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For the prompt of kid inventors, Brigette illustrates two inventions made by kids, popsicles and earmuffs.
Eleven-year-old Frank Epperson invented what we’ve come to know as a popsicle. It was a winter’s eve in 1905 when Frank decided to mix a frozen concoction containing soda water powder and water. He accidentally left the drink outside overnight, with the stirring stick in the glass. The mixture froze solid and the first popsicle was born..
It was 1873 and Chester Greenwood was just 15 years old when his ears got painfully cold one day while ice skating. He found that wrapping a scarf around his head didn’t help much, so he decided to find a better solution. Greenwood designed a wire frame and had his grandmother to sew beaver skins to it–thereby making the first pair of earmuffs. He ended up patenting the invention by age 19 and even selling them to soldiers during the First World War.
The Inventioneers Presenting an early prototype of our invention the SMARTwheel at the US Department of Transportation Headquarters in Washington DC
The By Kids For Kids Xerox National Invention Competition ceremony held in the Javitz Center in New York Tuesday, June 21, 2005. From left are child actor Jenna Boyd, an inventor herself, her brother Cayden Boyd, Xerox's chief engineer, Sophie Vanderbroek and Taylor. www.bkfk.com/challenge
www.The By Kids For Kids Xerox National Invention Competition ceremony held in the Javitz Center in New York Tuesday, June 21, 2005. From left are child actor Jenna Boyd, an inventor herself, her brother Cayden Boyd, Xerox's chief engineer, Sophie Vanderbroek and Taylor. www.bkfk.com/challengebkfk.com/challenge
Kevin Lim 15, right, from Rochester, N.Y. is one of 4 winners at the By Kids For Kids Xerox National Invention Competition at a ceremony held in the Javitz Center in New York Tuesday, June 21, 2005. From left are child actor Jenna Boyd, an inventor herself, her brother Cayden Boyd, Xerox's chief engineer, Sophie Vanderbroek and the winner Kevin Lim (Photo/HO/David Karp)
This was at the DOT Headquarters when we presented our very first working prototype of the SMARTwheel to Secretary of Transportation Ray Lahood and other Department of Transportation officials. He was really excited about our ideas, though it may be hard to tell from this picture. LOL
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