This discussion intrigued me so I downloaded the episode on a torrent site.

Hes name is Kyle Myhra from Denver Colorado.

> Hi,
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>      Did anyone happen to catch "American Inventor" on ABC yesterday?  It=
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> an interesting concept a lot like American Idol except for product
> development.  What I'm wondering is, if you did catch it, does anyone
> remember the fourteen year old kid's last name?  He invented an air
> conditioner for dogs in parked cars that was pretty clever but the judges
> kind of shot him down.  I'd like to locate him and offer some "mentoring"
> since I'm near by with all the tools he'd need to make a second prototype
> really impressive.
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>        One of the judges who supposedly got his start at a young age said
> "Im going to say to you what I would have wanted to hear at your age:
> No."   This was patently ignorant since I think any young brain should be

He also said that he had been turned down a lot of times when he was the sa=
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age as the kid and it actually had encouraged him to do better.

> encouraged and given access to the info they need.  I was profoundly
> influenced by a few adults who steered me to the right info and cringed to
> see the opposite happen to this kid.
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> James
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