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Children can be incredibly creative and inventive, and this can be easily seen when you learn that many of the greatest inventions that changed the fate of humanity and the whole world were invented by teenage prodigies. January 17 is considered the Day of Children's Inventions, or Kid Inventors' Day. ... The date was not chosen by chance, because on this day Benjamin Franklin was born, who went down in history as a great scientist, inventor and diplomat.
Thunderbolt, Swimming Fins, Printing Press Upgrades
The date of January 17 for this holiday was not chosen by chance. On this day in 1706, Benjamin Franklin was born, who in the seventies of the eighteenth century became one of the greatest politicians of his time and the founding father of the United States of America. But already as a teenager, he became famous throughout the district for his passion for inventions. Young Ben invented swimming fins and improved the printing press at the printing house where he worked many times.
Braille
The embossed-point tactile font, which is intended for writing and reading by the blind, was developed in 1824 by 15-year-old Frenchman Louis Braille. Louis lost his sight at the age of three due to eye inflammation after the boy was injured by a boot awl in his father's workshop. The first book to be printed in this font was The History of France, published in 1837.
Incandescent light bulb, phonograph and telephone
From childhood, the greatest inventor of all times and peoples, Thomas Alba Edison, was also known as a child prodigy. From an early age, he was fond of chemistry and mechanics and even founded his own laboratory in a baggage train car at the railway station where he worked. As a teenager, he experimented with might and main with the optimization of telegraph communication on the railway, which one day nearly caused a major accident. As an adult, Edison received over four thousand patents for his own inventions, including the glow plug, phonograph and telephone.
Electronic image transmission
But the palm in the invention of television belongs to another American, Philo Farnsworth. In 1920, when the teenager was only 14 years old, he presented his chemistry teacher with a project for electronic transmission of images over long distances, and four years later he created the first phosphorus-based cathode-ray vacuum tube. Later, he conducted many successful experiments in the field of television, but the system he developed with the name "dissector" could not withstand competition with the "iconoscope" of Vladimir Zvorykin. So the latter is called the "father of television", not Farnsworth. But the American, having become an adult, created a compact fusor fusion reactor.
Snowmobile
While Farnsworth was building television, north of the United States in Canada, 16-year-old Joseph-Armand Bombardier stunned his neighbors by driving outside in the winter in a strange and very noisy structure based on a sled and engine from a Ford car. Witnesses of this incident, which took place in 1923, did not even suspect that they were present at a historical event - the birth of the world's first snowmobile and the now famous Bombardier company. Now this company is known, first of all, thanks to airplanes, but it continues to produce snowmobiles to this day. The best in the world, by the way.
Fur earmuffs
15-year-old American Chester Greenwood invented earphones for the cold in 1873. The first such headphones, which at the request of a teenager made his grandmother, had beaver fur on the outside, and velvet on the inside. On March 13, 1877, Chester managed to patent his invention. He devoted the next 60 years of his life to the development and manufacture of ear protectors against noise and cold. In his honor, the state of Maine has celebrated a holiday since 1977 - Chester Greenwood Day (December 21).
Fruit ice
Plasticine
Plasticine owes its appearance to the granddaughter of wallpaper glue manufacturer Cleo McVicker. The girl asked her grandfather to use the agent used to remove coal dust from the wallpaper for the game. The cleaning component was removed from the substance by adding dyes.
Alaska flag
The flag was invented in 1926 by a 13-year-old boy Benny Benson, who was of Russian-Aleutian-Swedish origin. The flag won the competition, and a year later it was approved as the official symbol of Alaska.
Trampoline
The idea of creating a trampoline belongs to 16-year-old gymnast George Nissen. The trampoline for its eighty-year history has hardly undergone any changes, because everything ingenious is simple. As before, this is the same construction in the form of a steel frame and a canvas stretched on springs.
Toy dump truck
The reclining toy dump truck was invented (and even patented in 1936) by six-year-old Robert Patch. He drew a toy for his father to make him exactly the same. The picture shows a drawing from a patent, the first version probably looked a little different. Of course, dump trucks already existed at that time, but there were no such toys.
