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INVENTIONS News, Aug 07, 2011


Soy stars in student inventions
Indianapolis Star
The invention, "Jack's Beansticks," won second place in 2002. "They really didn't taste very good," said Labelle, 32, now a tax attorney in St. Louis. "They tasted like the way flour and water would taste. So we took them to Dairy Queen and they made ...
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Grandparent scam, inventions, disputes: Your weekly ScamWatch
Los Angeles Times
Inventions – People looking to patent and market new inventions or ideas should be wary when dealing with invention promoters, the Better Business Bureau said. Some companies offering to help inventors obtain patents and market their ideas ask for ...
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Beach inspires several inventors
Delmarva Now
Several local inventors have seen their beach-inspired inventions come to fruition. Sand-Off, a dry body wash intended to easily remove sand from the body, was conceived about five years ago in Rehoboth by a group of people who loved the beach, ...
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Inventions That Never Caught On (Even with Bikini Models)
National Ledger
By Gene Byrd What are some of the wildest inventions from the 20th century to never quite catch on? Even with a beautiful 1980s bikini model and a ful cocktail, the Sun Pod (pictured above) never quite made it as an outdoor tanning booth for the ...
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National Ledger
National Intellectual Property Office has limited resources to grant patents
Sunday Times.lk
This process is applicable to all types of inventions, pharmaceutical or otherwise, he added. Moreover, the delays can be caused by some other reasons such as extensive workload. “However, we expedite applications on priority basis if the applicant ...
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I want to take hairdressing world by storm —Simi Belo, Nigerian in Uk who ...
Nigerian Tribune
Simi Belo, in September, 2003, founded Imiis Limited, to bring to market her many ideas for new inventions and innovations. Initially, she invented her first synthetic hair which she called NewHair which she described as “an overnight success amongst ...
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Nigerian Tribune
Weather forecasting: art or science?
Independent Online
Now Dr Geoff Pegram, a civil engineering researcher at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Pietermaritzburg, has taken us one step closer to perfection with his invention of the Radar Nowcaster. The concept of extrapolating radar echoes to predict ...
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Independent Online
Colin Dabkowski
Buffalo News
... Brechtian agitprop theater of the Subversive Theatre Collective and Michele Costa's spellbinding experiments in puppetry to the evolving work of the gifted musical shape-shifter Jack Topht and the tech-infused poetic inventions of Geoffrey Peters. ...
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White's life should not be forgotten
Hoops Hype (blog)
When Dr. J was still wearing Doctor Dentons, when Earl Monroe was only a grain of sand, Sherman White's classic game and mirror-smooth inventions helped turn the game black. Unfortunately, a complicated set of circumstances and false starts eventually ...
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Hoops Hype (blog)
Blame Congress, Not Apple, for Patent Woes
Cult of Mac
But in both cases, and unlike many patent lawsuits in technology, Apple is defending its owninventions and designs against companies it claims have copied or imitated them. In the case of the Samsung lawsuit, Apple is trying to prevent the ...
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Philrice to test genetically modified 'golden rice'
Inquirer.net
Alfonso said the inventors of golden rice—Potrykus and Beyer—and the agencies that helped them, donated their inventions to interested groups for further development. The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) based in Los BaƱos, Laguna, ...
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Thank you, Sam
Times of India
We impart knowledge to our kids on great noble personalities, inventions and discoveries. We struggle to train them with formulas, in return trying to make a name for ourselves, and the remunerations and awards we look up to. ...
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Readers' tips
Inquirer.net
Nesy Fernandez forwards links to sites that tout ingenious inventions. Designer Ko Yang has created a milk carton that changes to reflect the freshness of its contents. The carton starts out white, then begins having orange or yellow spots as the...
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Inquirer.net
125 years after its creation, reveling in all Krum has become
Denton Record Chronicle
But the railroad, a flourishing cattle trade and inventions such as barbed wire and water-producing windmills would change everything. By the 1870s, Comanches had been consigned to reservations, and the Krum area filled with wheat and cotton farms,...
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Denton Record Chronicle
E-readers don't compare to traditional books
Yuma Sun
Can Kindles and Nooks really compete with one of humanity's best, classic inventions? I'm sure a lot of you also enjoy the crisp feel of a book, the musty smell of bookstores, and the site of a living room shelf loaded up with favorite titles. ...
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Region home of first transcontinental telephone call, New Deal-era mural and ...
The Tand D.com
Around the border of the mural are the names of 12 individuals who are credited with inventionsrelated to the textile and cotton industry, including Eli Whitney, John Kay, John Wyatt, Lewis Paul, Thomas Highs, James Hargreaves, Richard Arkwright, ...
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TV networks embrace social media
Toronto Sun
Full disclosure, I think the PVR is one of the greatest inventions in the history of the world, right up there with penicillin, air conditioning and large coffees to go. But that said, I use my PVR as a convenience, rather than an alternative to ...
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From 9/11 to AA+: Downgrade, downfall, decline
Daily News & Analysis
You can take examples like their scientific and technological inventions and achievements (a recent example is the Human Genome project), but look no further than the US's response to the 9/11 attacks. The problem on America's hands was to prevent more ...
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'Healthcare must reach rural populace'
Star of Mysore
The Seer noted with optimism that several researches and inventions in science and technology had improved our lifestyle and hoped the rural populace too could avail proper healthcare. Suttur Seer, speaking on the occasion, emphasised on the need for ...
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Don't forget to pick up your issue of Disney encyclopaedia
Dorset Echo
When complete, the set will give youngsters an insight into a huge range of subjects including plants, different animals, space, famous people, inventions and art. Children will love building the collection themselves or it would make a great Christmas ...
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Mobile Phones: Legends, Lore And Fantasy
Hindustan Times
Thus you now have some fantastic new inventions like shielded cases, bufferpads, antenna covers, absorber chips and radiation armour. Sound good, seem to make sense, are nice and expensive and useless as hell. All that this is going to do is heat up ...
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Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilisation opens its doors
The National
Even tea, especially black tea accompanied often by milk, which is always present at every iftar, spread through Iran to the rest of the Muslim world. From inventions, to poetry, to art, there is a lot to learn at the museum about Islam, ...
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The National
New Portrait of Sir James Dyson by Julian Opie on Show at the National ...
Art Daily
His charity, the James Dyson Foundation works with schools and universities encouraging young people to pursue careers in engineering, and the annual James Dyson Award challenges young inventors to develop problem solving inventions. ...
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Inventions That Never Caught On - One News Page World
Inventions That Never Caught On: Inventions That Never Caught On Ever had a crazy idea for aninvention but weren't sure if it was going to catch.
www.onenewspage.com/.../Inventions-That-Never-Caught-On...
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