 NorthJersey.com |
Art review: 'Extravagant Inventions: The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens …
NorthJersey.com A dressing table's intricate designs inlaid in wood, right, and its dizzying array of drawers and doodads within, above, were customary features of work by the famed Roentgen family workshops of Germany. Left, a secretary cabinet made of pine, walnut, … |
 BBC News |
Wi-fi, dual-flush loos and eight more Australian inventions
BBC News Australians are perhaps more famed for their sporting feats than for their technological innovation. But a new children's book, Australia's Greatest Inventions and Innovations, by Christopher Cheng and Lindsay Knight, aims to change that. Here are 10 … |
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Inventor gets inspiration from unusual places
Napa Valley Register “If I had the resources to manufacture my inventions it would be no problem.” Whitney had the names of his children tattooed on various parts of his body. “My kids see how hard I work, and they see that when we work hard we have money to buy things and … |
 Daily Mail |
Many inventions in catalogue, Per Ardua Libertas, were brainchild of …
Daily Mail The inventions in the catalogue, compiled to teach US intelligence officers the secrets of British espionage, were hidden in food and supply parcels delivered to British PoWs by the Red Cross. Some of the fascinating gadgets include maps of Germany … |
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Inventions awarded at British Innovation Show
Taipei Times Taiwan won three special awards on Friday at the 12th British Invention Show, the UK's largest exhibition of invention, innovation and technology held at the Barbican Center from Oct. 24 to Oct. 27. About 150 exhibits from 15 countries were judged by a … |
 Telegraph.co.uk |
Inventor of battery that powers high-tech items dies
The Seattle Times Ovshinsky, who never went to college yet transformed the alternative energy, information and automotive industries with his inventions, died of prostate cancer Wednesday at his home in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., according to his son Harvey. He was 89. Stanford Ovshinsky, innovative designer of energy-conversion devices, dies at 89 Hybrid car battery inventor Ovshinsky dead at 89 Stanford Ovshinsky, noted inventor, dies at 89 |