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Visor Magic

May 4, 2008 By Spoonful of Sugar - 13 Comments

In 2007 I won first place in the WA Inventor of the Year  Schools competition in the Year 5-6 category. I entered with Visor Magic – a storage solution for your car. You attach it to your car sun visor and it fits sunglasses, pens and a mobile or iPod. I made it out of canvas, velcro, and elastic. I was presented with a certificate and $1500 by Lyn Beasley, Chief Scientist of WA. I also got to meet Hon Alan Carpenter, Premier of WA. In 2007 I appeared in several newspapers, “Our WA: Our Inventors” on Channel 7 and three radio stations for my oven gloves. To watch my segment from channel seven go to the bottom of the home page on my website.

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  1. Jenny says

    May 4, 2008 at 6:08 am

    Good on you Sarah-what a fabulous inventor you are!Great designs.

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  2. Ruth says

    May 4, 2008 at 6:57 am

    Wow! That’s awesome Sarah… are you going to go into production?

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  3. kerri says

    May 4, 2008 at 11:40 am

    That is so cool. You come up with great design ideas. Congratulations, Sarah!

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  4. Leanne says

    May 4, 2008 at 4:33 pm

    Well done Sarah…. you a very clever.

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  5. Kate says

    May 4, 2008 at 4:47 pm

    Congratulations Sarah – well done!

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  6. Alison Boon says

    May 4, 2008 at 7:01 pm

    Clever girl. What a great invention that is. Can we have one in pink?

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  7. Selina says

    May 5, 2008 at 2:08 am

    Thats great! Good for you Sarah.

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  8. susan says

    May 5, 2008 at 7:54 pm

    how wonderful! that must have felt good. is there a close up of it anywhere?

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  9. Cassie says

    May 6, 2008 at 3:20 pm

    Congratulations to you! What are you going to do with that big chunk of change? WOW! I think I would save it for a rainy day. Good work, Sarah.

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  10. Bird Bath says

    May 7, 2008 at 4:42 am

    That is such a fantastic achievement Sarah!

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  11. BigCat says

    May 7, 2008 at 6:58 am

    Congratulations. I hope you are going in to production like you did with your oven mitts.

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  12. periwinkle says

    May 7, 2008 at 2:28 pm

    Well done Sarah… keep up the inventing
    Lisa x

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  13. Ginger says

    June 6, 2008 at 9:36 am

    Wonderful fabulous ! Thats so great!

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