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9-yo Boy Sells $3,000 in Lemonade to Raise Money for City of Detroit

A 9-year-old Detroit boy has earned national attention for setting up a lemonade stand to raise money for his cash-strapped city. He heard on the radio that the city was having trouble paying for the mowing of grass in city parks and decided to help. His lemonade and popcorn business, which opened July 30, raised more than triple what the young man originally hoped and today Joshua Smith presented a check to Detroit officials for $2,832.

Entrepreneur, 13, Gets Intel Funding for Low-cost Braille Printer

At just 12 years old, a San Jose, California middle-schooler received funding last month from Intel Capital, the company's venture capital arm, for his prototype low-cost Braille printer. Now 13, he used legos to create a science project that would slash the cost of $2000 braille printers so that families or schools could educate blind children at a fraction of that cost

Incredible 12yo Inventor Peyton Robertson Will Blow Your Mind

Peyton's parents taught him that whenever he saw a problem, he could invent a solution to fix it. Recently the twelve-year-old Florida boy was named America's Top Young Scientist for 2013. Among his impressive inventions is one created after Superstorm Sandy. He created sandbags that better protect against flooding but are super lightweight, expand when wet, and shrink after drying.