Device for hearing impaired people
In the middle of the 20th century, a tradition arose in the United States to hold science fairs among schoolchildren - voluntary competitions during which talented children could show their technical genius based on the knowledge gained in physics and chemistry lessons. Representatives of higher educational institutions have always closely followed such competitions. They were looking out for smart guys to give them a scholarship to study.
Now such competitions are already held at the global level. They are run by large international corporations such as Intel, Microsoft or Google. And the winners receive not only scholarships, but also valuable prizes, as well as a guarantee of future employment. The promising ideas found during such competitions are subsequently developed by the in-house scientists and engineers of the companies.
Legends say that Beethoven, who was deaf and still quite young, cried when he wrote music. He regretted that he would never be able to hear his works of genius. But in 2012, a 14-year-old teenager named Jonah Cohn gave deaf people a chance to enjoy music. He won the Google Science Fair Young Inventor Competition with a device that transmits music using multi-frequency tactile vibrations. Thanks to this device, people will feel the harmony of Beethoven's works not with their ears, but with their whole body.
Personal submarine
And American schoolboy Justin Beckerman made the dream of millions and millions of curious people around the world come true. He created a portable submarine called the U-boat, which cost his family only $ 2,000. This miniature submarine, built on the basis of a large diameter plastic pipe, allows you to dive to a depth of two meters and stay there for several hours.
Car autopilot
Romanian teenager Ionuts Budistyanu is also experimenting with unusual ways of getting around. In 2013, he presented the public with a car autopilot system that allows cars to move quite successfully on streets and roads without a driver. A similar vehicle costs Google 100 thousand dollars, and the young Romanian allowed this amount to be lowered several times. The system itself costs only $ 4000 and is installed on almost any modern car. The author received the Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award for his invention.
A new type of battery
Another winner of this award was a young American woman, Eisha Khare. She received a $ 50,000 prize for an innovation that charges a cell phone battery in 20-30 seconds. It's no secret to anyone how power-hungry smartphones can be, especially with the active use of multimedia functions. And in order to refill their batteries with energy, now it takes 2-3 hours. Yeishi's invention allows you to complete this process as quickly as possible, so that the supermarket guards will not even notice that you are connected to the outlet by pulling out the plug of their electric kettle.
A new method for diagnosing cancer
American schoolboy Jack Andraka created at the age of 15 a prototype of a test system for diagnosing pancreatic cancer at an early stage. This test is 168 times faster than all existing developments, while it is 26 thousand times (!) Times cheaper than analogues and gives an accurate diagnosis in almost 100 percent of cases. For this invention, Intel (supporting young talents) awarded Jack Andrak a $ 75,000 grant.
Fractal "energy-informational monotype"
The youngest inventor in Russia is 10-year-old Muscovite Anastasia Rodimina, who invented a new way of printing graphics - fractal “energy-informational monotype”. From the usual monotype (a method of obtaining an image when paint is applied to the paper, after which an imprint is made from it), the fractal one is distinguished by the fact that the monotype is finalized with the help of an application, followed by irradiation with sunlight.
A font for the blind, fur headphones, fruit ice, a trampoline, a snowmobile and even a firefighter robot! All this was invented by children - young inventors!
For the day of children's inventions, we have prepared the exhibition "Inventor-ka", where we have collected many descriptions of children's inventions.
Kid Inventors' Day is celebrated around the world on January 17th. It is symbolic that the birthday of one of the outstanding Americans - statesman, diplomat, scientist, inventor, journalist Benjamin Franklin was chosen as the date of the Day. Young Ben, at the age of 12, invented a simple device to increase the speed of a swimmer, making boards the size of the foot and hand, demonstrating their speed capabilities to surprised friends. These devices are still used today.
There are known many important inventions for mankind, which were made by children. And every year the list of children's inventions is increasing, because there are more than half a million little inventors in the world!
