38,465 real projects from ISEF, the Canada-Wide Science Fair, JSHS, AJAS, the Calgary Youth Science Fair and the California Science & Engineering Fair — searchable by meaning, and filterable by fair, year, category and award.
ISEF · 2025
Technology Enhances the Arts First Award
Braille illiteracy remains a critical barrier to equality for the visually impaired. Globally, over 70% face employment discrimination—not due to their disability, but due to systemic barrie…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software Second Award
Independent living for vision-impaired individuals requires them to perform daily object-reaching tasks, such as grasping an apple to eat. But without precise spatial awareness, even simple…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software
Diabetic retinopathy (DR), a leading cause of vision loss projected to affect 130 million people by 2030, is often undetected until advanced stages due to subtle early symptoms, leading to c…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software
The study addresses the issue of insufficient data for constructing artificial neural networks by employing techniques of time series data augmentation and data imaging. Specifically, predic…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software
Finger vein recognition is an emerging biometric technology offering secure and reliable personal identification, particularly valuable in digital financial transactions. However, current ap…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software
High energy consumption in AI data centers can be attributed to several factors; however, the most notable issue is inefficiencies within their main processing units, the graphics processing…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software
In the super-aging society, vulnerable pedestrians, including the elderly, children, and individuals with disabilities, face significant risks due to fixed pedestrian signal timings that fai…
ISEF · 2025
Technology Enhances the Arts
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) aids people with speech difficulties, especially ASD; however, limited research exists regarding forms of AAC designed specifically for semi-…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software
Over 700 Million adults in the world lack basic literacy and skills to be able to effectively use a simple application on their smartphone. Even if these applications are designed using illu…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software Fourth Award
Recent events have once again proven how big and pressing of an issue wildfires are. In our approach to wildfire predictiveness, rather than focusing on a single model, we branch into differ…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software Second Award
Traditional operating systems use multiple abstraction layers that simplify development but restrict customization and optimization. Gate OS, a Rust-based exokernel, minimizes abstraction ov…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software Third Award
Cognitive decline and fine motor skill deterioration are common in the aging process, contributing to diminished quality of life and increased dementia risk. This study introduces HandNBrain…
ISEF · 2025
Technology Enhances the Arts
Nearly 5% of the global population, or 430M people, require hearing loss rehabilitation, while in the U.S., about 11M people experience serious hearing difficulties. Many deaf individuals co…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software First Award
Heart murmurs are abnormal sound signals generated by turbulent blood flow and are closely associated with specific structural heart disorders. Current murmur analysis methods only look towa…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software
With extreme heat events becoming more frequent and severe due to climate change, accurate temperature prediction is critical for preparedness and risk mitigation. Traditional offline models…
ISEF · 2025
Technology Enhances the Arts
In the last decade, there have been monumental breakthroughs regarding the use of artificial intelligence in "human" fields, such as language and art. Coinciding with these developments, the…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software
The aim of this project was to understand and check the effect of encryption strength on the time it takes to breach passwords, which is a key aspect of cybersecurity. The research set out t…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software
Purpose: Using a Windows utility I developed, I can optimize a computer efficiently and easily which will help improve stability and performance in demanding applications and scenarios. Hypo…
ISEF · 2025
Technology Enhances the Arts Fourth Award
The application of modern technologies is essential for preserving and revitalizing Don ca tai tu, a UNESCO-recognized Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, increasingly overshadowed by…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software Second Award
AI image generation models can now create and augment photographs at scale. Recent reports predict that AI-assisted misinformation will rank above warfare and natural disasters as the greate…
ISEF · 2025
Technology Enhances the Arts
Over 5% of the world's population - or 430 million people - require rehabilitation to address their disabling hearing loss. At a personal level, my younger brother has severe difficulties wi…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software
The Last Chance Groceries (LCG) is a groundbreaking mobile application that has been designed to address the grocery waste crisis in Malaysia, while concurrently improving food accessibility…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software Fourth Award
Accurate indoor positioning remains a significant challenge due to poor permeability of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals within buildings, rendering traditional GNSS-based m…
ISEF · 2025
Technology Enhances the Arts
Lion Role-Play (LNRP) is a role play game developed to deliver an immersive and dynamic experience for players worldwide based on FiveM. Built with precision, LNRP is designed to offer a rea…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software
Millions of people with paralysis struggle to use everyday technology due to limited motor function. In the U.S. alone, over 5.3 million individuals—about 1.7% of the population—live with pa…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software
This research project explores a novel media service platform designed to optimize video streaming. Modern media delivery faces two key challenges: inter-server video transfer inefficiencies…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software
This project investigated whether Meta's Interaction SDK was sufficient for accurate American Sign Language (ASL) detection. This was tested in a virtual reality (VR) environment in an attem…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software
Cross-language interoperability is a persistent challenge in modern software development, where applications often integrate languages like C++ and C# for game development or Python and CUDA…
ISEF · 2025
Technology Enhances the Arts
Over 2.1 million people in the United States live with limb loss, with approximately 185,000 amputations occurring annually. Limb differences often pose challenges in using input devices suc…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software
A fractal is a mathematical object with non-integer dimensions, characterized by self-similar patterns repeating at different scales. They help describe intricate natural phenomena, like the…