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

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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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