For years the Japanese inventor Masuyuki Naruse has felt that the traditional gas and brake petal were flawed reports the New York Times. The side-by-side pedal arrangement, the inventor says, can cause drivers mistakenly to floor the accelerator instead of the brakes, especially under stress. The solution? A single pedal that accelerates the car when […]
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What lead to the invention of most safety products? Necessity. Here are two little inventions we shouldn’t live without. Duane Pearsall did not intend to create a smoke detector in 1965 – instead he was trying to measure static electricity in a dark room. He became irritated when the device, which was measuring the concentration
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The past decade has been a big one for the global economies — a trying time and a time of great risks and advancements in technology. The following women have influenced not only the business landscape, but also the way society looks at women, giving girls something other than the Disney princesses to emulate. Sheryl
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The expansion of the European Union has given rise to many new business opportunities, with borders effectively removed and trade being opened up across the continent. One vertical which has made the most of this is the healthcare sector, with the dental care industry being particularly lively across Europe. The fact is that England has
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Speaking of gold rushes, we’re having our own in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California right now. No, it’s not about gold, even though this was the location of the original California gold rush of 1849. No, this one is about meteorites. Say what? Here’s a story about the mom who found a tablespoon sized
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How does starting a business out of your love of talking about sports at the office sound? Yet that’s just what it’s become for Paula Ward, a self-appointed “sports interpreter†who’s swapped a career in human resources to launch Know The Game, a business dedicated to educating people about Australian sports.
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Do you dream of owning a summer camp? If not, why not? They sound like a great business to be in. A well-run camp can have profit margins in the 25 percent to 40 percent range and sell for 2 to 2 1/2 times’ annual revenue, says Daniel Zenkel, a camp consultant and broker in
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1611 – King James Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker. 1885 – Good Housekeeping magazine goes on sale for the first time. 1952 – The world’s first ever jet airliner, the De Havilland Comet 1 makes its maiden flight, from London to Johannesburg. 2000 – President Bill
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This shovel attachment sounds like it has potential: The Easy Shovel is a cleaver attachment that will attach to any standard spade, shovel or gardening item. In 3 easy steps you can add this to your existing shovel, spare or fork and stop bending over and putting strain on your back. By using the easy
Though he works on a street corner selling potato peelers, Joe Ades lives in a Park Avenue apartment. If you want to see why, watch this other video of him hawking his wares on the street corner.
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