Since childhood, the greatest inventor of all times and peoples, Thomas Edison, has been known as a child prodigy. From an early age he was fond of chemistry and mechanics. As a teenager, Thomas experimented with optimizing telegraph communication on the railway, which one day nearly caused a major accident.
Many children's inventions have completely changed our world and accelerated the progress of mankind. 15-year-old French boy Louis Braille invented a dot-relief writing system for the blind. Louis went blind at the age of three in an accident. Braille is used all over the world today, allowing blind and visually impaired people to access information.
The idea of creating fur headphones for protection from the cold belongs to 15-year-old American Chester Greenwood, who loved to listen to the player and skate. It was uncomfortable to do both - ears were freezing! In 1873, he asked his grandmother to attach pieces of fur to a wire. This is how earphones that protect the ears from the cold appeared.
The tilt-back toy truck is patented in the name of Robert Patch, 6 years old. The kid drew a toy of his dreams and asked his father to make exactly one. To the delight of children, the invention began to be produced immediately.
Sometimes a child's mind, mobile and not burdened with stereotypes, is able to invent something useful - or use random luck. This happened with the Muscovite Nastya Rodimova. At the age of 10, she became the youngest holder of a patent for her own invention. The girl came up with a new way of printing graphics. The invention was made by accident: she forgot a monotype on the window with a piece of paper superimposed on it. After a few days, the paints burned out, and those that were hidden under the sheet of paper retained a clear outline and remained bright.
One of the youngest inventors is seven-year-old Carter Rowan, who invented a soap with a hole in the middle. Once playing in the bathroom, the boy made a hole in the soap so that the slippery piece was comfortable to hold. Having appreciated the convenience of this form of soap, the parents decided to create a family business for the production of baby soap, and they succeeded quite well.
In Yekaterinburg, a twelve-year-old boy Daniil Shostin invented a constructor that consists of only two parts. The peculiarity of the constructor is that parts can be connected to each other in various ways. This allows you to collect cubes, pyramids, balls of any size from the constructor.
The trampoline has not changed in the 86-year history of its existence. The idea of its creation belongs to George Nissen. The invention of a 16-year-old teenager made it possible to perform tricks in the air, starting from the elastic surface of the trampoline.
Many children's inventions have become part of the adult world: the idea of creating a snowmobile came to the mind of the Canadian Joseph-Armand Bombardier, when he was only 15 years old, he connected a Ford engine to a sled.
Eight-year-old Alana Myers has invented a product that makes it easier to remove bandages from wounded surfaces. The idea to mix water, soap and lavender soap to make this unpleasant procedure painless came to her in the hospital.
The program, which connects a mobile phone SIM card and a doorbell, was created by a 13-year-old teenager Lawrence Rock.
11-year-old Frank Epperson revealed a delicious secret to the people - popsicles.
At the age of 13, a student of one of the Moscow schools, Dmitry Reznikov, developed a toothbrush for astronauts working at the orbital station.
Benny Benson, 13, designed the Alaska State Flag.
Maxim Lema at the age of 12 created a BTI robot that can perform the functions of a measuring engineer.
An unusual car for brothers Daniel and Ivan Efimenko is not a toy, but a serious invention, albeit one for two. They have constructed a robotic firefighter that must first find the fire and then put it out. The mechanical firefighter copes with his tasks, but the developers are still unhappy and are already deciding how to improve their invention.
You can enumerate children's inventions endlessly, remembering fingerless gloves, and a paper bag with a square bottom, a calculator, plasticine, magnetic wallpaper, a device for frying bacon in the microwave and dozens of other inventions. All this was brought into our life by the brilliant minds of young inventors.
On the Day of Children's Inventions, numerous demonstrations of new inventions, competitions, awards are held. Inventing is the natural state of all children. Take a closer look at what your children are doing right now - maybe at this very moment they are inventing something completely extraordinary!
And then on January 17, there will be many more children - inventors celebrating this date.
The exhibition will run until February 6 in room 3-01 - the department of patent and technical documentation. In preparation, we used the databases of the department "Patents of Russia" and "Inventions of the World".
