• Question: how old were you when your first invention worked?

    Asked by Noninoo to Chris, Gina, Jack, Laura, Tom, Yetty on 15 Jun 2017. This question was also asked by Bunny, BigBoiiiiiLouis.
    • Photo: Laura Walker

      Laura Walker answered on 15 Jun 2017:

      When i was 12-ish i had a kit to make a robot. it took me a few months but i got it to move around and made it follow lines on the floor (with my dad’s help)

    • Photo: Tom Rooney

      Tom Rooney answered on 16 Jun 2017:

      For my Technology GCSE i designed and built a working set of brake lights for a bicycle. I researched the required safety standards and made it so it was water proof, reliable and could be fitted to any bike… and it worked!
      I won the school prize for my project and top grade in my GCSE so i was proud of that.
      I had probably invented other stuff before, but that is the one true first success from concept to finished product.

    • Photo: Yetunde Kolawole

      Yetunde Kolawole answered on 16 Jun 2017:

      Hi Noninoo and Bunny,

      I think I was 8 or 9, and I made a catapult with my dad!

    • Photo: Gina Schade

      Gina Schade answered on 20 Jun 2017:

      When I was 8 – 10 I attached some heavy duty springs to a pair of sneakers to make ‘pogo shoes’. It looked ridiculous but it did work! (until it broke after 10 minutes of bouncing around and falling over)

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