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<div><font color="#000000">Dear Editors,</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">What could a team of high school students
invent with $10,000? How about a storm drain waste remover, robotic
tennis ball retriever, or children's soap dispenser? Students and
teachers from the 2005 Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams will come to MIT for
the InvenTeams Odyssey, an event to highlight and honor their work -
next<b> Thursday and Friday (June 9 and 10)</b>. Through the
Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams initiative, 13 teams of high school students
nationwide received grants of up to $10,000 to develop an invention to
address a problem of their choosing during the 2004-2005 school
year.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">The InvenTeams Odyssey will feature the
InvenTeams and their projects in the following</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">activities, open to the MIT community and
public:</font><br>
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<div><font color="#000000"><b>Invention Showcase:</b> Thursday, June
9, 10 a.m. - noon at Stata Center Student Street</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><i>Teams will display and demonstrate
inventions created throughout the school year.</i></font><br>
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<div><font color="#000000"><b>Invention Presentations:</b> Thursday,
June 9, 1:30 - 5 p.m., MIT 34-101; Friday, June 10, 9 a.m. - 12:30
p.m., MIT 34-101</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><i>An in-depth look into each team's
invention process. (Presentations last approx. 20 min.
each)</i></font><br>
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<div><font color="#000000">Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams is an outreach
component of the Lemelson-MIT Program administered at MIT to provide
resources and inspiration to make invention and innovation more
accessible to today's youth. For more information visit<u>
www.inventeams.org</u>.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">We hope to see you there.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">Regards,</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Kristin Joyce</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000"><i>*I am normally in the office Monday
through Thursday*</i></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">Kristin Joyce, Communications Officer<br>
The Lemelson-MIT Program<br>
MIT School of Engineering<br>
77 Mass. Ave., E60-216<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139<br>
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phone:<x-tab> </x-tab>617-258-0632<br>
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http://web.mit.edu/invent</font></div>
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