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INVENTIONS AND INVENTORS Have you ever looked at a smartphone, computer, video game, or other type of technology and thought about how you could make it better? Or have you ever seen a problem in daily life (such as pollution, a traffic jam, or a tool that’s hard to use) and found yourself creating a solution to fix it in your head? If so, then you just might be an inventor! Inventors are people who come up with new ideas—and then turn those ideas into reality. They create brand-new things that have never existed before or totally different approaches to doing something. They look for ways to solve problems and improve on existing ideas to develop a useful item that fills a need. Some have changed the way the entire world lives! An invention can also make an existing process faster, less expensive, stronger, or otherwise better.

Internal combustion

engines are just one of countless inventions that have improved our lives.

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WOMEN INVENTORS