We are a nation of inventors, the Scots like to tell the world. We invented the phone (Alexander Bell), the richest man at one point was Scots (Andrew Carnegie), even the first man on the moon was of Scottish descent (Neil Armstrong).   

It is a fairly commonly held precept that the fertility of chaos often gives birth to innovation. Creative types like aimhi members probably know this better than anyone else. More than almost any other region in the UK, the ‘anything goes’ culture of the north of Scotland has a reputation for stimulating fervent, already over-active minds and producing imaginative outcomes. Similarly, the Wild American West birthed a whole slew of innovations (drive-thrus, strip malls, etc) that took the rest of the country by storm. 

Youths today all over Britain are learning whether this creation through chaos has a scaleable effect and a practical application. Can the untidy brain of your stereotypical teenager be fermenting some feasible get-rich-quick scheme that is escaping you, the unsuspecting put-upon parent? NESTA reports on Bedroom Britain, a campaign to uncover the brightest and best business ideas coming from messy adolescent bedrooms. Find out more.