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Home Run or Strike Out?
Sometimes in writing about inventions, the who was really first controversy rises to the surface. And everybody has their own opinion. Okay. Okay. I know. I had a lot of people write to me about my article on the invention of baseball…
Burning Bright
Did you notice today’s [March 31] Google logo? It celebrates the life of German chemist, Robert Bunsen, who invented the Bunsen burner, and was one amazing chemist. Photo: Screenshot from Google.com
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Invention-Focused Museums
MSNBC has put together a fab list of Museums chock full of inventions. If you are traveling stateside this summer do plan on visiting these gems.
What’s cool about these places is that it makes you appreciate that these things didn’t just appear out of thin air,” says Doug Kirby, publisher of RoadsideAmerica.com. “For example, at the John Gorrie Museum in Florida, even kids immediately understand the difference the invention of air conditioning made in their lives.” Photo LOC
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Invention News: Conspiracy?
Top Secret Writers’ blog had interesting things to say about two energy-saving inventions that were possible stifled and never reached the marketplace. The first was Nicola Tesla’s invention of wireless Continue reading
Philippines Invention Competition Slated
The Department of Science and Technology (Dost) in cooperation with the Technology Application and Promotion Institute is conducting a Regional Invention Contests and Exhibits (Rice) next month. The 2011 Rice competition will also be held in cooperation with various inventors organizations from the Zamboanga Peninsula.
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- Contest Forms
- Filipino Inventors & Filipino Scientists
Guinness World Records & Attempts
Guinness World Records is a reference book published yearly of – you guessed it – world records that includes facts like who is the oldest, tallest, shortest, or …
Mind Control
Imagine this, a wheelchair bound patient controls a robotic arm without uttering a word or pushing a button. Yet, the robotic arm moves and does their bidding. How? The patient is controlling the robot with their thoughts. Sounds like science fiction right? But guess what? It’s science fact – not fiction.
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Inventor and Philanthropist Ray Townsend Dies
Des Moines, Iowa, inventor and philanthropist, Ray Townsend, known for inventions in the meat industry, died on April 2 2011. Townsend was ninety-seven years old.
Townsend founded Townsend Engineering in 1940. He patented more than one hundred and twenty-seven inventions, including a device that stripped skin from pork called the Townsend Model 27, and a machine that produced linked hot dogs called the Frank-a-Matic. Most of the hot dogs produced in the United States were made with a Ray Townsend machine. Ray Townsend is credited with inventing Continue reading
Happy Birthday Houdini
Today, (March 24) is Harry Houdini’s birthday. Houdini was a renowned magician and an escape artist, who Continue reading
Litagation Kings?
Wired VC has recently posted a very interesting article criticizing Walker Digital, a company that has filed patent infringement suits against many giants on the digital technology scene, “In total, 15 suits have been filed against more than 100 defendants, including Microsoft, eBay, Amazon, Facebook, WalMartGroupon, Apple, Sony and Google.” Wow that’s what I have to say.
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