Vacuum Train

In 20 years, when Miles joins M.I.T.’s Time Traveler’s Conference and attendees ask him about his first invention, he’ll be able to tell them he taped a vacuum cleaner attachment to the funnel of a steam train as a toddler. OK, he had a bit of help, but it was his idea, and he did most of the taping. Unfortunately, his attempt to make a cow catcher out of Scotch tape didn’t fare nearly as well.