Teng's inspiration came in 1983 during an exhausting1 day of work as a mechanic. While using the restroom, Teng didn't want to dirty the urinal by pressing the flush button with his greasy2 hands. He began thinking about how to combine an infrared3 sensor with a water valve. Two months later, his invention was completed, and Teng sold the patent2 for 1.5 million NT dollars! Since then, Teng's creative inventions have earned him the title Taiwan's Edison.
When people discover that an appliance3 is broken, they often sTOP using it. Not Teng, though. Since childhood, he has enjoyed learning about such appliances by taking them apart. His curiosity and persistence4 have helped him create many quality innovations.5 For Teng, inventing is nothing more than changing the status quo.
Teng's passionate4 interest in inventing has helped him win many prizes at the annual World Invention Contest. But behind these prestigious1 awards lie days and nights of continuous hard work.
For example, in 1999, Teng's Remote Control Pager Device made him the first Asian winner of the Genius Prize at the Nuremberg World Invention Exhibition. This invention can control every single appliance in a building from far away! During his award acceptance speech, Teng thanked retailers5 in Taiwan. If Teng was inspired and needed components6, he would knock on the doors of these retailers, even in the middle of the night! Their doors were always open to him.
In addition to his lifelong interest in inventing things himself, Teng is also devoted7 to educating others about invention. The 40-year-old Teng encourages people to pursue2 fantastic notions3 and make them reality, instead of being limited by conventional4 thinking.
As long as you can endure loneliness and you never give up, becoming an inventor isn't difficult at all, Teng says. If every school cultivated just one outstanding5 inventor, our country would definitely benefit from spectacular inventions!
-by Lily Tsai
如今，自动感应冲水马桶在全球的学校、机场、餐馆及观光景点比比皆是。但你可知这一现代化便利设施是哪个创造的吗？答案或许会令你大吃一惊。原来这是台湾南投人邓鸿吉的杰作；当他创造第一座感应冲水男用小便斗时，只有十九岁而已呢！
邓鸿吉的想法来源于于1983年一个辛苦修理汽车的工作日。当他用卫生间时，不想用油腻腻的黑手按冲水钮，免得把男用小便斗弄脏了。于是他开始考虑怎么样把红外线感应器与水际结合在一块。两个月后，他的创造大功告成了，该创造的专利还卖了150万台币！从此将来，邓鸿吉很多的创意创造让他取得了台湾的爱迪生称号。
当大家发现家用电器用品坏了，一般就把它放在一边不需要了。但邓鸿吉却不会这么做。他从小就喜欢把坏掉的家用电器用品拆开，藉此知道内部架构。他的好奇心与坚持到底的精神使他创造出很多优质的新创造。对邓鸿吉而言，创造不过是改变现况而已。
邓鸿吉对创造的热衷，使他在每年举办的世界创造比赛中取得不少奖项。但在这类荣耀奖项的背后，是他日以继夜、勤奋不懈的工作。
举例来讲，邓鸿吉的呼叫器遥控装置，使他在1999年纽伦堡世界创造展中，成为第一荣获天才奖的亚洲人。这项创造可以从非常远的地方遥控整座建筑物中的每一样电器呢！邓鸿吉发表得奖感言时，特别感谢了台湾的零售商：当他想法来了需要零件时，即使是三更半夜，他也会去敲这类零售商的门，而零售商的门一直为他而开着。
除去个人终其一生的创造兴趣外，邓鸿吉也积极投入创造教育。现年40岁的邓鸿吉鼓励大家要努力地异想天开，并让这类想法成真，而不要受限于制式的考虑模式。
只须你能耐得寂寞，而且永不舍弃，成为一个创造家一点也不难。邓鸿吉说：每一所学校只须能培育出一个杰出的创造家，大家的国家必然会从多彩多姿的创造品中大获益处！