5 Year Old Inventor Honored in UK

September 7, 2010 - At the age of three Sam Houghton of Buxton, England, was watching his father clean up leaves and fine debris with two different brooms when he came up with his idea - a double-headed broom designed to collect large debris and fine dust simultaneously. Sam's invention was patented and is now on display in an exhibition at the British Library. He is believed to be England's youngest ever patentee. Here's more from the Telegraph.