Curiosities about children´s and young adults´ inventions.
… in 1924, when he was 15, frenchman Louis Braille started developing braille? Braille is the reading and writing system used up until today by the visually impared.
… the trampoline was invented by american George Niessen when he was 16? During a circus presentation in 1926, George noticed that the net under the trapeze artist was swinging. Inspired by this, he set up a steel and canvas structure that originated the first trampoline
… an 11-year-old girl invented the method that prevents crayons from breaking? When she
noticed that crayons were breaking easily, the young American Cassidy Goldstein created the Crayon Holders, a type of protective capsule in 2002.
… the creator of earmuffs was only 15 when he came up with the invention in 1873? Chester Greenwood of the United States was skating on ice one day. He was irritated because he could not keep his ears warm. Then, he made a wire frame and asked his grandmother to sew beaver skin on it.
Sources: Time for Kids and Great Business Schools
QUESTIONS
1. Which of the alternatives below is true?
a. Chester Greenwood and Cassidy Goldstein came up with their inventions because there was a need for them.
b. George Niessen created the trampoline so it could be used daily in the juggling profession.
c. Braille began with the use of crayons.
d. Earmus for the cold started on a ski trip.
2. Which of the inventions do you think is cooler? Why?
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