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January 26, 2005
“Necessity is the mother of invention. The father is unknown”
Gramophone burglar alarm, c 1939: "Help, help, the house at 927 North shhhhk 927 North shhhhk 927 North shhhhk 927 North ..." (From "Card House")
The Curta calculating machines were a marvel of mechanical engineering. Designed by Curt Herzstark of Austria, they were manufactured from 1948 through 1970 and continued to be sold until about 1972 when the new electronic pocket calculators came on the market
Over 200 different creativity techniques to help with creative thinking!
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Jefferson's Copying Machine. A polygraph is a mechanical device that moves a second pen parallel to one held by a writer, enabling the writer to make a duplicate of a document as it is written.
The Eunicycle. Some time ago Trevor Blackwell built a self-balancing two-wheeled scooter. Since then he realized that two wheels are redundant, and only a single wheel is needed to make a ridable vehicle. A vehicle with a single wheel is much smaller and lighter. It weighs under 30 lbs and is easily carried with one hand when going up stairs or on public transportation… Other homegrown bicycles
Wedding Bikes in NYC
Wearable Body Organ: “Scream Body” is a portable space for screaming
A series of randomly-generated product ideas. Design #15036075: It's a wastepaper basket that improves upper-body muscle, has been featured in Star Trek and is oak-paneled
Royal Device developed and built the biggest subwoofer of the world
Fresh Patents: The latest published US patent applications each week BEFORE the USPTO decision to grant/deny
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Changing World has a working waste into energy system.
http://www.changingworldtech.com/how/index.asp
Posted by: Harry at Jan 26, 2005 1:29:47 AM
