WVII, WABI Cover Maine Invention Convention
WVII (Channel 7) and WABI (Channel 5) reported on the Maine Invention Convention competition held at the University of Maine News Balance Recreation Center and hosted by the Foster Center for Student Innovation.
About 100 middle school students from around the state competed in the contest that promotes problem solving and innovation. “Students have been working all year to choose a problem and then come up with a solution for that problem and make an invention for it,” said Jordan Nickerson, assistant community outreach coordinator at the Foster Center. Inventions included an automatic dog toy organizer and dispenser, and a pickle cup fork to prevent messes while eating juicy food.