Calling All kids! President Obama wants Your technology and Tech ideas

stimulated through the advice of a nine-year-antique inventor at some point of the White house technology honest in April, President Barack Obama has positioned out a call to kids throughout the usa to percentage their thoughts on science, era and innovation.

both in and out of classrooms, youngsters recognize firsthand a way to inspire students in the STEM fields — science, era, engineering and math. So the president is calling young scientists and inventors to tell the White house what it could do to construct the destiny of technological know-how, discovery and exploration.

"whether or not you care approximately tackling weather exchange, finding a cure to most cancers, using era to assist make people's lives higher or getting a human to Mars, we can't wait to get your input!" John Holdren, director of the office of science and era coverage, wrote in a White house weblog post the day prior to this (can also 19) to announce the initiative. [Summer Reading: Best Science-y Books for Kids]

the online shape (which does not require kids to publish private statistics) includes questions inclusive of, "what's your preferred factor approximately technological know-how, technology, engineering or math?" and "If you could pitch the president one concept on how we could make our united states of america work higher the usage of science and era, what might you say?"

Holdren additionally referred to the president's lengthy document of encouraging kids to engage with science and technology.

"He recognizes that the destiny of our u . s . a . relies upon on the improvements and advances of present day college students," Holdren wrote.

on the annual White house science honest in April, the president reiterated this concept.

"one of the matters I discover so inspiring approximately those young thinkers is they take a look at these kinds of reputedly intractable issues as something that we are able to remedy," Obama said on the time. "there's a self belief whilst you are pursuing science. They don't take into account age a barrier. They do not suppose, 'properly, it's just the way things are.' they may be no longer afraid to strive matters and ask difficult questions."