Believe it or not, the snowmobile, braille and rocking chair were all invented by children.
On January 17, a rather unusual holiday was celebrated in the world: the Day of Children's Inventors. This date for the holiday was not chosen by chance. On this day in 1706, Benjamin Franklin was born, a famous politician who, in his adolescence, became famous throughout the district for his inventions. For example, he invented swimming fins when he was 12 years old, he later received a patent for a rocking chair and proposed the designations "+" and "-" for electrically charged states.
It turns out that not all the things we are used to that make our life easier and more interesting were invented by serious guys in dressing gowns and glasses. We have collected the most amazing stories of children's inventions, many of which solve serious modern problems.
Braille
Invented by: Louis Braille, 15
Louis Braille, 15, invented a typeface in 1824 that made reading accessible to the blind and is still used around the world today. It is based on the "night script" of the captain of the artillery Charles Barbier, which was used by the military of the time to read reports in the dark.
Snowmobile
Invented by: Joseph-Armand Bombardier, 15
The snowmobile was invented by the young Canadian Joseph-Armand Bombardier. It all started when his father gave his son a well-worn Ford T for his 15th birthday. Less than a week later, Joseph disassembled the Ford for parts and built it into a model snowmobile. He also founded Bombardier, a well-known aircraft manufacturer, but they still produce snowmobiles.
A new method for diagnosing cancer
Invented by: Jack Andraka, 15
A 15-year-old schoolboy came up with a new method for diagnosing cancer. This is a test for diagnosing cancer of the pancreas, ovaries and lungs in the early stages, and it turned out to be several times faster and cheaper than previously used analogues. Results can be obtained in five minutes
Trampoline
Invented by: John Nissen, 16
The idea of creating a trampoline belongs to 16-year-old gymnast George Nissen. The trampoline for its eighty-year history has hardly undergone any changes, because everything ingenious is simple. As before, this is the same construction in the form of a steel frame and a canvas stretched on springs.
Electronic image transmission
Inventor: Philo Farnsworth, 15
Modern television owes much to Philo Farnsworth, who at the age of 15 presented his chemistry teacher with a project for electronic transmission of images over long distances. After 4 years, he developed a vacuum tube for imaging, in which phosphorus glowed under the influence of electrons. In 1927, he first carried out the transmission of an electronic image - a horizontal line. Before that, television worked on mechanical modules. Farnsworth himself, known as a "mad genius", became the prototype of Professor Hubert Farnsworth, the hero of the animated series "Futurama".
Device for hearing impaired people
Invented by: Jonah Cohn, 14
Jonah Cohn, 14, has developed the Good Vibrations device, which converts sound waves into tactile sensations. This is how hard of hearing people can feel the music. Kon came up with this idea when he kissed a guitar, and in 2012 he won the Google Science Fair.
Personal submarine
Inventor: Justin Beckerman, 18
And the American schoolboy Justin Beckerman created a portable submarine, which cost his family only 2 thousand dollars. This miniature submarine, built from a large diameter plastic pipe, allows you to dive to a depth of two meters and stay there for several hours.
A new type of battery
Invented by: Asha Khare, 18
A California schoolgirl has developed a new kind of cell phone battery. The energy in them is replenished in 20-30 seconds and lasts for a long time. For her invention, the girl received an award for young scientists from Intel.
Ice cream "popsicles"
Invented by: Frank Epperson, 11
According to legend, in the evening the boy forgot a glass of soda on the porch (it was in winter), and a stick remained in the glass, with which the soda powder is stirred in water. 18 years later, in 1923, the grown-up Epperson used his find in business and opened a trade in frozen lemonade.
Hiccup lollipops
Invented by: Mallory Cuveman, 13
13-year-old schoolgirl Mallory Cuveman from the United States has invented a cure for hiccups. These are hard candies that contain sugar and apple cider vinegar. The novelty has already received the name "Hiccupops".
