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Game-changing gadgets
CNN If necessity is the mother of invention, then the father must be ingenuity. Or imagination. Or determination. Or maybe even luck. The point is, a lot of factors must align for someone to invent something that's truly groundbreaking. Which is why when a … |
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Data Mining 200 Years of Patent Office Records To Reveal The Nature of Invention
MIT Technology Review There are work relies on data gathered by the US Patent Office, which uses an elaborate system of technology codes to classify the technologies responsible for an invention's novelty. Inventions that rely on a single technology have a single code. But … |
Slate Magazine |
Quiz: Can You Guess What These Inventions Were Supposed to Do?
Slate Magazine The Patent Act of 1790 tackled this issue by requiring all patent applicants to submit a scaled-down model of their invention. This spawned a vibrant industry of professional patent model makers. They crafted hundreds of thousands of models before the … |
RestaurantNewsRelease.com |
7 bizarre food inventions of 2014
WABC-TV These will get your mouth watering…or not, depending on how adventurous your taste buds are. WABC. LA Blake. Monday, June 09, 2014. On Monday Taco Bell is rolling out a brand new menu item, the quesarito. The concept of a burrito stuffed inside of a … Taco Bell's Quesarito: For 2 Dollars You Can Experience The Next Step In Food … |
Entrepreneur |
13 Accidental Inventions That Changed the World
Entrepreneur Lots of the things we rely on to cure our diseases, cook our meals, and sweeten our days weren't deliberately designed. Instead, they were a happy accident. Read on to see how society-shaping inventions — from Coca-Cola to penicillin and the microwave … |
Gizmodo UK |
Three Dyson inventions you'll never see in stores
CNET Dyson just recently announced plans to expand beyond its trademark vacuums, but it turns out that the brand has been working on non-vacuum prototypes all along. by Megan Wollerton · @meganwollerton; June 1, 2014 4:01 PM PDT. comments. 0. facebook. Three Lost Dyson Inventions, Including a Google Glass That Never Was A Look at Dyson's Failed Inventions, Including an Oculus Rift-Like Headset Wiltshire-based Dyson had 'Google glasses' idea first |