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蒸汽机﹑灯泡﹑电话，这些伟大的发明使人类社会变得丰富多彩，也给人们的日常生活带来了极大的便利。可是你是否知道有一些小孩子，他们也有自己的发明，而且还获得了国家专利？
Here are some kids who had great ideas which they turned into inventions. We call these kids “brain children”.
Two inspirational1 books for girl inventors are Elsie’s Invention by Mary Mapes Dodge, and The Big Balloon Race by Eleanor Coerr.
Six-year-old Suzanna Goodin, tired of cleaning the cat food spoon, came up with the idea of an edible2 spoon-shaped cracker3. She won a grand prize for her invention in the Weekly Reader National Invention Contest.
Eight-year-old Theresa Thompson and her 9-year-old sister Mary were the youngest sisters to receive a U.S. patent4. They invented a solar tepee5 for a science fair project in 1960.
At age 9, Margaret Knight began working in a cotton mill, where she saw a steel-tipped shuttle fly out of a loom and hit a nearby worker. As a result, Margaret devised her first invention: A shuttle restraining6 device. She went on to invent the machine that makes the square-bottom paper bags we still use for groceries7 today. That machine was patented in 1871.
Eleven-year-old Jeanie Low received a patent on March 10, 1992, for inventing the Kiddie Stool8—a foldup stool8 that fits under the sink so kids can unfold it, stand on it, and reach the sink on their own!
Becky Schroeder began her patenting career when she was 14 years old. She put phosphorescent9 paint on paper under her writing paper so that she could write in the dark. This invention was later used in all sorts of ways. Doctors use it in hospitals to read patients’ charts at night without waking them, and astronauts use it when their electrical systems are turned down for recharging10.
Fourteen-year-old Pamela Sica invented a push-button device that raises the floor of a car so that cargo11 can be raised and easily removed. Her invention won a grand prize for her age group in the Weekly Reader National Invention Contest. She wanted to patent her invention but found that it was too expensive.
Eight-year-old Chelsea Lannon received a patent in 1994 for her “pocket diaper12”, a diaper that has a pocket that holds a baby wipe and baby powder puff13. She got her idea while helping her mother with her baby brother—while she was still in kindergarten!
来看看几个具有伟大创意并把它们发明出来的小孩子，我们称他们为“发明小天才”。
有两本书为喜欢发明的女孩子提供了灵感，它们是玛丽·梅普斯·道奇创作的《埃尔希的发明》和埃莉诺·科尔创作的《大气球赛跑》。
6岁的苏珊娜·古丁由于厌倦了清洗给猫咪喂食的勺子，便有了发明可食用勺形薄脆饼干的想法。由于这项发明，她赢得了《读者周刊》举办的全国发明大赛的大奖。
8岁的特丽萨·汤普森和她9岁的姐姐玛丽是获得美国专利的最年轻的姐妹。她们在1960年为一个科学展览项目发明了太阳能帐篷。
玛格丽特·奈特9岁时开始在一家棉纺织厂工作，在那里她看到一个钢头的梭子从织布机上飞出来，打在了旁边的工人身上。因此，玛格丽特设计了她的第一个发明：一种防止梭子飞出的装置。接着她还发明出了能生产方底纸袋的机器，现在杂货店仍然在使用这种纸袋。这台机器在1871年获得了专利。
11岁的珍妮·洛1992年3月10日获得了一项专利，她发明了儿童折叠凳——一种放置在水槽下方的凳子，儿童可以自己打开它，站上去洗手。
贝基·施罗德14岁时首次获得专利。她把磷光颜料涂到纸上，再放到稿纸的下面，这样在黑暗中也可以写字。这项发明后来被应用到各行各业。有了这项发明，医生们夜间查看病人的图表，也不会把病人惊醒；宇航员可以在电气系统由于再次充电造成电量变弱时使用它。
14岁的帕梅拉·西卡发明了一个用按钮控制的装置，它能抬升汽车的货仓，从而使货物能够被容易地卸下。她获得了其所在年龄组《读者周刊》全国发明大赛的大奖。她想为这项发明申请专利，却发现这非常昂贵。
8岁的切尔西·兰农在1994 年获得了“口袋尿布”的专利。这种尿布有一个口袋，能够装下婴儿的湿纸巾和粉扑。她是在帮助妈妈照看小弟弟时产生的这个想法的，那时她还在上幼儿园。
优优 摘译自Fun Kids
Here are some kids who had great ideas which they turned into inventions. We call these kids “brain children”.
