The InVenture Prize @ Georgia Tech competition announced six finalists that will showcase their inventions during a live show on Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB Media) on March 13 at 7 p.m. Five of the six finalist teams feature engineering majors and 16 of the 20 students competing are College of Engineering students including six from biomedical engineering, five electrical engineers, three mechanical engineers, one computer engineer and one polymer, fiber and textile engineer. Students will present their inventions during a primetime broadcast, co-hosted by New York Times technology columnist David Pogue.

The InVenture Prize is an innovation competition for undergraduate students at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Students work independently or in teams on inventions that will be presented to and judged by a panel of experts.

The two winning inventions from either individuals or teams will be selected and will receive:

• A cash prize of $15,000 for first place or $10,000 for second place.
• A free U.S. patent filing by Georgia Tech's Office of Technology Licensing (each valued at approximately $20,000) for both the first and second place winners.
• Automatic acceptance to the summer 2012 Class of Flashpoint, a Georgia Tech startup accelerator program.

In addition, a $5,000 “People’s Choice” award, provided by the Georgia Tech Research Corporation, will be presented. The live audience and broadcast viewers will have the opportunity to help select the winner of this award by voting on the Internet or texting in their favorite finalist.

In addition to airing on GPB, the 2012 Georgia Tech InVenture Prize competition will be streaming online at www.gpb.org.

The InVenture Prize is free and open to the public. You can reserve your tickets by registering online at https://inventureprize.gatech.edu/.