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Mark Zuckerberg’s Invention to Help Wife Sleep Better Launches on Kickstarter, Raises Over $140K

Facebook isn’t the only business Mark Zuckerberg has created: he also invented a device to help his wife sleep better, which just might help many others. Months after Zuckerberg, 35, shared his …
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Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘sleep box’ invention launches on Kickstarter, raises more than $100,000

When Mark Zuckerberg throws out an idea for a business, it doesn’t take long for an entrepreneur to turn it into a reality. In April, the Facebook CEO shared that he built his wife, Priscilla Chan, a …
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10 -Year Old Raises $20K for His Invention That Prevents Child Hot Car Deaths

Bishop Curry is a 10-year old 5th grader from McKinney, Texas, and he’s also the inventor of a prototype device that is designed to prevent children from dying in hot cars. His lifesaving device is called Oasis, and it attaches to children’s car seats.
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Quirky Raises a $68M Round Led by Andreessen Horowitz to Reinvent the Invention Process (Nathaniel Mott/PandoDaily)

Nathaniel Mott / PandoDaily:
Quirky Raises a $ 68M Round Led by Andreessen Horowitz to Reinvent the Invention Process  —  Quirky, a crowdsourced invention platform, has raised a $ 68 million funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, joined by Kleiner Perkins and existing investors.  The company, which has raised $ 97 million to date …

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KC inventor’s self-tuning piano kit raises a key question – Kansas City Star


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KC inventor's self-tuning piano kit raises a key question
Kansas City Star
Don Gilmore, a Kansas City mechanical engineer, has invented a self-tuning piano kit that could revolutionize — if not destroy — an industry headquartered in his hometown.

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