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Kid Inventors

Real kids who changed the world

True stories of kids who invented, built and spoke up, from a 15-year-old who reinvented reading to an 8-year-old who heated water with sunshine.

Episodes (25)

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Kid Inventors · Ep 1

The Boy Who Invented Reading With Your Fingers

How do you fit a whole alphabet under one fingertip?

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Kid Inventors · Ep 2

The Boy Who Bounced To The Olympics

Can a circus net turn into an Olympic sport?

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Kid Inventors · Ep 3

The Girl Who Lit A Flashlight With Her Hand

Can your body power a flashlight?

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Kid Inventors · Ep 4

The Girl Who Tested The Water

How do you find something invisible in water?

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Kid Inventors · Ep 5

The Girl Who Turned Orange Peels Into Rain

Can fruit peel help a farm survive a drought?

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Kid Inventors · Ep 6

The Boy Who Caught The Wind

Can you build electricity out of scrap?

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Kid Inventors · Ep 7

The Boy Who Built A Radio Station From Trash

How do you give a whole neighbourhood a voice?

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Kid Inventors · Ep 8

The Girl Whose Voice Went Around The World

How loud is one kid telling the truth?

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Kid Inventors · Ep 9

The Boy Who Set Out To Clean The Ocean

Can you let the ocean clean itself?

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Kid Inventors · Ep 10

The Boy Who Dug A Well From Half A World Away

What can you do with 70 dollars and a lot of stubbornness?

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Kid Inventors · Ep 11

The Girl Who Collected A Thousand Books

What if you never saw yourself in a story?

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Kid Inventors · Ep 12

The Girl Who Heated Water With The Sun

Can sunshine give you a warm bath?

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Kid Inventors · Ep 13

The Girl Who Washed Clothes With A Bicycle

Can pedalling do your laundry?

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Kid Inventors · Ep 14

The Boy Who Kept His Ears Warm

How do you invent something out of being uncomfortable?

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Kid Inventors · Ep 15

The Girl Who Gave A Computer A Voice

How can a computer speak for someone who cannot?

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Kid Inventors · Ep 16

The Boy Who Swam With Wooden Wings

How can two wooden paddles make you swim faster?

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Kid Inventors · Ep 17

The Boy Who Froze A Drink On The Porch

What happens when you leave a sweet drink outside on a freezing night?

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Kid Inventors · Ep 18

The Boy Who Saw Television In A Potato Field

How can a moving picture be drawn out of lines of light?

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Kid Inventors · Ep 19

The Girl Who Outsmarted The Snow

Why do wrists get cold and wet even when you wear gloves?

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Kid Inventors · Ep 20

The Girl Who Hung Bacon Out To Drip

How can you cook bacon and let the grease fall away?

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Kid Inventors · Ep 21

The Girl Who Asked For Proof

How do you run a test that nobody can fool?

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Kid Inventors · Ep 22

The Girl Who Rescued The Broken Crayons

Why do short crayons snap, and how can a tube save them?

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Kid Inventors · Ep 23

The Boy Who Wouldn't Take No For An Answer

What do you do after 199 people tell you no?

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Kid Inventors · Ep 24

The Boy Who Caught Plastic With A Magnet

Can a magnet really pull plastic out of water?

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Kid Inventors · Ep 25

The Girl Who Turned Code Into A Game

Can a board game teach you to write code?

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