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Putty Monsters wins Firebox Inventor

The stereotypical inventor is a wizened old man with wiry spectacles and a shock of grey hair. But the winner of Firebox Inventor, a competition run i

The stereotypical inventor is a wizened old man with wiry spectacles and a shock of grey hair. But the winner of Firebox Inventor, a competition run in association with Stuff, is just 12 years old.

Tom Spring’s genius idea – Putty Monsters – impressed a panel of nine judges enough to earn top place in the inventing comp. That means the gooey, eyeballed characters will go into production, and Tom will take home half the profits.

We’ll be getting some monster pics up as soon as we get our hands on the kit. Meanwhile, hopeful inventors can look forward to signing up for the 2010/11 edition of the competition on the Firebox site.

Runners-up:

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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Computing, mobile, audio, smart home