The “ATLAS Powered Rope Ascender”, an invention by Nathan Ball (who has applied for three patents), has won the annual Lemelson-MIT Student Prize. In 30 seconds, the invention lets the firefighters to reach the top of a 30-story building. It can raise 250 lb more than 600 ft into air. And, his invention is only [...]

Hoang Than is a student at Dai Kim Elementary School in Hanoi. He has won 2 national prizes in invention contests so far. So what about it? Well, he was born in 2000! He has memorized the multiplication tables, and knows how to solve difficult division problems. The first prize he won was for developing [...]