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Max Wallack Wins Grand Prize in Design Squad "Trash to Treasure" Contest

by Gloria Campos

If anyone deserves a special gift this Holiday season for his kindness and his innovative ideas it's ninth-grader Max Wallack from Natick, Massachusetts. He has already won a few rewards for his inventions. His latest invention won him thousands of dollars and has the potential to help the homeless and clean the environment all at once.

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Kids Can Invent a Video Game for Big Cash

by Dustin Brady

Inventor Contest
Kids ages 5 to 19 can stop playing Elf Bowling and start working on their own online game. A new contest gives kids the chance to submit their idea for the online game of the century to a major game developer-and possibly earn huge cash.

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Medical Student’s Invention Fights Super Bugs

by Dustin Brady

bacteria
Scientists have been warning people for years about a “super bug” that will be resistant to all antibodies and destroy the human race. One man has taken these warnings to heart and has invented a method to fight these super bugs.

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Russian Scientific Innovation Competition Yields Success

by M Dee Dubroff

Two winning Russian innovation projects have received investment backing from two mega supporters, AFK Sistema and Tekhsnabexport and some new awards to honor technological innovation have developed as the result of this competition as well. Read on and learn more about this contest and its winners.

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Student Inventors Keep Seagulls Off Their Boat

by Dustin Brady

Boat-loving seagulls will have to poop elsewhere if a team of high school students have anything to say about it. The team, named Vanish Productions, recently won the top regional prize in New Zealand's Young Enterprise contest for their Ultrasonic Bird Repeller.

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Billionaire Announces Contest To Sterilize Pets

by Dustin Brady

Here is a contest that Bob Barker can be proud of. Billionaire inventor Gary Michelson is promising $25 million to anyone who can invent the first safe non-surgical method to spay or neuter pets.

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Instructables’s DIY Halloween Contest Includes Green Category

by Gloria Campos

DIY contests are definitely increasing in popularity. This year Instructables has teamed up with many other crafty sites to bring you the 2008 DIY Halloween Contest. Contestants have had all year (since November 5th, 2007 until November 9th of this year) to send in their Halloween Instructable, photos, or videos.

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Bubble Wrap®: Useful For More Than Popping!

by Dustin Brady

Inventor Contest
Your Bubble Wrap could be worth thousands. There's only one catch - you can't pop it.

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NAIRIT Announces Top Ten Russian Engineering and Scientific Innovations

by M Dee Dubroff

The National Association of Innovations and Development of Information Technologies (NAIRIT) held a recent contest, and more than 3,000 applications were received from scientists and engineers all over Russia. Read all about the ten best ideas.

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Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Awards: 10 Most Brilliant Gadgets Of 2008

by Myra Per-Lee

Popular Mechanics announced its picks for the 2008 Breakthrough Awards to The 10 Most Brilliant Gadets of the Year. Here's the list of international winners; you may be surprised at the gadgets on the list.

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A Rubberband Contest For Kid Inventors To Stretch Their Minds

by Myra Per-Lee

There's a really cool contest going on now for students grades 5 through 8, challenging them to invent something with one or more rubber bands. It's the first of its kind, according to the sponsors, and just thinking about using a rubber band in something totally new has got to be a stretch.

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Flatshare Refrigerator Wins 2008 Best iGeneration Design

by Toby

Out of nine tremendously creative and functional household designs produced by the finalists in the 2008 Electrolux Design Lab competition, one design really stood out in the judges minds: The "Flatshare" Refrigerator, by Austrian design student, Stefan Buchberger, whose inspiration came from sharing a flat, of course.

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Sliced Bread, Move Over: Contest for Next Best Thing

by M Dee Dubroff

Yesterday marked the 80th anniversary of sliced bread. In honor of this momentous occasion, Times Online and News.com.au have launched a contest to find the best thing since sliced bread. Read on for details.

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$300 Million to Inventor of More Efficient Car-Battery

by Gloria Campos

In an effort to help Americans be less dependant on foreign oil John McCain has made a $300 million proposal. He announced his proposal recently at an event at the student union at California State University in Fresno. This $300 million proposal is to be rewarded to the inventor of a more efficient car-battery to power hybrid and electric vehicles.

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Intel® 2008 Awards: Teen Winners Make Amazing Contributions To Their Fields!

by Myra Per-Lee

The three young women who won top awards for their "science projects" for the 2008 Intel® Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) each won $50,000 scholarships from the Intel Foundation as part of their awards. They are already at the level of Eve Curie! Take a look at their "science projects!"

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For Kids By Kids: Chocolate Flavored Brussel Sprouts

by Toby

If three kid inventors have anything to say about it, all vegetables will taste like chocolate... even brussel sprouts! Yep! Three third-graders from Annapolis, MD have invented "The Micro Flavor Machine," and won a shot at the finals of the 2008 Toshiba/National Science Teachers Association ExploraVision Awards.

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False Teeth For Cats! What Next?

by Lady Bee

In an age when the humanization of pets seems to have few boundaries and little purpose but self-amusement, false teeth for cats might be grouped with cat clothing and wigs in the 'eccentric cat lady' category. But is false teeth for cats or any animal so crazy?

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Best Inventions of 2008 from Intel Science Search

by Levi D. Davis

The Intel (formerly Westinghouse) Science Talent Search is on us again. The 40 finalists from around the country gathered in Washington D.C. on March 11 to take part in the distribution of $1.25 million in scholarships and prizes.

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$10,000, a Laptop and More for Redesigned Trash

by Gloria Campos

Inventor Contest
Ever watched the Design Squad? Design Squad is a kids program on PBS consisting of 8 young engineers. As a team these young engineers take on engineering challenges for an actual client such as Ikea. There are 13 episodes per season. In the final episode the top two contestants compete, "for the Grand Prize-a $10,000 college scholarship from the Intel® Foundation".

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Call For Submissions! 2008 Canadian Invention Competition

by Myra Per-Lee


A C$10,000 feasibility study, C$50,000 worth of design and construction on your prototype, and up to C$10,000 liability protection will go to the winner of the second annual Canadian Invention Competition, co-sponsored by Canadian Business Magazine and Nytric, a Canadian innovation engineering and consulting company.

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