Happy Kid Inventor Day!
Benjamin Franklin age 12 |
Benjamin Franklin was 15 when he started writing notable letters to the Editor of his local paper. Thomas Edison was 15 when he began printing his own newspaper. Louis Braille was 15 when he invented the raised dots that served as a gateway to the blind reading on their own. Today is Kid Inventor Day a day to appreciate the innovative potential of young minds.
Some other ingenious innovators in our present day:
15-year-old Grayson Rosenberger invented a $10 prosthetic limb cover using bubble wrap and a heat gun, a vastly cheaper alternative to designed prosthetics, which can cost $3,000 each.
17-year-old Andrew Sutherland programmed the website Quizlet, which turns memorizing vocabulary, foreign languages, and, my personal favorite, taxonomy terms into a fun online game, perfect for cramming for the SATs or other exams.
10-year-old Taylor Hernandez invented the “Magic Sponge Blocks,” life-sized construction blocks held together with magnets that can be squished down to 20% their original size for storage.
You can find more young inventors here.
More proof that someone I know has an obsession with 15 year olds, eh?
Comment by Nick Hamden — January 17, 2008 @ 10:07 am
Wow, Nick. What a hurtful thing to say. I mean there were 10 and 17 year olds mentioned in the article too…
-BMF
Comment by BMF — January 17, 2008 @ 1:48 pm
The New Testament also talks about Jews and Satan, but it doesn’t mean that the author favors them. :P
Comment by Nick Hamden — January 17, 2008 @ 6:58 pm
Who started Kid’s Inventor Day and who maintains that resource site? Do you know? Thanks.
Comment by Nelson's Mom — January 13, 2009 @ 1:06 pm
That’s a good question. I couldn’t find contact information on the site, but it did link to a whole bunch of companies hosting KIDS day contests. The site and the idea are a great resource. : )
Comment by ideonexus — January 13, 2009 @ 8:52 pm