INVENTION LAB
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Hsinchu County American School

International TechnologyInvention Competition Lab

Students design original products, patent them, and defend them in front of judges at invention expos around the world.

The beginning

It starts with a problem worth solving.

On the floor

Booth 039 — posters up, prototypes running.

Every visitor

You explain it a hundred times, and mean it each time.

The payoff

And sometimes — you win.

The next year

Then you come back, and do it all again.

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The Full Record

Six awards, five countries.

YearProjectCompetitionResult
2026Automatic Multi-Toiletries Dispenser Machine25th Malaysia Technology ExpoSilver + INNOPA
2025Automatic Multi-Toiletries Dispenser Machine12th Kaohsiung Int'l Invention & Design ExpoBronze
2025Smart Rainwater Control RoofBIEA STEM CompetitionRising Star
2025Multi-Move Umbrella Holder12th Kaohsiung Int'l Invention & Design ExpoParticipation
2024Automatic Multi-Toiletries Dispenser Machine20th Int'l Salon of Inventions & New TechnologiesGold
2024AI Clothing Checkout Mirror11th Kaohsiung Int'l Invention & Design ExpoBronze
What We Do

From a rough idea to a patent and a booth.

01

Invent & Patent

We come up with ideas, build and test them, then file for the rights that keep the work ours.

02

Compete Internationally

We enter major invention expos worldwide — meeting inventors and judges, learning fast, and sometimes bringing home a medal.

03

Market the Product

We make the ads, run the social media, and work the expo floor to find customers and partners.

HCAS students demonstrating a prototype to a visitor at the 2024 expo
Skills You'll Build

Six ways to contribute.

You don't have to be an engineer. A lab that ships needs builders, storytellers, and closers.

01

Creativity & Critical Thinking

Come up with ideas nobody else has, and solve problems by thinking differently.

02

Marketing & Business

Find the people who need what we built, and make them want it.

03

Public Speaking

Stand in front of judges and a crowd, explain the idea, and get them excited.

04

Technology & Computer

Use code, sensors, and CAD to build the thing and then make it better.

05

Art, Design & Decoration

Make the product and the booth look like something worth stopping for.

06

Video Making & Editing

Shoot and cut the videos that show off the inventions and tell our story.

Yearly Competitions

Where we compete.

The expos the lab works toward each year. Entries are chosen based on which projects are ready.

FebruaryBangkok Int'l IP, Invention, Innovation & Technology ExpoThailand
MayInt'l Invention, Innovation & Technology Exhibition (ITEX)Malaysia
JulyJapan Design, Idea and Invention Expo (JDIE)Japan
JulyWorld Invention Creativity Olympics (WICO)Korea
SeptemberInternational Invention & Trade Expo (ITE)London
SeptemberDaVinci Int'l Innovation & Invention ExpoEurope
OctoberMacao International Innovation and Invention ExpoMacao
DecemberKaohsiung Int'l Invention & Design Expo (KIDE)Taiwan
DecemberInternational Warsaw Invention Show (IWIS)Poland
Join Us

Bring an idea. Leave with a patent.

The lab is open to HCAS students who want to build something real and defend it in front of an international panel. No experience required — just an idea and the willingness to keep rebuilding it.

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