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25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: CHRISTMAS LIGHTS & THE LIGHT JACKET

  Edward Johnson, Christmas Lights In 1882, the first Christmas tree was lit by use of electricity. Edward Johnson lit up a Christmas tree in New York City with eighty…

Christmas Leaders Award London Leaders Award

25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: THE PENCIL WITH A RUBBER & FRUITY TOPS

  The first pencil with a rubber The patent filed by Hymen Lipman of Philadelphia, PA was granted on March 30th 1858. An interesting feature of this design was that…

Christmas Leaders Award Scottish Engineering Leaders Award

25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: LEGO & THE LEGO HOOVER

The Lego Group began in the workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen (1891–1958), a carpenter from Billund, Denmark, who began making wooden toys in 1932. In 1934, his company came to…

Christmas Leaders Award Scottish Engineering Leaders Award

25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: ELECTRIC BLANKET & THE ICE BLANKET

The Electric Blanket 1912: Dr. Sidney I. Russell invented the first ever electric blanket in 1912. Russell intended for the electric blanket as an easier way to keep patients warm…

Christmas Leaders Award North East Leaders Award

25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: MICROSOFT & WORLD TRAVELLING CLASSROOM

  Bill Gates – Microsoft Bill Gates is an American business magnate and computer programmer who is the co-founder of Microsoft, the world’s largest PC software company. One of the…

Christmas Greater Manchester Leaders Award Leaders Award

25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: 3D PRINTING & THE CAKE ‘O’MAKER

3D Printing Charles Hull Charles (“Chuck”) Hull co-founded by the inventor of 3D printing.   Hull, who was then working at a company that used UV light to apply thin…

Leaders Award Scottish Engineering Leaders Award

ENGINEERS IN THE MAKING OR CARVING?

  When the Leaders Award opens its doors to school to register, we usually have to wait a while until the pupils interview engineers, consider their or the worlds problems…

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LEADERS AWARD COMPETITION 2017-2018

Would you of know that the leaders award been running for an outstanding 9 years in 2008 the very first Leaders Award competition was developed. Later developing into ‘If you…