Vote on Lightning Talks: the Future of Technology at #HouseOfCode
Vote for the Future of TechnologyI!
The next generation of tech innovators is here! Over 400 winners of the Congressional App Challenge from 48 states are heading to Washington, D.C. for #HouseOfCode 2025, the nation’s largest student app demonstration.
Now, you get to decide which voices will take center stage. These winning students have submitted short talks on the future of technology,. Cast your vote for up to four lightning talks—the top vote-getters will present live at #HouseOfCode before an expert panel of AI professionals.
Update: Voting has now closed and the top six have now been finalized.
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Cindy Lu (TX07)
Tech vs. Brainrot: Can We Stop Our Brains from Shrinking?
Alene Abdulian (CA32)
Don’t Lift a Finger: How Brain-Computer Interfaces are Bringing Telekinesis to Life
Ayomade Adeolu-Akande (MD06)
Biohacking: Upgrading the Human Body
Ishaan Gupta (CA41)
Forging our Future: Finding Financial Literacy Through FinTech
Erica Zhang (NE02)
Technology and Creativity: How We Should Strive for a Future of Collaboration, Not Replacement
Boden Moraski (PA05)
AI, LeBron, and the GOAT Debate: Exploring Artificial System’s Role in Subjective Contexts
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Jessica Schmilovich (FL22)
Brain-Computer Interfaces: When Thought Becomes Action
Sonit Sahoo (IL11)
Quantum Computing: Hype, Reality, and the Road Ahead
Jessica Park (NY23)
The Future of Creativity: Empowering Humans with AI
Alisa Salikhov (TX31)
Competition is Obsolete: How Human Survival Is At Stake In The Age of AI
Annie Bao (AL03)
How Technology is Solving Real-World Challenges
Yuegelica Yeong (TX37)
Space Cities: From Sci-Fi to Sci-Reality
Aarav Chokshi (VA02)
Ctrl+Shift+BRAIN
Aarnav Bujamella (VA10)
Quantum Computers: The Future of Impossible Calculations
Celeste Roselli (GA05)
Energy-Efficient Computing: Optimizing Climate Technology’s Net Benefit
Ranvir Singh (OH12)
The Connection Between Humans and Technology
Alene Abdulian (CA32)
Don’t Lift a Finger: How Brain-Computer Interfaces are Bringing Telekinesis to Life
Ayomade Adeolu-Akande (MD06)
Biohacking: Upgrading the Human Body
Chilok Mak (FL14)
AI: Humanity’s Next Leap
Idrees Ahmad (MN04)
How AI and Social Media Will Save — Or Destroy — Democracy
Jiyoo Kim-Jung (CA24)
Dr. Dolittle, AI, and the Future of Biomedical Research
Nikita Vijay (TX08)
The Next Evolution: Growing Technology for a Sustainable Future
Shivansh Sahni (MI09)
The AI Revolution in Medicine: A New Era of Healthcare
Sai Tejasvi Vegi (FL04)
Data, Defense, & Diagnosis: The Future of Innovation
Ashi Gupta (CA03)
Tech vs. Alzheimer’s: A Future of Hope
Suhana Chand (AZ08)
Talking to Ourselves Across Universes
Ella King (GA04)
From Sunlight to Solutions: AI’s Role in a Greener Future
Saurish Tripathi (VA10)
Rebuilding the Internet: A Second Chance at Innovation
Anish Ummadi (CA10)
The Future of AI: Merging Minds and Machines
Maya Trutschl (LA04)
Building a Superhuman: The Future of Prosthetics and Human Augmentation
Iraj Shroff (AZ05)
The Quantum Era
Isaac Zhang (AL03)
Human Connection to the Future of Generative AI
Alex Tang (CA25)
Technology By Our Side
Vyshal Sreenivas (AZ05)
The Future of Finance and Technology
Boden Moraski (PA05)
AI, LeBron, and the GOAT Debate: Exploring Artificial System’s Role in Subjective Contexts
Karthik Darisi (TX10)
Beyond the Cure: How AI Can Redefine Preventive Healthcare
Vihan Raval (TX04)
AI in Medicine: Miracle or Mistake?
