Firefighters hope to ‘clean up’ with new invention

LYNN, Mass. — Their day job requires running into burning buildings, so two Lynn firefighters can definitely take the proverbial heat in the kitchen. But they are hoping their new invention, the Simple Tool, will reduce one aspect of the kitchen they can …
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InventHelp Invention Optimizes Safety on and Near a Swing (OKK-353)

An inventor has used personal experience to optimize the safety of swings. “When I was a child I was struck by a swing, and my grandson was recently struck by a swing,” he said. “This inspired me to design the patent-pending SWING SAFE (BRACKET).
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A successful Austrian invention

“THE life of the kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria was short and sad… and few people mourned its passing.” So wrote Norman Davies in 1981 in his magisterial history of Poland. Poverty in Galicia in the 19th century was so extreme that it had become …
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Slick Invention Can Un-Stick Your Ketchup, Toothpaste

(Newser) – Hate when you can’t get the last of the toothpaste from the tube? Or when your plane is delayed so it can be de-iced? Those days may soon be over thanks to what are essentially surfaces coated with liquid. Researchers at both Harvard and MIT …
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Caresse Crosby, who claimed the invention of the bra, was better known for her wild life

Caresse Crosby takes a luxury ride around the grounds of Roccasinibalda, her vast estate outside Rome. After restoring the crumbling building, which dates back to the Renaissance, she turned it into a residential center for artists. (Keystone Features …
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Modern Invention of the Medieval Executioner lecture to debunk stereotypes

The dreary rain fell gently on the convict as he approached his end. His crime – the murder of a fellow villager –has sealed his fate to the executioner’s block. As he reaches his destination, he looks at the man to terminate his life by order of the …
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