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Cubans 'make do' with plenty of odd inventions
MiamiHerald.com In a country where Fidel Castro once proposed breeding mini-cows for pasturing in backyards, it should be no surprise that Cubans have become masters of improvisations and inventions in the face of their myriad scarcities. They punch holes in the … |
Slate Magazine |
What fictional inventions say about American ingenuity.
Slate Magazine Twentieth-century popular culture is full of frivolous, ill-conceived, ambitious inventions, as well as clueless or venal inventors. But some of the best invention humor has its roots in the 1920s and 1930s. Why was this period prime time for satirical … |
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Using Apple's iPhone To Explain The Difference Between Invention And …
Forbes Horace Dediu is trying to convince us all to accept a new word of his creation, innoveracy, to aid in explaining new products like Apple's Apple's iPhone. Truly ground breaking new products, ones that are different from novelty, creation and invention. |
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Off topic: Inventions and WWI, 'The Foodroom,' morality around the world, TL …
SiliconBeat So you know, 10 inventions that became successful because of World War I include Kleenex and tea bags. “You tell corporate I'm not putting apple slices on my menu” — from “The Foodroom,” or what an Aaron Sorkin TV show about McDonald's would look … |
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Popular Science picks best inventions for 2014
CBS News Sign in. No statistics available yet. Report. Published on Apr 12, 2014. Dave Mosher, projects editor for Popular Science, joins "CBS This Morning: Saturday" to share some of the year's winning gadgets from the magazine's annual Invention Awards … |
The Stir |
Terrible Parenting Inventions That Solve the Wrong Freaking Problem
The Stir Do you watch Shark Tank, the show where entrepreneurs pitch their business ideas to a panel of potential investors? My husband and I are borderline obsessed with it; I can't think of another show that feels so interactive in terms of causing us to … |