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The New Inventors: Bright Sparks

Three young inventors aged 10 - 18 will showcase three terrific creations, in a special youth episode of The New Inventors.

10No The New Inventors panel hasn’t shrunk, but there’s a “Bright Sparks” special coming up to showcase young inventors, aged 10 – 18.

The panel (pictured) is made up of kids who have already appeared on the show as inventors: Rachel Latimer, aged 15, was The New Inventors 2008 Bright Spark Award winner. She invented the Easy Girth, a device to help her tighten the girth on her horse’s saddle.

Arda Yilmaz, aged 15, was the first person under 18 to present his invention on The New Inventors. He appeared in the first series when he was just 9 years old, with his Super Mixer Turbo, to help automatically stir cooking pots in his parents’ takeaway shop.

Lisa Bell, aged 16, appeared on the show two years ago with her Button Doer Upperer, a device to help her father, who was suffering from arthritis and carpal tunnel syndrome, do up his shirt buttons without pain.

The three inventions to be showcased are :

– Surfvibe is a vibrating waterproof device that is strapped across a surfer’s arm or leg, allowing them to be signalled by someone up to 600m away.

– The Whale Calf Feeder, designed to provide a temporary way to supply the nutrients a stranded whale calf might need to have the strength to return to the open sea.

– And the Visibility Vest, powered by the motorcycle’s wiring, which makes motorcyclists safer by putting the blinkers and brake lights at the eye level of car drivers.

Great ideas, kids!

This airs 8pm Wednesday September 16th on ABC1.

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