Inventors Awarded for Excellence at Inpex



I have attended Inpex for about 4 years now…and I do believe that this past year (the 25th anniversary show) was my favorite. I firmly believe it’s the people that make the show and this year the folks were great. Great new technology and superfun people showing it. A big congrats to all the winners (listed below) for outstanding excellence!

  • Best Invention of the Americas presented to Leopoldo Almeida for Khort Packet Cutter
  • Woman Inventor of the Year presented to Eileen Walker & Kim Maguire for Bevi Bags
  • Humanitarian Award presented to Jerry Hickman for 911 Emergency Locator System
  • INPEX Award of Excellence presented to Joan Whiteley & Colleen Cody for Beach ‘N Baby
  • Grand Prix Second Runner-up, a $2,000 cash prize, was awarded to Jim Feng for iKool™
  • Grand Prix First Runner-up, a $3,000 cash prize, was awarded to Vilko Ziljak, Klaudo Pap,
  • Jana Vujic Ziljak & Ivana Ziljak for Infraredesign
  • And the Grand Prix Award, a $7,500 cash prize, was awarded to Don Blalock for Aeonian Brick Homes
  • Great job innovators!

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