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The Boy Scouts of America & Edison Nation Launch Opportunity for Young Inventors

Thursday, January 19th, 2012



Calling all kids, ‘tweens, teens, and college students… Show us your inventing skills!

Do you have a child, Scout or know of a particularly inventive kid who always seems to come up with exciting new ways to do things? Maybe they’ve dabbled with making, breaking and prototyping new product ideas that could change the way we live, the way we work and the way we play?

The Boy Scouts of America and Edison Nation are excited to host a special Innovation Challenge to discover cool, new products. We challenge those Scouts and non-Scouts, boys and girls, ages 7 to 21, to get inventing and submit ideas you think should be made and sold in stores! If selected, Edison Nation will invest up to $1 million to develop the products and make them a reality.

Watch the video below to learn more, then submit ideas at www.EdisonNation.com/BoyScouts.

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For more information about the Boy Scouts of America visit: www.scouting.org

Parents, here’s a great chance to get your kids started on inventing!

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Two upcoming competitions for young inventors:

BubbleWrapBubble Wrap Contest: Deadline March 3, 2010
Sealed Air Corporation, the creator of Bubble Wrap, is asking students in grades five through eight to come up with original inventions incorporating  clear Bubble Wrap. All entries must incude a visual and written description that explains the name of the invention, the purpose it serves, how it works and how the idea was formulated. Three finalists will win a three-day trip to New York City, where the Grand Prize Winner will be announced during an awards weekend. The Grand Prize Winner will receive a $10,000 savings bond and the second and third place winners will receive $5,000 savings bonds.
For details visit www.nmoe.org/bubblewrap/index.html.

RubberbandRubber Band Contest: Deadline February 10, 2010
The Rubber Band Contest has two divisions of competition for young inventors in grades five through eight to create an invention that incorporates the use of rubber bands. Arts & Leisure and Science & Engineering are the divisions, and the winner and runner-up in each division will be annouced at an awards ceremony on May 1, 2010. The first place winner in each division will receive a $5,000 savings bond while the runner-up in each division will receive $2,500 savings bonds.
For details visit http://rubberbandcontest.org.