FRAN SCOTT:OK, when I say the word inventor, what sort of image comes into your mind? EMILY CUMMINGS:When I think young people think about inventors or what is an inventor I think that they think ...

Students could go through a design process using simple or more complex tools as detailed in the clip, testing and improving their product as they go along. Fran meets inventor Yusuf Muhammad who ...

or playing cards while traveling," said an inventor, from Brighton, N.Y., "so I invented the SLEEP-N-GO. My design eliminates the need to position items on the lap or search for a table.