Young Inventor's Association of America

09/10/2023

Here's a news story on our 2009 winner:

Without inventors we would not have the automobile invented by Henry Ford or the light bulb invented by Thomas Edison. But what about kid inventors? 713New...

07/05/2023

Another great article. I am seeing more and more of articles like this. Here's the money quote:
"But we have a secret weapon that the professional apologists can’t touch: the truth."

It’s not that difficult to look out at our cultural landscape these days and conclude that our culture has lined up against conservative, Judeo-Christian values and principles. Everywhere we look, we...

06/26/2023

There is a hardwired instinct in all men that drives them to give their lives and use their strength in projects and ambitions beyond themselves. This drive is built into them by their creator, because he made them in his image, and it exists a...

06/26/2023

Interesting article on masculinity, specifically Christian and Muslim versions.

There is a hardwired instinct in all men that drives them to give their lives and use their strength in projects and ambitions beyond themselves. This drive is built into them by their creator, because he made them in his image, and it exists a...

05/09/2023

Fantastic YIS finals event held last Saturday at the ION! Videos and testimonials to follow soon.

02/28/2023

The Young Inventor's Association of America is being given a featured exhibit at Code Launch on March 2nd. If you live in Houston, come down and visit!

05/03/2021

May is National Inventors month! See:

At the National Inventors Hall of Fame® (NIHF), we celebrate world-changing innovators every day of the year through our museum, events and education programs.

06/01/2020

In honor of the memory of William “Bill” Bradburn Manson, we thank Mr. Langston for his donation to YIAA.

Bill passed away May 1, 2020, with his wife and daughter holding his hand. He battled a glioblastoma brain tumor for 15 months.

Bill was born on August 18th, 1968 in New Orleans, Louisiana to William Sr. and Barbara Manson.

He began working for Suncoast Post Tension in 1996 and ended his career as Director of Operations in Houston. He developed a machine for work that improved the post tension process. The first machine was installed at the Houston plant in January 2016. Six more machines followed and were installed at other Suncoast plants in San Antonio, Austin, Dallas and Phoenix. With each new machine, modifications were made to make it more efficient and add features. Bill knew these machines inside and out, and he would have the solution when various plants called with problems. There was often some cussing involved too. Each of the machines now bear a plaque with ‘MANSON and the number for that particular machine, the location and the installation date’. The higher ups at Suncoast want to make sure Bill’s legacy lives on.

Bill was an intelligent man who could fix just about anything. He was also creative, a problem solver, and someone who thought much of efficiency…. Always being the problem solver, Bill sketched out his last invention on March 28, with the assistance of his daughter, Jordan, a mechanical engineering student. It involved a w***h and particular attention was paid to its size so that it would fit through doorways inside the house. Plans and drawings were sent to the Suncoast machine shop. After a few phone calls from Jaime and Kyle, ‘The Bill Uprighter’ was delivered to the house on March 31. Bill developed it in case he fell and we couldn’t get him up. Honestly there was one instance when it could have been used and Bill was hollering, “Get the Bill Uprighter”, but we opted for the lift provided by hospice.”

“Tina and Jordan will plan a memorial service and gathering to celebrate Bill’s life at a future date, when the world gets back to normal. Bill requested that charitable contributions be made to an animal shelter organization, American Brain Tumor Association (abta.org), or a charity of your choice.”

Bill's full obituary and Tribute Wall can be found at this link: https://www.mcnuttfuneralhome.com/obituaries/William-Bill-Bradburn--Manson?obId=12909375 #/celebrationWall

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03/07/2020

The 2020 Young Inventors Showcase season is underway!

WE NEED JUDGES to help us throughout this season to judge young inventors' inventions from around the city and across grades K through 12th. We welcome support volunteers from all industries including sciences, education, business, technology, health, safety, entrepreneurs, and more.

NO EXPERIENCE necessary, we will provide you with direction on how to judge.

LET US KNOW if you are interested in helping out and we will add you to our judges list and reach out to you with dates, times, and locations when we need judges. Respond to this post and Natalie Pumphrey will contact you for your email address or contact her directly via messenger.

10/25/2019

Energy Day 2019 was a great success for YIAA and we met many great teachers, parents, and kids. We look forward to future new partnerships around the city with all of you. We will be reaching out soon to follow-up with everyone with whom we spoke.

Here are some photos from our booth and invention challenge.

10/15/2019

A special thank you to Philanthropic Ventures Association (APVA) and Steve Brewer for helping YIAA sponsor a booth at this years' Energy Day Houston!

Come out and visit YIAA & APVA this Saturday!

AMERICAN PHILANTHROPIC VENTURES ASSOCIATION was created to create a channel of access to philanthropic financial resources for exciting medical and environmental technologies posed to benefit animals and mankind. APVA is endeavoring to bridge this funding gap through illumination, education and communication to inspire the traditional philanthropic community to redirect a significant portion of charitable giving to these worthy enterprises to insure that life-altering technologies become available to those in need.
Medical technology innovation is saving more lives each and every year and helps lower the overall cost of health care. Environmental technologies are doing more to save our precious and sensitive environmental ecosystems and will one day reverse the effect of the stressful demands of mankind on our planet.