Oxfordshire is full of creative residents who set their minds towards solving everyday problems.

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From a pedal-powered wheelie bin lid to an app to monitor teeth brushing made by teenagers from Oxford High, we've found no shortage of impressive inventions in our archives.

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There was even a modified factory sweeper that was repurposed to clean streets in the 1950s.