Cobblestone American History and Current Events for Kids and Children

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Get specific. Visualize what your invention will look like. Make sketches of your idea. Make lots of sketches. Gather together any necessary materials. You might get ideas of helpful materials after a visit to a hardware store or a craft store. Bu

Muse: The magazine of science, culture, and smart laughs for kids and children

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WILL YOU develop a vaccine to cure a deadly illness or innovate the next social media fad? Or maybe you’ll improve the way we travel or create a must-have app. Sure, you’re capable of inventing something wonderful. But what will it be? Here’s a fun,

Entrepreneur

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We asked some of the leading idea people in business to define how new products, technologies and commodities come into being.

OM Yoga & Lifestyle

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On the life journey, it’s certain that we’ll endure failures and make mistakes. A friend of mine, an inventor with eight devices in use and registered by the Office of U.S. Patents, is a good example of reinventing after mistakes or failures. Before

TIME

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LINO MARRERO WAS LEAVING CELLO PRACTICE one day when he noticed several blisters on his fingers. The pain was so bad that the then 10-year-old from Frisco, Texas, wanted to quit playing for good, even though he loved music. So he started doing some r

Cobblestone American History and Current Events for Kids and Children

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Using imagination and ingenuity, Americans have turned their ideas into practical products. Sometimes an idea sparks the creation of a new and original item. Other times, a change or an improvement to one idea creates a completely new invention. Take

Muse: The magazine of science, culture, and smart laughs for kids and children

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The biggest tip for doing well in an invention contest has nothing to do with the invention itself—it’s all about the process. Entries are judged on how well the steps are followed. So if the most mind-blowing invention in the world isn’t presented c

NPR

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Hahna Alexander initially invented a shoe that could charge a battery, but no one wanted to use it. "You have to invent something that people can't live without," she says.

Entrepreneur

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The 'Shark Tank' investor and inventor of over 400 products offers her advice to move your product from idea to sales.

Entrepreneur

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A prototype is often the only way to know if your idea will fly, and if your startup is ready to launch.

Cobblestone American History and Current Events for Kids and Children

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This is an open letter to all COBBLESTONE readers. I am calling upon you to invent. Are you wondering why I’m asking you to invent in a magazine devoted to U.S. history? Think about it. The United States has contributed an amazing number of scientifi

Cobblestone American History and Current Events for Kids and Children

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You’ve read how inventing requires lots of trial and effort before there’s any success. You’ve also seen how much fun inventing is. It gives you an outlet to be creative. Lastly, it allows you to make a difference in the world because inventions ofte

STAT

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Documentarian Alex Gibney's latest subject — after Enron executives, cyclist Lance Armstrong, and a Scientology leader — is Elizabeth Holmes of Theranos.

Dwell

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When I think about technologies, I think about ingenuity, creativity, and invention. I try to understand the minds of the humans who made them and the consequences of their creations. These little stone blades that I keep on my desk are forms of tech

Nautilus

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Upon entering the Vocal Vibrations installation at Le Laboratoire Cambridge, visitors are directed to a room called the chapel, where a haunting vocal composition plays out of nine speakers positioned around the room. After relaxing on a bench to foc

Muse: The magazine of science, culture, and smart laughs for kids and children

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Team members list concerns in their community. They spend weeks reflecting. With time, they narrow it to one. Homelessness is a major problem, and it’s on the rise. “We see homeless people in our community—at church, on the streets, and in our family

Nautilus

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Its achievements are undeniable. Having hosted what some historians call the greatest creation of wealth in human history,1 the San Francisco Bay Area had the fastest growth rate in the United States in 2012,2 the highest per-capita gross domestic pr

Harper's Bazaar Singapore

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American architect, systems theorist, inventor, designer and author Buckminster Fuller is best known for his invention of the geodesic dome. But his work spans multiple disciplines, with a focus on solving urgent global issues such as housing, shelte

The Christian Science Monitor

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Church engagement The March 11 cover story, “Pray & wash,” provides helpful insight into the development of nontraditional churches in the United States. The author addresses important topics concerning the role and purpose of Christian churches in

The Atlantic

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No one has done more to dispel the myth of social mobility than Raj Chetty. But he has a plan to make equality of opportunity a reality.

Newsweek

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Past honorees include the inventors of breakfast cereal and technology to manufacture shoes faster.

Entrepreneur

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Are successful entrepreneurial concepts the product of nature or of nurture? Do they spring unformed from the minds of inventors, or are they carefully cultivated adaptations of preexisting notions? It's not surprising that David Edwards, founder of

Farm Collector

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An important and essential component of the steam engine hobby in the U.S. experienced significant disruption in 2020, when steam schools across the country were cancelled by the spread of the Covid-19 virus. In the new year, organizers are optimisti

Newsweek

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Could making intellectual property available to everyone spur technology and economic growth?

Spider Magazine Stories, Games, Activites and Puzzles for Children and Kids

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IN THE CITY of San Cristóbal de las Casas, red tile roofs stretch from one end of the valley to the other. Large water tanks sit on each roof. But on one rooftop, the sun reflects off a glass-covered box. What is this box? Why is it there? Would anyo

The Atlantic

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Millions of children from poor families who excel in math and science rarely live up to their potential—and that hurts everyone.

Foxtel Magazine

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You may not instantly recognise his name, but Matt Parkinson has long been a familiar face on our screens – as all-knowing Goliath on The Chase Australia. Now he heads to Foxtel in a rather different capacity. Joined by inventor Sally Dominguez, scie

Time Magazine International Edition

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LINO MARRERO WAS LEAVING CELLO PRACTICE one day when he noticed several blisters on his fingers. The pain was so bad that the then 10-year-old from Frisco, Texas, wanted to quit playing for good, even though he loved music. So he started doing some r

The Field

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THROUGHOUT history hunting has been seen as a necessary human activity, either for survival or enjoyment. Inventors and designers were constantly trying to bring to the market something new and innovative but, unfortunately, the majority failed to fi

Cobblestone American History and Current Events for Kids and Children

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Katelyn M. Sweeney tapped into her inner inventor in high school. That’s when the Natick, Massachusetts, native joined a Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam. She and her teammates designed a remote-control submersible rescue vehicle. They earned an invitation to