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    10 Funny Inventions from Kids Around the World

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    Indoor Dog Exerciser
    See this bone? Camden T., of North Carolina is about to turn it into a doggy stair-master. The third-grader installed an aluminum tube from the top to the bottom of... more 
    Photo by: epals
    Indoor Dog Exerciser
    See this bone? Camden T., of North Carolina is about to turn it into a doggy stair-master. The third-grader installed an aluminum tube from the top to the bottom of his home staircase. At the very top of the tube is a box where you can drop a tennis ball. In the bottom part of the tube is a treat. less 
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    Tue, Jan 17, 2012 3:28 PM EST
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    This week, America's hallowed inventor Ben Franklin turned 306 years old. In his honor, The Smithsonian and ePals, an education media company, recognized some of the world's youngest inventors. Fifteen students, from grades kindergarten through 11, won top honors for their home videos and written reports describing their inventions. We're not talking Westinghouse finalists, just yet. These kids, hailing from Turkey, India, Canada and the U.S., exhibited the kind of ingenuity of Home Alone's Kevin McCallister. Give them a staircase, a bouncing ball and a pair of pipe cleaners and they'll give you an imaginative prototype that might have the family dog running for cover. Check out some of the big winners....