aged 8-15 by harnessing kid-friendly images and surgical sounds of general surgery procedures and displaying them in a step-by-step manner that both educates and engages pediatric surgery patients. Operation Serenity also helps pediatric patients to reduce stress by informing them of fun local events and activities. |
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Team: Qryptic Qoders App Name: Juno Moneta Team Members:
Juno Moneta is a financial literacy app for immigrants, providing relevant information on remittances, credit cards, financial investing, avoiding fraud, and more. |
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Team: The Elkas App Name: CO2 Mark Team Members:
CO2 Mark seeks to educate those about their carbon footprint and how they can lower it. Gaming methodologies provide incentives for people to make a difference in their day to day life. |
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Team: Totino Grace High School App Name: U Choose Team Members:
The college application and selection process can be confusing and overwhelming for students. U Choose centralizes the critical information a student needs to make an informed decision and creates a means to directly connect high school students with college representatives. |
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