“Charles Dickens and the Invention of Christmas”

My wife and I watched The Muppet Christmas Carol this afternoon. Honest. We did. In that connection, I call your attention to an interesting article to which my friend and Interpreter Foundation colleague Craig Foster alerted me the other day …
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Invention Targets ‘Porch Pirates’ to Keep Them from Swiping Holiday Packages

(CNN) — After having packages repeatedly stolen from his porch, a Tacoma, Washington, man came up with a creative way to deter would-be thieves. At first, Jaireme Barrow installed surveillance cameras. However, he told CNN’s Michael Smerconish on …
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‘We lacked a bit of invention today’

Chennai: Chennaiyin FC coach John Gregory minced no words about his team’s lacklustre performance despite moving to the top of the table. Gregory said: “It was disappointing to concede a goal so late, but to be honest it was not a great game.
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This credit card-sized invention might help India battle its heart disease epidemic

In 2012, Neha Rastogi’s father-in-law started experiencing intermittent chest pains. Doctors detected blockages in three of his arteries; he had been on the brink of a heart attack. Rastogi’s in-law was put on medications to unclog his blood vessels, but …
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Steven M. Johnson’s Bizarre Invention #172: The Smaxi

Sideline business as cartoonist specializing in quirky invention ideas since 1966. Author of 6 books: What the World Needs Now; Public Therapy Buses (two editions); Have Fun Inventing; Patent Depending: Vehicles and Patent Depending: Armbrella…
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