In 2008, Peter Frykman, a mechanical engineering student at Stanford University, designed a small, portable laser-manufacturing system that could quickly and accurately punch holes in cheap plastic tubing to make affordable drip irrigation systems. According to Bloomberg BusinessWeek, in June 2008, he founded Driptech with $5,000 of his own money. The 26-year-old entrepreneur has raised […]
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Drivers in North Carolina will have more than just exhaust fumes to smell says the Charlotte Observer. A local grocery chain has erected what is believed to be the country’s first scented billboard. The business partnered with a company that produces smells for hotels, stores and casinos to create their “eau de beef,” a mix
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The Southland Times: A Lochiel man’s ingenuity has helped to work out how to get a round bale to roll over in a square cage, solving the smallholder’s problem of feeding out baleage without a tractor. Fencer Kevin Cairns spent about a year designing a method for one person to load a 750kg bale of
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‘Garage inventors’ is a term used to describe individuals or groups of inventors that create independently. They are not on a salary or salary/incentive basis, paid by their companies to invent; they work alone, on their own or in small groups, generally in someone’s garage or other part of the home. Popular Science recognizes the
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chron: Shan Hussain, 26, a recent graduate of the entrepreneurship program at University of Houston’s C.T. Bauer College of Business, created a solar-powered address panel now sold at hardware stores such as Bering’s and Buffalo Hardware Co. The goal, according to Hussain, is to branch out, create more solar products, then get them in major
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According to a story at Open Forum, intelligent disobedience is not about setting out to be disagreeable or arbitrarily disobeying rules for its own sake. Rather, it is about using your judgment to decide when, for example, an established rule actually hinders your organization, rather than helps it. The antonym of intelligent disobedience is blind
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Star Trek is one of the most famous television shows and media franchises in the world today, and while many love the storylines of the original show, along with its spinoffs and movies, Roadtickle says we may not fully realize the impact the show has had on our lives. No, we are not talking about
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What do you get when you combine bubble wrap and orange trees? You get young Eric Baker’s invention, the “Orange DeBruiser.” One of 15 semi-finalists in the fourth annual Bubble Wrap Competition for Young Inventors, Eric is hoping that his invention will bring home the $10,000 prize reports the OrlandoSentinel.com. Eric likes to create things
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It’s soccer’s newest utility player: A ball called the sOccket generates and stores energy as players kick it, then provides energy at home. reports Readers Digest. Fifteen minutes on the field captures enough energy to power a small light for three hours and may help people in developing nations replace kerosene, a leading cause of
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When was the last time you laid out in a hammock to relax? What about your dog or cat? Sometimes our pets just want to ‘hang around’ as much as we do. An entrepreneur has come up with a new small animal hammock that can comfort your pets while they rest in their cage, reports
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