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Rube Goldberg’s Nutty Inventions Neatly Skewered Our Technocratic World
Daily Beast Before “Rube Goldberg” became an adjective modifying any machine or other human endeavor more complicated than necessary, it was the name of a cartoonist whose work graced the funny papers, the editorial page, magazine covers, advertisements, 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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Brother of invention: SMU honors Finbar McMullen with exhibit …
Winona Daily News McMullen takes a lot of pride in his inventions, but takes the most pleasure in his wood carvings. The exhibit showcases coffee mugs, canes, bowls and utensils … |
The U.S. patent system is preparing to change its existing protection system from a first-to-invent system to a first-inventor-to-file system – a switch made possible by the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, which was signed into law eight …
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Commentary: An invention that got just a little out of control
Dayton Daily News By DL Stewart, Contributing Columnist 6:18 PM Tuesday, May 29, 2012 The year 1955 was a big one for inventions. It brought us Velcro, Play-Doh and that green bean with mushroom soup glop that is required by law to be on every American's Thanksgiving … Inventor of TV remote dies Pluses and minuses Raise your remotes for the man who gave sports fans everything |
GENEVA (AP) — A handsfree umbrella, parachutes for airplanes and other quirky inventions went on display Wednesday at the opening of the world’s biggest fair for new gadgets. Even the ribbon-cutting was done by a humanoid robot. A thousand inventions all …
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