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Recession 'could trigger invention'

What does it take to make a good inventor? The question is being asked at an event being held at the Royal Institution (RI). Neuroscientist Susan Greenfield, director of the RI, and Tanya Ewing, British female inventor of the year, discussion how inventive people can be identified.

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