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Scottish nurse weighs in with new invention

Image caption Gillian Taylor (second from right) invented the device out of frustration The Scottish nurse who invented a revolutionary weighing scale to help hospital patients get life-saving drugs quicker has said it was born out of “frustration”. Gillian Taylor was working as an emergency department nurse when the idea came to her. Image caption…

At 21, this aerospace engineering student, former refugee has created her first invention

Published January 3, 2019 Updated January 3, 2019 Shoushi Bakarian, an aerospace engineering student at Concordia University, poses for a photograph with a ventilation device that she redesigned for Cessna Aircraft, at Stratos Aviation in Montreal on Oct. 30, 2018. Bakarian arrived from Syria in 2016. Dario Ayala/The Globe and Mail This is part of…

How A 6-Pack Of Beer Inspired This Beekeeper’s Sweet Invention

Kristy Allen of The Beez Kneez on her Honey Cycle.The Beez Kneez Kristy Allen, a beekeeper in Minneapolis, has built a thriving business doing what she loves best: Caring for bees. She maintains hives, sells honey and teaches intensive beekeeping classes, all while maintaining environmentally sustainable practices. Her business, The Beez Kneez, pulls in some…

The Invention of the Modern Dog review – our long obsession with canine design

“Why are mongrels a dying breed?” Jilly Cooper wondered out loud in 2013. She might equally have asked “Whatever happened to pedigrees?” She was referring to the fact that the dogs you meet these days are seldom pure-bred or mutt, but tongue-twisting mash-ups: labdradoodle, puggle, cavapoo, zuchon, beaglier. The emergence of these artful hybrids in…

5 cool inventions that could save the planet – CNN

1. A high-tech sieve that makes the ocean drinkable Yes, you can already turn the ocean into drinkable water through existing, industrial-scale desalination plants. But these plants are often costly and can damage the environment: They use large amounts of energy, produce greenhouse gases and can harm marine life.

Can a wave of new inventions stop school shootings? – Washington Post

Can a wave of new inventions stop school shootings?Washington PostNow, Edwards – whose only previous inventions involved devising lesson plans — was discussing her device with evangelical fervor during a free period late last week at Dacula Middle School. About the same time, hundreds of miles away in Maryville, …and more » inventions – read more