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Logo for Invention at Play

Lemelson Center
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Entrance to Invention at Play exhibit

Smithsonian photo by Richard Strauss
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Al Nappo and his son, Max, 3, practice their canoeing off Kevlar Island in Invention at Play.

Smithsonian photo by Richard Strauss
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Al Nappo and his son, Max, age 3, experiment and explore with Whirligigs in the Invention Playhouse.

Smithsonian photo by Richard Strauss
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Mechanical sculpture artist Arthur Ganson's "27 Scraps of Paper" sets the tone for Invention at Play.

Smithsonian photo by Richard Strauss
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Inventor James McLurkin designed and built twelve "ant" robots, each powered by a tiny internal computer. McLurkin combines ideas from engineering with biology.

Photo by Donna Coveney, courtesy of MIT News Office
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Inventor James McLurkin as a child with one of his favorite toys.

Photo courtesy of James McLurkin
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Inventor James McLurkin working on electric circuits.

Photo by Philip Greenspun, courtesy of James McLurkin
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Inventor James McLurkin is helping push the frontiers of robotics by combining ideas from engineering with biology.

Smithsonian photo by Jeff Tinsley
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Stephanie Kwolek’s work at DuPont in the 1960s led to the development of Kevlar®, a fiber best known for its use in bullet-resistant vests.

Photo by Michael Branscom, courtesy of Lemelson-MIT Program
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