How to be an Inventor

Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

Tumble Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

What does it take to become an inventor? To find out, we spoke with an inventor named Josh Miele about one of his greatest inventions: tactile maps! Tactile maps use braille technology to help blind people explore their neighborhoods with their fingers first. But how does Josh create brand-new inventions? Tune in to find out how inventors bring new ideas to life, and stick around to find out whether birds like wearing denim. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number # 2148711 - Engaging Blind, Visually Impaired, and Sighted Students in STEM with Storytelling through Podcasts. If you want to learn more about Josh and all his inventions, go to our blog at sciencepodcastforkids.com, where we've got lots of awesome resources! If you want to make a recurring $5 donation to Tumble, you can go to bit.ly/donatetumble. Or you can support us at any level you like by going here. Or support us on Patreon at patreon.com/tumblepodcast Tumble is brought to you with support from IXL Learning. For a special discount for tumble listeners, go to IXL.com/tumble!

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0:49.6	Hi, I'm Lindsay. And I'm Marshall. Welcome to Tumble, the show where we explore stories of science discovery.
0:56.2	Today, we're going to learn how to make an invention.
1:00.3	Oh, man, I really need that because I've been working on bird jackets for some time.
1:05.3	Bird jackets?
1:06.6	Yeah, just need to apply for a patent.
1:08.8	Well, you're in luck because we're going to learn the five steps to a successful invention
1:13.9	with help from a real-life inventor.
1:20.6	Okay, okay, so like you literally just said that there are real-life inventors, but really?
1:26.0	Are there?
1:26.6	Is that a job people have?
1:28.8	Yes. And to find out what it takes to become an inventor, I talked to one named Josh Mealy.
1:36.6	My name is Josh Mealy. I am a scientist, and what I do is I invent cool stuff for blind people, and I'm especially good at it because I'm blind.
1:49.0	All right, well, so I guess you're bringing me real-life proof that there are real inventors, and one of them is named Josh, and he's a scientist who happens to be blind.
1:58.0	Yes, Josh works at a technology company right now, and he's worked in science labs in the past,
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