Today in Entrepreneurial History: November 8
On this day in 1895, while experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovered the X-ray. Photo by CHENGYUAN YANG/ShutterStock.
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November 7, 2013
Niche Biz: Hygenic Hospital Door Handles
The Hygiene Handle is covered in 23 pressure points that release a sterile gel when it is pulled to open the door. Inventor Matt Roberts, 31, said the idea has been trialled at two hospitals and he is hoping the invention will be rolled out nationally by the NHS. The father-of-one, said: ‘I came up
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Niche Invention: Bite Counter
Niche Invention: Bite Counter The Bite Counter is a watch-like device that counts how many bites of food you take. Working like a pedometer that counts your steps, it counts the number of times you bring your fork up to your mouth. The Bite Counter tracks wrist motion. In order to pick something up, the
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Crazy Ideas That Kickstarter Has Funded
NY Times: So what kind of “creative projects” does Kickstarter enable? Well, a couple of artists raised $2,181 to send funny handwritten letters to every household in Pittsburgh’s Polish Hill neighborhood; someone pulled in $8,441 to help finance the creation of “a searchable ethnographic database built from the lyrics of over 40,000 hip-hop songs”; a
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Fun Biz Idea: Radar Alert
I was watching the TV show Southland last night. The street cops come across this kid standing by the side of the street holding up a big sign that reads ” Radar Up Ahead, Slow Down”. The kid tells the cops it’s not illegal cause his father’s a lawyer. The cops ask why he is
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Ridiculous Patents
Jock Gear Headgear combined with binoculars, a headset, and a fan. Where’s the TiVo? Bulletproof Desk Invention relates generally to personal assault protection for those in vulnerable environments such as school rooms. Don’t taz me, bro! Leaf Chaps Invention consists of modified pants or trousers fitted with a net between the leg stalls so that
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