Toy dump truck
Invented by: Robert Patch 6
The reclining toy dump truck was invented (and even patented in 1936) by six-year-old Robert Patch. He drew a toy for his father to make him exactly the same. The picture shows a drawing from a patent, the first version probably looked a little different. Of course, dump trucks already existed at that time, but there were no such toys.
Room measurement robot
Inventor: Maxim Lema, 12 years old
12-year-old Maxim Lema from Lvov created a robot that performs the functions of BTI engineers (measurers). The robot scans the room, measures the area, draws up a plan and transmits the data to the computer using a radio signal.
A new kind of printed graphics
Inventor: Anastasia Rodimina, 10 years old
The 10-year-old Muscovite became the youngest patent holder in Russia when she invented a new type of printed graphics. The discovery was made by accident: she forgot the monotype, with a piece of paper superimposed on it, on the window. After a few days, the paints burned out, and those that were hidden under the sheet of paper retained a clear outline and remained bright. Her grandfather, who became a co-author, helped her to obtain a patent.
Means for painless bandage removal
Alanna Myers, 8 years old
Alanna Myers, 8, from Florida, invented painless bandage removal. The product contains soap, lavender oil and water. This idea came to her after she was discharged from the hospital, and she had to remove the bandages - and this process, as you know, can be very painful.
Protective earmuffs
Inventor: Chester Greenwood, 15
Chester Greenwood, 15, invented earmuffs in 1873. This idea was born out of necessity: the boy loved to skate and asked his grandmother to sew pieces of fur to the wire to protect his ears from the cold. Later, these headphones were improved, and now models are used, for example, to protect against loud noise.
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Sergey Khalyavin was in 11th grade when he came up with a computer mouse for people without hands. He decided to help his friend, who cannot work at the computer in the usual way. The invention is similar to a slipper with a control board from a conventional mouse. You can control the mouse with your toes.
Sergei says that he got used to the device in just a week and was even able to play computer games with it. A technology teacher helped the student in the development. The computer mouse was appreciated at the Moscow International Salon of Inventions and Innovative Technologies "Archimedes-2016".
4. Kylie Symonds, USA, 13 years old: backpack with chemotherapy unit
Kylie Symonds has been battling cancer for a long time. Despite her illness, the girl wanted to walk, chat with friends and attend school, but constant IVs very much limit her life. Therefore, Kylie found a way to lead an active lifestyle, despite the oncology. She put the device with the medicine in a regular school backpack so that she would not be constantly at home under an IV. The girl received a patent for an invention and is planning a mass launch of the backpacks.
5. Laalitia Acharia, USA, 13 years old: electricity from road traffic
In 2016, residents of Flint, Michigan, were poisoned by high lead levels in their water. Gitanjali's parents bought special test strips to test the water. But they gave the wrong result. Then the girl got the idea to design a device that would detect the presence of heavy metals. The device is based on a filter made of carbohydrate nanotubes, and using Bluetooth, you can monitor the indicators from a smartphone. In 2017, Gitanjali became the best young scientist in the United States.
8. Curry Bishop, USA, 10 years: a device that will prevent the death of children in a closed car
The young man thought about the invention after the 6-month-old daughter of his neighbors died in a closed car. In summer, the temperature there can reach + 60 ° C, even though the window is slightly open. To prevent the death of children, Curry came up with a device equipped with a thermometer, sensors and a cooling system. The device is attached to the seat headrest and signals when the temperature in the passenger compartment becomes critical. Toyota has already become interested in the project.
Every year, on January 17, the day of children's inventions is celebrated all over the world. Knowledge and adult experience make it difficult to see amazing things, to create contrary to all the laws of the Universe. Children's thinking is different. They are not familiar with the armor of prohibitions. That is why children sometimes make amazing discoveries that are embodied in our everyday life. These inventions include a calculator, a phone charger, and more.
