Genius & Gadgets: Discovering Paris’s annual invention competition

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Genius & Gadgets: Discovering Paris’s annual invention competition

Issued on: 29/04/2026 - 17:23Modified: 29/04/2026 - 17:46

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France has a long, slightly eccentric tradition of invention…did you know some of the revolutionary items you use everyday were first introduced to the public at Paris’s annual invention competition?

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