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Aspiring Businesswoman Invents for Immigrant Families
Mehrin Maisha is a 14-year-old new immigrant to the United States. An aspiring businesswoman, she invented a lamp that helps people who share a bedroom.
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3 Discoveries Made in Dreams: Google, Legendary Sword, WWII Gun
When a dream is more than just a dream ...
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Device to Communicate With Dead Purportedly Invented by Thomas Edison (See Design Here)
Did Edison’s genius extend beyond the grave?
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What’s a Scurimobile? What’s a Photographic Gun? Check Out These Crazy Inventions
These 19th century inventions will blow you away.
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Ancient Wonders: The Secret of Real-Life Magic Mirrors in the Far East
Rare Chinese and Japanese bronze mirrors have the strange property of seeming both opaque and transparent at the same time!
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Smotherers of Invention: Patent Trolls, Universities, Big Companies
In June 2012, the New England Federal Credit Union in Williston, Vermont, received a vaguely worded letter from a company called Automated Transactions, warning the firm that it might be using teller-machine technology that infringed on Automated’s patents.
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Ancient Magic: The Illusions Created in Temples by Amazing Inventions
Imagine you’re in an ancient temple, dimly lit by rays of sunlight peaking in. A worshipper lights a fire on the altar, and steps back. A statue beside the altar begins to move!
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First Robotic Drone Created in 350 BC?
In 350 B.C., mathematician and founding father of mechanics Archytas of Tarentum invented a wooden mechanical dove. “Archytas’ invention is often cited as the first robot, and, in light of recent technological advancements, perhaps we could even consider it to be the first drone; the very first machine capable of autonomous flight,” wrote Jimmy Stamp in a Smithsonian article.
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Aspiring Businesswoman Invents for Immigrant Families
Mehrin Maisha is a 14-year-old new immigrant to the United States. An aspiring businesswoman, she invented a lamp that helps people who share a bedroom.
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3 Discoveries Made in Dreams: Google, Legendary Sword, WWII Gun
When a dream is more than just a dream ...
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Device to Communicate With Dead Purportedly Invented by Thomas Edison (See Design Here)
Did Edison’s genius extend beyond the grave?
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What’s a Scurimobile? What’s a Photographic Gun? Check Out These Crazy Inventions
These 19th century inventions will blow you away.
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Ancient Wonders: The Secret of Real-Life Magic Mirrors in the Far East
Rare Chinese and Japanese bronze mirrors have the strange property of seeming both opaque and transparent at the same time!
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Smotherers of Invention: Patent Trolls, Universities, Big Companies
In June 2012, the New England Federal Credit Union in Williston, Vermont, received a vaguely worded letter from a company called Automated Transactions, warning the firm that it might be using teller-machine technology that infringed on Automated’s patents.
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Ancient Magic: The Illusions Created in Temples by Amazing Inventions
Imagine you’re in an ancient temple, dimly lit by rays of sunlight peaking in. A worshipper lights a fire on the altar, and steps back. A statue beside the altar begins to move!
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First Robotic Drone Created in 350 BC?
In 350 B.C., mathematician and founding father of mechanics Archytas of Tarentum invented a wooden mechanical dove. “Archytas’ invention is often cited as the first robot, and, in light of recent technological advancements, perhaps we could even consider it to be the first drone; the very first machine capable of autonomous flight,” wrote Jimmy Stamp in a Smithsonian article.
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