Two inspirational1 books for girl inventors are Elsie’s Invention by Mary Mapes Dodge, and The Big Balloon Race by Eleanor Coerr.
Six-year-old Suzanna Goodin, tired of cleaning the cat food spoon, came up with the idea of an edible2 spoon-shaped cracker3. She won a grand prize for her invention in the Weekly Reader National Invention Contest.
Eight-year-old Theresa Thompson and her 9-year-old sister Mary were the youngest sisters to receive a U.S. patent4. They invented a solar tepee5 for a science fair project in 1960.
At age 9, Margaret Knight began working in a cotton mill, where she saw a steel-tipped shuttle fly out of a loom and hit a nearby worker. As a result, Margaret devised her first invention: A shuttle restraining6 device. She went on to invent the machine that makes the square-bottom paper bags we still use for groceries7 today. That machine was patented in 1871.
Eleven-year-old Jeanie Low received a patent on March 10, 1992, for inventing the Kiddie Stool8—a foldup stool8 that fits under the sink so kids can unfold it, stand on it, and reach the sink on their own!
Becky Schroeder began her patenting career when she was 14 years old. She put phosphorescent9 paint on paper under her writing paper so that she could write in the dark. This invention was later used in all sorts of ways. Doctors use it in hospitals to read patients’ charts at night without waking them, and astronauts use it when their electrical systems are turned down for recharging10.
Fourteen-year-old Pamela Sica invented a push-button device that raises the floor of a car so that cargo11 can be raised and easily removed. Her invention won a grand prize for her age group in the Weekly Reader National Invention Contest. She wanted to patent her invention but found that it was too expensive.
Eight-year-old Chelsea Lannon received a patent in 1994 for her “pocket diaper12”, a diaper that has a pocket that holds a baby wipe and baby powder puff13. She got her idea while helping her mother with her baby brother—while she was still in kindergarten!
来看看几个具有伟大创意并把它们发明出来的小孩子，我们称他们为“发明小天才”。
有两本书为喜欢发明的女孩子提供了灵感，它们是玛丽·梅普斯·道奇创作的《埃尔希的发明》和埃莉诺·科尔创作的《大气球赛跑》。
6岁的苏珊娜·古丁由于厌倦了清洗给猫咪喂食的勺子，便有了发明可食用勺形薄脆饼干的想法。由于这项发明，她赢得了《读者周刊》举办的全国发明大赛的大奖。
8岁的特丽萨·汤普森和她9岁的姐姐玛丽是获得美国专利的最年轻的姐妹。她们在1960年为一个科学展览项目发明了太阳能帐篷。
玛格丽特·奈特9岁时开始在一家棉纺织厂工作，在那里她看到一个钢头的梭子从织布机上飞出来，打在了旁边的工人身上。因此，玛格丽特设计了她的第一个发明：一种防止梭子飞出的装置。接着她还发明出了能生产方底纸袋的机器，现在杂货店仍然在使用这种纸袋。这台机器在1871年获得了专利。
11岁的珍妮·洛1992年3月10日获得了一项专利，她发明了儿童折叠凳——一种放置在水槽下方的凳子，儿童可以自己打开它，站上去洗手。
贝基·施罗德14岁时首次获得专利。她把磷光颜料涂到纸上，再放到稿纸的下面，这样在黑暗中也可以写字。这项发明后来被应用到各行各业。有了这项发明，医生们夜间查看病人的图表，也不会把病人惊醒；宇航员可以在电气系统由于再次充电造成电量变弱时使用它。
14岁的帕梅拉·西卡发明了一个用按钮控制的装置，它能抬升汽车的货仓，从而使货物能够被容易地卸下。她获得了其所在年龄组《读者周刊》全国发明大赛的大奖。她想为这项发明申请专利，却发现这非常昂贵。
8岁的切尔西·兰农在1994 年获得了“口袋尿布”的专利。这种尿布有一个口袋，能够装下婴儿的湿纸巾和粉扑。她是在帮助妈妈照看小弟弟时产生的这个想法的，那时她还在上幼儿园。
优优 摘译自Fun Kids