Creating gadgets is child's play for 11-year-old inventor
If it hadn't been for his baby brother's nasty, hacking cough, Deryk Artioli might never have landed on national television.
When he was 9, Deryk would wake up in the middle of the night as his baby brother, Devin Harris, coughed in his crib. His parents had to prop Devin's head up on a pillow to clear the congestion and quiet the cough. But Devin would often tumble off the incline. Then the cough would come again. "It sounded," recalled Deryk, now 11, "like a seal bark."
His brother's sickness troubled Deryk - not to mention cost him some sleep. So, inspired by a school invention competition, he drew up plans for a contraption that could keep a baby secure and provide enough elevation to keep a cough at bay. With the help of his mother, he made a prototype out of foam and cloth.
