Edwin Binney and Harold Smith founded Binney & Smith, Inc. in New York City in the late 1800s. At first, they specialized in industrial colorings—including the pigments that made country barns red and automobile tires black. Later, they began to make slate pencils for students. At the St. Louis World Exhibition in 1902, they won […]
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According to Inc.com, Morrie Yohai developed Cheez Doodles in the 1950s. The company already was selling Dipsy Doodles rippled corn chips, which were made with a machine that spit them out under pressure. His son Robbie Yohai says his father applied a similar concept for Cheez Doodles, adapting the machine to extrude liquefied cornmeal into
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Andrew Kitzenberg was a student at Babson College when he started developing his idea for a wristband that conceals a 2 gigabyte USB storage drive for easy, anytime access to electronic files, reports The Daily Grommet. His Memory On Hand bands have a casual look that’s geared for kids and young adults – and functionality
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According to The Daily Grommet, Lexi Glenn was just 10 years old when she invented the Pumponator. She was determined to find a parent-approved way to fill water balloons by herself — without soaking the bathroom floor or leaving a swath of soggy grass by the garden hose. Rummaging around in her grandmother garage one
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According to the New York Daily News, Beck Johnson had a business plan, his startup funding a dream of opening an ice cream stand, but first he needed a variance from the Sunapee zoning board to open in a residential zone. He admits being a bit “freaked out” before his presentation, but ultimately got the
While instantly gratifying, buying ice cream from a vending machine isn’t as fun as it could be, says trendspotter Springwise. Which is why SapientNitro and Unilever created the world’s first smile-activated ice cream vending machine. The underlying technology is sophisticated, but the concept is simple: consumers walk up to the machine, smile and are rewarded
photo credit: Mr.Thomas We have all been there, those times when you temporarily loose your mind for a few seconds and do something very stupid and often funny. However, I read an article posted recently on Small Biz Trends that takes the cake on “what were you thinking moments”. Wearing a sweat pant suit to some
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Why walk around the office when you can roll? The U3-X from Honda eliminates the need for strolling around the sea of cubicles and offers users the freedom to function without all that pesky leg movement. via HolyKaw
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One of the hardest things to teach a young child is balance. You can place them on the bike and teach them how to peddle but most kids need time before they are able to remove those training wheels that keep them from toppling over. However, the Strider PREbike hopes to eliminate that problem by
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