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These Inventions Were Complete Accidents. How to Spot a Good Thing From a Bad Break

“There is no such thing as an accident,” Napoleon Bonaparte once said. “Only a failure to recognize the hand of fate.” Leaving aside the emperor’s own igno­minious fate (squalid exile on a remote …
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Local students’ invention wins spot in national competition

A group of five local high school students’ project that adapts to protect the homeless from the changing weather has earned them a spot in a national competition in Detroit.
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An American ‘iconic invention’: Now chained to a Philly signpost, guarding your precious parking spot

It’s that time of year when thousands of those bright orange sentries of safety sprout from the broken asphalt of the region’s roadways. Traffic cones. Utilities and highway departments buy them by …
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Student inventions win spot in national competition – Atlanta Journal Constitution


Atlanta Journal Constitution

Student inventions win spot in national competition
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Katie Barry, Olivia Quern and Esther Ofielu clinched first place for an invention called “The Locker Hammock,” a redesign of the standard locker shelf that consists of suction cups and fabric. Olivia Quern and Esther Ofielu provided presentation

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