Post on 10-Apr-2017
Keep inspiring your childrenEnamul Haque
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A note from meI basically created this
for my Children but sharing to benefit others!
When many of us were in our teens, work for
science fairs comprised cut and paste displays on
colorful presentation boards, and our hobbies
weren't exactly about to change the world.
But across the globe, teenagers with creative,
scientific minds are already devising
extraordinary devices, revolutionary materials
and renewable technologies that might just
change our planet for the greener.
Kids can be incredibly creative and inventive – and some even see their big ideas develop into astounding business opportunities as well.
The following ten children turned their frustrations, mistakes and strokes of luck and brilliance into commercial successes, businesses and even life-long careers. Their stories are sure to inspire anyone
going into the business world, where ingenuity and imagination are often a bonus, if not a must. Kids came up with these great inventions,
conceiving everything from earmuffs to Popsicles.
• The process of generating biofuel by breaking down plastics using a low-cost catalyst was developed by a sixteen-year-old Egyptian student, Azza Abdel Hamid Faiad, from the ZahranLanguage School in Alexandria, Egypt.
• Faiad won the European Fusion Development Agreement award at the 23rd European Union Contest for Young Scientists — involving 130 competitors from 37 countries.
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• Eesha is the developer of a supercapacitor energy storage device, a carbon fiber with different metal oxides—primarily titanium dioxide and polyaniline—that uses nanotechnology to maximize the device’s surface area. It charges mobile devices much faster than previous technology has allowed, and has the ability to charge for many more cycles.
• Her innovation could be harnessed to charge more than cell phones and tablets; down the line, it could potentially energize cars.
• In the meantime: “My goal is to have a supercapacitor charge a mobile device in less than a minute.”
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16 YO Teen Invents Flashlight That is
Charged from Body Heat
• Ann (Andini) Makosinski is a Canadian inventor and
entrepreneur. While still in high school, she created
the "Hollow Flashlight," which was recognized with
several awards
• Ann Makosinski, 18, won $50,000 from Shell this
month for her resolution to "reduce the impact on
the electrical grid by patenting body-heat-
generated power."
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• 17-year-old Anya Pogharian’s high school science
project could end up changing the way dialysis care
is delivered
• After poring over online dialysis machine owner’s
manuals, she developed a new prototype using
simple technology.
• While machines currently cost about $30,000,
hers would cost just $500 — making it more
affordable for people to buy and have at home.
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• In Silicon Valley, it's never
too early to become an
entrepreneur. Just ask 13-
year-old Shubham Banerjee.
• The California eighth-grader
has launched a company to
develop low-cost machines to
print Braille, the tactile
writing system for the
visually impaired. Tech giant
Intel Corp. recently invested
in his startup, Braigo Labs.
• Shubham came up with his
product as a school science
fair project last year after he
asked his parents a simple
question: How do blind people
read? 'Google it,' they told
him.
Kelvin Doe made his own radio
station only by using materials
found in the trashKelvin Doe, also known as DJ Focus, is a Sierra Leonean engineer. He is known for teaching
himself engineering at the age of 13 and building his own radio station in Sierra Leone,
where he plays music and broadcasts news under the name "DJ Focus”
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Four Nigerian teenage girls wowed visitors to the Maker Faire Africa with their pee-powered
energy generator. Able to source an impressive six hours of power from just one liter of
urine, the 14- and 15-year-olds renewable energy generator holds interesting possibilities for
providing electricity in remote areas or in disaster zones.
Nigerian Teens Create Pee-Powered Generator
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• It sounds more like something from a science
fiction movie than a potentially viable invention
from a teenage mind, but 19-year-old Egyptian
physicist Aisha Mustafa's Quantum Space
Propulsion System could send spacecraft into the
beyond without using a single drop of fuel.
Mustafa believes that the quantum effect can be
harnessed in space via the dynamic Casimir effect
and from that, energy can be created to produce a
net force that could push, pull or propel a
spacecraft.
• Sohag University has already aided Mustafa with
her patent application, and she has said she
intends to keep developing the system before it is
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• As fruit, bananas are perfectly packaged – all the
protection they need is provided by their flexible,
resilient peels. As then-sixteen-year-old Turkish
student Elif Bilgin discovered, the starches and
cellulose contained in their outer layer can also be
used to create materials that insulate wires and
form medical protheses. Bilgin developed a chemical
process that turns the peels into a non-decaying
bioplastic that she hopes will help replace the need
for petroleum and combat pollution.
• Bilgin’s endeavors won her the top prize and
$50,000 at the Scientific American Science in
Action competition, as well as the honor of
becoming a finalist in the Google Science Fair
2013. Source
The PopsicleIn 1905, 11-year-old Frank Epperson invented the Popsicle completely by accident. Frank left a cup of powdered soda, water and a stirring stick outside one cold night and awoke to find a refreshing treat. Initially dubbed the "Epsicle," he obtained a patent in 1923 and sold the rights to a large New York company. Now available in 30 flavors, hundreds of thousands of Epperson's Popsicles are eaten in the U.S. each year.
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The TrampolineUsing materials he found in a junkyard, 16-year-old gymnast and diver George Nissen created the first trampoline in 1930 by stretching canvas over a steel frame—perfecting it a few years later with his college gymnastics coach Larry Griswold by using nylon. Seventy years later, trampolining was named an Olympic sport and he was alive to hear the news.
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Ear MuffsIrked by how cold his ears became while ice skating outdoors in his native Maine, 15-year-old Chester Greenwood asked his grandmother to sew fur onto a two-loop wire he'd made. Shortly thereafter, in the early 1870s, he obtained a patent and made a final model for the ear protectors. On December 21, the state of Maine still celebrates "Chester Greenwood Day" to celebrate its clever inventor.
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Sign Language TranslatorAfter watching a translator order fast food for a group of deaf people in around 2002, 17-year-old Ryan Patterson invented a glove with special sensors that translate the hand motions of American Sign Language into written words on a digital display. The gadget can also be customized to recognize an individual's signing style and now includes audio features. Source
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BrailleLouis Braille was just 3 years old in 1812 when he was injured and lost his vision. Later on, as a teen studying at The National Institute for Blind Youth in Paris, he designed a system using raised dots in specific patterns to aid in reading. The first Braille book was released in 1829, and in 1837 Louis added symbols for math and music. Braille has since been adapted for nearly every single language, from Albanian to Zulu.
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While most of the teenagers out there are busy enjoying their life to the fullest, a small
bunch of them are always putting their mind into overdrive for innovative solutions to
problems the world is plagued with. They don’t tinker around with fancy gadgets or upbeat
toys, rather they make gizmos that even a veteran would be proud of. These kids might look
innocent but what’s churning up in their mind is for all to see. And what’s important is that
they rejoice every moment invested in creating these game-changing innovations.
Enamul Haque
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