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The Army, The Inventor And The Surprising Uses Of A Batman …
NPR The Army wanted a new, small device that could pull a person rapidly up a rope. The invention they eventually got has uses far beyond the military. |
DUBAI, Sept 5 (Reuters) – French businesswoman and mother Samira Amarir struggled to find toys which could help impart her Islamic faith to her young daughter, so she invented her own. Now the Barbie-lookalike “Jenna” doll, which she designed from …
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What have windscreen wipers, computer software, stem cell isolation and dishwashers got in common? Give up? They were all invented by women. Sadly I’ve no prize to offer those who know their female inventors but it does set the scene for 2017’s 100 …
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Review: 'Fifty Inventions' Falls Short of Its Ambitions – The New York …
New York Times Tim Harford's Undercover Economist persona has been dissecting the economics of everyday life for over a decade. His efforts, initially through a column that … Tim Harford's bite-sized "Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern … |
If Danielle Macdonald, star of Patti Cake$ , hadn’t existed, John Waters would have had to invent her. Loud, ditsily dressed and circumferentially challenged, she would be a natural in a gross-out comedy from the Pink Flamingoes/Hairspray master.
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