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Dive! Dive! Dive!: Teen Inventor Successfully Tests Homemade Submarine
Yahoo! News (blog) Most hardworking teenagers play sports and complete their homework after school. Justin Beckerman, 18, does all that and builds machines. His latest creation? A fully-submersible, one-man submarine he made with $ 2,000 worth of materials from the … |
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Texas Instruments employees show off home inventions
Dallas Morning News (blog) Many Texas Instruments Inc. employees take their work home with them: Their hobbies reflect their work. For the first time, TI hosted an event today showcasing the hobbies and projects of about a dozen employees. The event partly was timed with … |
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Inventor And Engineer Elijah McCoy Born On This Day In 1844
News One The popular phrase “the real McCoy” has been tied to Canadian-American inventor and engineer Elijah McCoy and one of his many innovative inventions in the steam engine industry. While the expression has been debated endlessly by scholars, what … |
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Good News, Everybody! It's The 10 Best Inventions From Futurama
ReadWrite (blog) Share on: Good News, Everybody! It's The 10 Best Inventions From Futurama. Futurama, canned by Comedy Central, will wrap up its long run with its seventh season this summer. To commemorate the show, here's a roundup of the 10. |
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Robotic legs for paraplegics are among Israeli inventions demoed for President …
MedCity News ReWalk exoskeleton During his trip abroad this week, President Barack Obama got to check out some Israel's most cutting-edge inventions at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. Among the inventions chosen for his tour was a robotic exoskeleton … 'Peace is possible,' Obama insists in Middle East Obama in West Bank; Rockets fired at Israel from Gaza US-Israeli gripes haven't hurt military ties |
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Five unnecessary inventions of the past
San Jose Mercury News But sometimes, inventions go a little too far. Here are a few unnecessary creations from the 20th century: 1924: A car in Paris was equipped with a shovel on the front bumper. 1929: Wooden bathing suits were invented to supposedly enhance flotation. |