15 Big Ideas from 2005

TheTyee.ca, Canada - Dec 29, 2005… Initially destructive, economists predict peak oil will ultimately be the necessity that is the mother of new invention, as major western economies retool to …
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Meadow Meats owner dies
Middletown Press, CT - Jan 18, 2006… When he wasn t working, he would try his hand at gardening, ride his boat up the Connecticut River, or try out “any new invention,” said Dave, one of Carfi …
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MDI Acquires Patent for Video Data Storage
Data Compression News Blog - Jan 1, 2006… Sparks added that the new invention solves the problem that software developers and users have had for years in developing processes to store data in the least …
Source: www.c10n.info

Scientists close in on ‘invisible’ cancer cure
Scotsman, United Kingdom - Jan 21, 2006The new invention, created by chemists at Edinburgh University, is believed to be a way of treating cancerous cells without causing the sickness, nervous …
Source: news.scotsman.com

Local inventor auditions his idea
Barre Montpelier Times Argus, VT - Jan 18, 2006… “American Inventor,” which ABC is touting as “the biggest search ever for America’s best new invention,” is scheduled to start airing in early 2006, according …
Source: www.timesargus.com

Neuqua, Waubonsie girls help inaugurate new Upstate Eight …
Chicago Tribune, United States - Jan 26, 2006… remaining opening-round byes. The two local conference coaches are in a wait-and-see mode with this new invention. “We’ll give it …
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Patent office rule changes stir ‘outrage’
San Diego Union-Tribune - The number of patents issued by the federal government declined by 11 percent in 2005, the second consecutive year to show a decrease in granted patents. Yet, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office says that patent applications increased last year by
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Beauty and the Beast at local theater
Fayetteville Observer - The little girls come to see the tale as old as time for the beautiful Belle. The boys watch for magic, humor and how cool the beast looks. Mom and dad come for the love story and the music, which is among the best of any modern musical
Source: www.fayettevillenc.com

Man wins prize for weighing elephant
- BEIJING, Jan. 26 — A Shenzhen man won first prize for weighing an elephant with a self-made scale during a CCTV-hosted program on inventions last week, the Daily Sunshine reported yesterday. Wang Dongru, a 42-year-old resident in Longgang District
Source: news.xinhuanet.com

Behind the mind of a founding father: Bruce Museum sheds light on Ben
Greenwich Time - “Apparently he was an athlete and quite fit as a young man,” says Carolyn R. Rebbert, curator of science at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, which will open “Ben Franklin’s Curious Mind” Saturday to commemorate the tricentennial of the statesman’s
Source: www.greenwichtime.com

The Top 50 Inventions
Popular Mechanics - In the past half-century, scientific and technological advances have transformed our world. PM convened a panel of 25 experts to identify innovations that have made the biggest impact, from the hospital to outer space to the kitchen. Here, then, are
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How the QWERTY Keyboard Was Invented
If you think about it, it is kind of a weird invention. Read, you tell me… read more | digg story.
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Redneck Inventions Part 1
Hey, if you don’t have much money and a lot of creativity, you might be able to come up with something like this: Redneck Mini Golf Tour Bass Fishing Boat (seats one) Redneck Porta-potty Redneck Houseboat Redneck Limo- yee-haw …
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How the QWERTY Keyboard Was Invented
If you think about it, it is kind of a weird invention. Read, you tell me… read more | digg story.
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Trike into bike one of Time's amazing inventionsI…
br>Microsoft To Offer Technology Licensing (MSNBC)Microsoft Corp. has launched a new program that aims to help startups by offering entrepreneurs and venture capitalists licenses to inventions. …
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Stickin'
I’d like to be black so I could stick it to The Man. I’m not accusing black people of overdramtizing their misfortune, I’m just saying I would. You could deduce that as a middle west, middle class, middle weight, middle white man I …
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