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Inventing Made Easy

2006/2007

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How Can I Be An Inventor?

• Anyone who has an idea can be an inventor

• There are no age requirements on inventing

• Inventions do not need to be complex ideas – often they are simple solutions

• What kind of solutions?

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Jacob Dunnack 8 years old

Developed a baseball bat to hold his baseballs, the “ballbat”

The Cleverness of Simplicity - 2000

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Chelsea Lanmon5 years old

The Cleverness of Simplicity

At the age of 5 Chelsea watched her mother making sure that she had powder and wipes along with a clean diaper before

she started changing her younger brother.

Chelsea thought it would be easier to have everything in one place so she invented the Diaper Pocket. This is a diaper with

a pocket that holds a wipe and a powder puff in it.

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Kathryn (K-K) Gregory10 years old

Invented Wristies ® to keep snow from getting into the sleeves of your coat.

The Cleverness of Simplicity - 1994

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Young Inventors Make a Difference

• What difference can a young person make in society?

• What contributions can you make to society to make it a better place?

• For centuries young people have been creating new technologies and making improvements to existing technologies that make our daily lives better

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Abbey Fleck8 years old

Invented MAKIN BACON, a device that cooks the bacon hanging up so the fat will drip into a tray below.

Improving Our Lives - 1992

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Krysta Morlan

Krysta was in grade 10 when she invented the cast cooler, a device that relieves the irritation caused by wearing a cast.

Improving Our Lives

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Lindsey Clement

Invented the gumball machine. This is not what you think. Lindsey invented a lawn mower type device topick up the prickly fruit that falls from the sweet-gum trees in her yard.

Improving Our Lives

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Good Ideas Impact Culture

• Culture is an important part of any society

• Cultural impact can change the way people live their lives for generations

• Major or minor, culture helps define our world

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Frank Epperson11 years old

Invented the Popsicle and 18 years later he applied for and received a patent

Changing Our Culture - 1907

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Philo Farnsworth14 years old

Had an idea that would prove to be a critical breakthrough, towards electronic television

Changing Our Culture - 1921

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Inventing Fun and Games

• Not all inventions need to fix a serious problem

• Some inventions are just as fun as they are useful

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Luisa Bundy12 years old

Designs dolls called "Little Bundies“ now being sold at the famous toy shop Hamley’s in England

Inventing Fun

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Richie Stachowski10 years old

While he was snorkeling at age 10 in Hawaii on vacation with his father, Richie thought it would be neat if hecould talk to his Dad underwater. He built his first Water Talkie out ofplastic. He strapped it on his head so he could talk while swimming.

Inventing Fun

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Taylor Hernandez10 years old

Invented "Magic Sponge Blocks," large building blocks made fromsponge that can safely stack high without worry that they could fall and hurt a child.

Inventing Fun - 2005

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George Nissen16 years old

Developed a bouncingapparatus calleda trampoline

Inventing Fun - 1930

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Innovation Knows No Bounds

• Inventions are the fruition of ideas

• Our ideas are not bound by anything

• Innovation does not distinguish between gender, race, religion or ethnicity

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Minority Inventors

• Women• Mary Anderson - windshield wipers (1903)

• Josie Stuart - dandruff shampoo (1903)

• Melitta Benz - Melitta automatic drip coffee maker (1908)

• Josephine Cochrane - dishwasher (1914)

• Marion Donovan - first disposable diaper (1951)

• Harriet J. Stern - compact portable hair dyer (1962)

• Rose Totino - dough product for frozen pizza (1979)

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Minority Inventors

• Other Minority Inventors• Eliah McCoy - 50 patents including one for a metal or glass cup that

fed oil to bearings through a small-bore tube• Benjamin Banneker - invented the first striking clock made of wood in

America• Granville Woods - over 60 patents, known as “Black Edison”, made

improvements to telegraph, invented electric motor making underground subway possible

• Garrett Morgan - invented the traffic signal and safety hood for firefighters

• George Washington Carver - discovered over 300 products made from peanuts, over 125 new products with sweet potato

• Between 1863 and 1913, approximately 1,200 inventors were patented by African Americans

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Scholarship

• One $15,000 scholarship for the best invention awarded to one student or team

• Scholarship for higher education

• Patent services provided by Burns & Levinson LLP for the winning invention – which is the first step to putting your invention into the hands of consumers

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Summary

• Applications are due January 29, 2007• Email questions to dgomes@burnslev.com or

apareti@burnslev.com • Help sessions at the John D. O’Bryant School (JDO) and Brighton

High school (BHS), 4-6 PM• November 14, 2006 (JDO) and November 29, 2006 (BHS)• December 12, 2006 (JDO) and December 14, 2006 (BHS)• January 17, 2007 (JDO) and January 24, 2007 (BHS)• February 6, 2007 (JDO) and February 13, 2007 (BHS)**Dates and times are tentative, please contact us to confirm**

• Reports are due February 28, 2007• Mandatory presentation at judging in March (date(s) and location

to be announced by January 10, 2007)• Award ceremony to be held in May of 2007• Patent Application Process begins after ceremony