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Born To Engineer – Adrian Westaway

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  • Duration: 5 mins
  • Publication date: 07 Jul 2015
  • Part of series Born to Engineer

Abstract

When he was 11 years old, Adrian Westaway wrote a letter to the famous magician, Paul Daniels, wanting to learn how to make his teachers disappear. The reply he received sparked a life-long love of magic.

Now a design engineer and co-founder of the invention studio Special Projects, Adrian makes sure that all of the products he develops come with a little bit of magic.

Keywords:
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  • design
  • education
  • engineer
  • engineering
  • inventor
  • magic
  • magician
  • mathematics
  • science
  • technology

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