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IFIA Magazine
March 2023

We, the grown-up inventors, are respon-
sible to campaign for the young kids, at-
tracting them with special assistance, and
supporting them as our prospective inven-
tors. As the number of national invention
associations focusing on the integration of
youth rises, IFIA increasingly turns into a
home for young inventors. Therefore, we
have to care for appropriate support in all
areas of IFIA and international invention
fairs.

In my function as an engaged IF-
IA-Youth-Network-Manager I learn a lot of
working with young inventors worldwide.
So my long experience assured me that
grown up and young inventors are able
to widely benefit from each other’s strong
points. Kids, scholar, collegian have their
own specific way of thinking driven by
fantasy, curiosity and imagination which
leads to unusual ideas, active imagina-
tion, independency and social competen-
cy. In turn, adult inventors could offer
assistance, hand out advice, instructions
and code of practice to guide the youth
on their way to becoming a successful
creator of innovative ideas.

The devastating Turkish-Syrian earthquake of 6th February 2023, spontaneously reminded
me of the numerous innovative developments together with young people, with whom a
seismograph was also realized that also recorded this destructive quake.
The idea for the construction of a highly sensitive seismograph was given on the occasion
of the severe earthquake in Turkey in 1999 by a student of my inventor team because
his grandfather died under the ruins. Said and done! It took 5 years from the idea to the
realization of all mechanical, electronic and technical components.

For those interested some special remarks about the registered earthquake:

With the self-constructed seismograph, we could register already a lot earthquakes world-
wide. Last also the heavy earthquakes at 6th February 2023 in the boundary region of

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