Invention already used in grain elevators

Re: “Uplifting invention at Camosun College,” Sept. 26. I do not like to rain on anyone’s parade. However, a device similar to this has been used in Prairie grain elevators since the early 1900s. It was called a Manlift and used by the elevator agent …
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Former AKQA Execs Rei Inamoto and Rem Reynolds Open Business Invention Studio

More than ever before, agencies and their clients are relying on social data to provide insights and inspiration, from informing strategy through measuring execution. Learn how social data is transforming the agency business. Just a little over a week …
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Maker Faire Kindles a Spirit of Invention

In Queens on Sunday, a nearly 30-foot-tall robot, constructed largely of old airplane parts, had drawn a crowd of curious onlookers. “It shoots fire out of its hand, fire out of its mouth,” said its maker, Shane Evans, 44, of Denver. This was Maker …
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The Invention of Nature,’ by Andrea Wulf

Alexander von Humboldt was the pre-eminent scientist of his time. Contemporaries spoke of him as second in fame only to Napoleon. All over the Americas and the English-speaking world, towns and rivers are still named after him, along with mountain ranges …
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Quirky, an Invention Start-Up, Files for Bankruptcy

Quirky, an ambitious crowdsourced invention start-up, which raised $ 185 million from investors that included General Electric and leading venture capital firms, filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday. The failure of the company, based in New York, will surely …
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Invention Startup Quirky Seeks Chapter 11 Protection

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