1. Pencil holder
Many children love to draw, but pencils are quickly consumed, and when a small piece remains, it is very difficult to hold it in their hands. How to help a young artist? Cassidy Goldstein of Scarsdale, New York also loved to paint. Faced with the problem of worn-out pencils, she did not despair, but began to look for a solution to this problem. Plastic tubes for storing flowers came to the rescue. Putting them on the rest of the pencils, Cassidy was able to finish the drawing. The idea was patented in 1999. Since then, all children enjoy using these devices.
2. ECG for mobile phones
We take modern medical equipment for granted. But there are many places in the world where it is very difficult to get tested. In 2012, 17-year-old student Kathryn Wong from New Jersey developed a small device that allows you to display your heartbeat right on the screen of a regular phone. This very important and necessary discovery allows you to make an ECG immediately when anxiety symptoms appear. Millions of lives can be saved. All you need to do is attach the three electrodes to your body and wait for the analog data to be converted by the microprocessor board. The image is transmitted via Bluetooth to Java-enabled cell phones.
3. Algae Mobile - a device that converts carbon dioxide into oxygen
The problem of environmental pollution is one of the most important on earth. Many inventions help protect us from the harmful effects of the surrounding atmosphere. And one of them is Algae Mobile. It was developed by the young inventor Param Jaggi. From the age of 13, he was fond of environmental technologies, and after a few years he decided to improve the exhaust device of a car that emits carbon dioxide. He patented his invention in 2011. Algae Mobile has won numerous awards, and its creator was recently listed with up to 30 energy-changing innovators on the Forbes 30 list.
4. Television
Who would have thought that one of the greatest discoveries of mankind would belong to a 15-year-old teenager. Philo T. Farnsworth was born back in 1906. From childhood, he was fond of mechanics and electronics. He completed a number of projects and sketches, which later were crucial for the invention of television. Investor harassment forced the young inventor to sell the rights to his discovery. But his name has gone down in history forever as the discoverer of television.
Interesting fact from the site: In 1922, Farnsworth presented his teacher with the idea of creating a dissecting tube. Instead of a traditional disc projecting an image on a screen, he proposed to reproduce it electronically.
5. Paper bag making machine
Mattie Knight was the most famous female inventor of the 19th century. One day, while working in a factory, she witnessed an accident from a loom shuttle that killed a young boy. This death shocked a 12-year-old girl, and she invented a safety mechanism to prevent the shuttle from being released. This discovery subsequently prevented injury and saved countless lives. Contemporaries called her "the Edison woman." During her life, Mattie Knight has developed more than 90 inventions, including the famous flat-bottomed bag. In 2006, her name was immortalized in the American National Inventors Hall of Fame.
6. Braille
Blind people all over the world use comfortable Braille to read. But few people know that Louis Braille made his invention at the age of 15. At the age of 5, after a terrible car accident, Louis went blind. As a student at the National Institute for Blind Youth in Paris, he decided to change the awkward instrument of tactile literature. The tactile relief-dotted font he developed made it possible to read various books with one touch of his fingers. Braille, created in 1821, is still used by visually impaired people today.
7. Fur headphones
Sometimes cold is a great motivator for inventions. And so it happened with fifteen-year-old Chester Greenwood. His ears were constantly freezing when he skated. Arriving home, Chester asked his grandmother for fur fabrics, cut out two circles from them and connected them with metal wire. The resourceful young man put his invention on his head, thereby covering his ears. All children immediately liked the novelty. And in 1936 Greenwood began producing Ears for Champions.
8. Fruit ice cream
Forgetfulness can sometimes lead to discovery. Young Frank Epperson stirred fruit water and forgot it along with a stirring stick in the cold. In the morning, when the loss was discovered, his gaze was presented with a fruit candy, which was convenient to hold by a stick. In 1924, Epperson patented his discovery.
9. Trampoline
This invention changed the world of gymnastics forever. George Nissen, a 16-year-old gymnast, was looking for ways to modernize his acrobatic stunts. His attention was drawn to protective nets, which were used for additional exercises. This is how the prototype of the modern trampoline appeared. In 2008, trampoline jumping was included in the list of disciplines of the Olympic Games.
And some of the inventions that are considered modern are in fact
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