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Photographs by Jo Whaley for TIME; Inventions from left: On Cloudboom Strike LightSpray, Medical Microinstruments Symani Surgical System, Agility Robotics Digit holding Light Bio Firefly Petunias ...

Sometimes inventing things is not necessarily about coming up with a completely new idea. It can also be about improving or adapting an existing design. Fran Scott speaks to young inventors of a ...