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Krysta Morlan

Cast Cooler

  • Krysta was in grade 10 when she invented the cast cooler, a device that relieves the irritation caused by wearing a cast by blowing cool air into a cast using a plastic tube, a modified aquarium pump and a nine-volt battery.

  • She came up with it after going through several operations for cerebral palsy and being uncomfortable in her casts.

  • Krysta won third place in the Duracell/NSTA Scholarship Competition and won the Lemelson-MIT Invention Apprenticeship in 1998.

  • She has kept on inventing too - she recently invented a water bicycle for both therapeutic and recreational uses.

     
 

 
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