Young inventors scoop up award at London show

Proud moment: (from left) Prevena, Rasyikash and Sushmeetha celebrating their winning the Double Gold Award at BIS 2014 during their arrival at KLIA.

GEORGE TOWN: Three young aspiring inventors who created an energy-saving machine dispensing drinks won the Double Gold Award at the British Invention Show (BIS) 2014 in London.

SJK(T) Kulim’s R. Prevena and V. Sushmeetha, both 11 – supported by former student R. Rasyikash, 13 – came up with the idea for the machine after reading an article online in March.