Sia Gupta (WA08)
The Cinema of Dreams
Pablo Badra (GA10)
The Deepfake Dilemma
Kempton Ballard (GA03)
Cyber Safety
Krishna Mano (MI03)
Farming for the Future: How Technology Can Revolutionize Precision Agriculture
Shawn Li (SC06)
Ethical Responsibilities in AI Advancement
Erica Zhang (NE02)
Technology and Creativity: How We Should Strive for a Future of Collaboration, Not Replacement
Vyom Aggarwal (CA13)
A Quantum Leap Towards a Greener Future
Khyati Singh (TX36)
Reimagined Learning: The Power of Technology
Jeongseop Yoon (CA45)
AI in Robotics
Chanwoo Rhee (FL25)
Future of AI
Niranjan Janardhanan (CA45)
AI: Getting to Malware Before Malware Gets to Us
Seungyoo Kim-Jung (CA24)
AI and the Anti-Destruction of the Oceans
Mithil Patil (CA18)
Do Robots Dream of Sheep: The Intersection of AI and Consciousness
Ashni Singh (FL16)
Learning with the Machine: How AI can Revolutionize Education
Vishvak Gernapudi (MD02)
Artificial Intelligence – A New Age Tool to Build an Objective and Modern Way of Living
Christopher Yoo (MA05)
The Future Will Not Be Owned—Unless We Take It Back
Liam Mpofu (PA04)
Neural Networks or Specialized Humans
Anisha Upasani (WA08)
Technology In Criminal Investigation
Yuran He (WA07)
Improvements in Technology Using Nature
Poojak Patel (IL05)
Neural Hijack: When Hackers Tap Into Your Mind
Anna Beischer (CA11)
You Are What You Eat: How Bias in the Underlying Training Data Feeds into AI Model Outputs
Priya Riegle (NY19)
Cyber Security and the Future Of It
Thaddeus Holston (MD05)
Quantum Simulations and the Technology of the Future
Krithik Alluri (NJ03)
AI in Personalized Medicine: Shaping the Future of Healthcare
Sofie Chernyak (MI11)
Our Future with Multimodal Interaction
Zain Shariff (WA10)
YOLO+Ultralytics: The Easy Solution to Almost Everything Image AI
Ruzanna Gaboyan (OH11)
Technology’s Treadmill – Progress or Paradox?
Cameron Mock (NJ04)
What Can Be Done To Create More Inclusion In Tech?
Aadi Sobti (CO02)
AI & Understandability
Ambrose Cole (PA04)
Technology and Teenage Mental Health: A Better Future
Ram Bhatnagar (AZ07)
AI and VR in Education
Mihir Bamdhamravuri (CA26)
AI: The Key to Space
Ishita Ahelleya (CA09)
Humatron
Cindy Lu (TX07)
Tech vs. Brainrot: Can We Stop Our Brains from Shrinking?
Ujesh Chakravarty (LA01)
AI in Mental Health: A Helping Hand or a Replacement?
Shushan Arora (IL11)
Living Intelligence: The Future of Purpose-Driven Technology
Aryahi Tiwari (NC04)
Can Machines Truly Know?
Ishaan Gupta (CA41)
Forging our Future: Finding Financial Literacy Through FinTech
Ayush Panda (PA01)
Revolutionizing Medicine: AI’s Transformative Impact on Healthcare
Nancy Tekityamazzi (MA04)
AI Loves Me, AI Loves Me Not: The Future of Human-Tech Relationships and If They Should Be Accepted
Vivek Raghavan (MD07)
A Paradigm Shift – How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Medicine Forever
Tahan Bapna (HI01)
Satellite AI for a Greener Future
Ashton Stiner (CT02)
Uncovering the Blackbox
Sia Sood (MN01)
Mind Meets Machine: Harnessing the Power of Neurotechnology
Rohan Sareen (CT04)
From Silicon to Superpowers: The AI Cold War
Aadi Sanghvi (TX03)
AI Beyond Algorithms: Building Technology That Feels Human
Rachel Kim (NJ05)
AI for Clean Air
Anthony Hernandez (CA39)
AI – The Future of Medicine and Cancer Detection
Efren Llanes (OK05)
Future Of Quantum Computing
Karthik Srikumar (CT01)
Redefining Us: Using AI to Bridge Socioeconomic Divides and Promote Our Shared Humanity
Sahil Ghosh (NJ06)
Quantum Computing Meets AI: The Future of Power & Innovation