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Inventions by innovative people to sustain the earth’s treasure

Technology and creativity are transforming the world at lightning speed. However, some inventions are sucking up a lot of the earth’s resources. At the same time, creativity and innovative thinking …
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Rusty Brown by Chris Ware review – a treasure trove of invention

It begins in Omaha, Nebraska, on a snowy weekday in 1975. The title character, a put-upon eight-year-old schoolboy convinced he is endowed with extraordinary powers of hearing, occupies our attention …
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The Nissin instant noodles story: Japanese invention that went from garden shed to national treasure to outer space

When Momofuku Ando died in January 2007, The New York Times devoted a large part of its editorials page to a man who had earned “an eternal place in the pantheon of human progress”. This was not an in…
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Treasure Hunt Leads to Invention of Undersea Robot

What started off as a hunt for sunken treasure turned into the invention of a low-cost, undersea robot, easy enough for anyone to use. Jessica Berman has the story.
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