Camp Invention aims to “illuminate”

MANKATO — Hoping to kindle students’ love for both creativity and science, Mankato Community Education and Recreation is once again teaming up with Camp Invention to offer a week-long summer camp for kids. Created by the National Inventors Hall of Fame …
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This New Beer Pong Invention Is A Game Changer

You’re playing beer pong in your friend’s garage when you miss the shot and the ping pong ball rolls into a dirty, dusty corner. When you retrieve the ball it’s covered in who knows what. Do you want ”who knows what” going into your drink?
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Boeing’s New Laser Gun Could Be a Game-Changer for U.S. Soldiers

Boeing (NYSE:BA) is building a laser gun for the U.S. Marine Corps. Boeing’s newest laser weapon system, in contrast, is small enough to be transported by hand. Well, by a few hands at least. According to a Boeing representative, the company’s new Compact …
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Invention Lets You Charge Your Cell Phone By Pedaling Your Bicycle

For anyone with a bike and a USB cable, your life is about to get a little easier. South Florida resident Nicolas Zamora is an engineer with a passion for cycling. He combined those two elements and created The CydeKick — a device that hooks on to the …
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‘Camp Invention’ Held at Fort Hunt Elementary

PHOTO: From left to right: Michelle K. Lee, Kristina Johnson, Camp Invention students. Today, Michelle K. Lee, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and Kristina Johnson …
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Wheelchair invention inspired by personal experience

FORT COLLINS – John Morris is a 28-year-old economics graduate from Colorado State University who has invented a new suspension system for wheelchairs — because he uses one. When Morris was 18 years old, he landed on his head in a freak snowboarding …
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