Meet Janusz Liberkowski, the American Inventor $1,000,000 grand prize winner. Liberkowski was inspired to create a new type of infant car seat after his daughter Anecia was killed in a car accident seven years prior to the competition.
Meet Ed Hall, a former Chicago teacher and the inventor of Word Ace, an electronic tabletop game that teaches children spelling and vocabulary skills. Hall finished as the competition's runner-up and was congratulated by Hasbro Games executive Mike Hirdle. Hirdle invited Hall to the gamemaker's headquarters with the promise of getting Word Ace into the marketplace.
Meet Erik Thompson, a factory worker and gym owner from Detroit who is the creator of The Catch, a detachable vest that football players and other athletes can wear to train, developing proper catching skills.
