When talking about inventors, who do you first think of? Forget Thomas Edison. Meet the teenage 1 at the 24th Jiangsu Adolescents Science &. Technology Innovation Contest(江苏青少年科技创新大赛).
Wang Xingyu, from Kunshan No. 2 Middle School, invented "a 2 line" in the zebra crossing. Wang often saw people running through
the red 3 , so he thought of an idea,
"I 4 a spray tube(喷管) in the zebra crossing. When the light is red and 5 crosses, it sprays water. If the light is 6, it will not work," said Wang.
But does it 7 water? "There's a water channel(槽) on the ground, so the water will be collected and 8 again," he said. Zong Hangchen, from Nantong Special Education Middle School, also got his invention idea from daily experience.
Zong's 9 could only feel a little light. When he walked on the sidewalk for the blind, he often came across obstacles(障碍物). Once he 10 hurt his nose.
11 help himself and the blind, Zong made something that has radar(雷达) and a loudspeaker. Users tie radar onto their knees and 12 the loudspeaker around their necks. When they meet obstacles, the radar will see them and the loudspeaker will make a 13 to tell the users.
Chen Huijuan, an official from Jiangsu Association for Science and Technology, was 14 at these inventions.
15 some ideas are simple, the creations are very good," she said. "Get inspiration( 灵感) from small things in life and you can be an, inventor, too.
