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The Ball Robot
The gyrosphere robot, a ball-shaped robot, could impact everything from space exploration to search and rescue.Its inventor, Greg Schroll, is now being recognized by Popular Mechanics magazine, naming...
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Mobile Phone Inventor: Today's Cellphones Are Too Complicated
Martin Cooper, who was the lead engineer of the Motorola team that developed the mobile phone, told a privacy conference in Madrid this week that today's phones try to do many things for too many...
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Great Idea: The Switch Screwdriver
I'm having one of my "why didn't I think of that" momentsThe Switch screwdriver offers a better grip, with the handle swiveling 90 degrees to stand perpendicular to the shaft, which allows the same...
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Steam-Powered Car Named Best Invention
Named as one of TIME’s 50 Best Inventions of 2009, the British Steam Car is affectionately known as the "fastest kettle in the world."The British Steam Car, driven by Charles Burnett III, smashed a...
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Trapping Gases With a Wire Screen
A wire screen prevents dangerous gases from explodingA fine-mesh kitchen sieve with a candle inside simulates Humphry Davy's miner safety lamp. An explosive mixture of propane gas and air is blown in...
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New energy-saving LED lightbulb that lasts 60 years has been developed by scientists at Cambridge UniversityCambridge University researchers have developed cheap, light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs that...
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Inventor Creates Homemade Hovercraft
New Zealand inventor Rudy Heeman used a gas bottle from the family barbecue, parts from his wife's car, and the control lever from his daughter's motor scooter for his creation. The craft can fly at up...
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Miniature Microphone Pinpoints Sound
Super listening device hears, identifies, and locates any sound by measuring 3D movement of air particlesA Dutch firm has developed a tiny device that listens for screams, gunshots, mortars and even...
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Cut and Sand Saw Blade
Saw blade with sanding disks to cut and sand in one stepThe Final Cut saw blade is a normal wood cutting blade that has sandpaper discs attached to the side. The sandpaper sands the rough edges as you...
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Self-Threading Sewing Needle
With the aging of America, more and more people are finding it difficult to perform the relatively simple task of threading a needle. Thanks to inventor Pam Turner, the Spiral Eye® needle threads...
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