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Church Choir Inspired Fantastic Invention

Dale Mussen — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:00:49 +0000

It was all because Arthur Fry lost his temper in church back in 1980.

He always knew there had to be a simple solution to every problem if you just thought about it long enough. He loved to sing with his church choir. And he liked to keep track of all of the songs in his hymnal because the choir director would skip back and forth from the back of the book to the front.

Really Stupid Inventions

Dale Mussen — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 10:00:51 +0000

The U-S Patent Office grants nearly half a million patents every year. Many of these products and ideas make our lives easier and better. Some never make a dime. Some are just plain stupid. For example in 1953 – a submachine gun with a curved barrel was given a patent. Why they curved barrel? For [...]

You Won't Believe Who Introduced Ice Cream To America

Dale Mussen — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:00:58 +0000

He was only 33 years old when he wrote the Declaration of Independence. He was a member of Congress. He was an ambassador to France and after he retired he established the University of Virginia. Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States, but he had an incredible life. He had the largest farm [...]

Their Life Work Ended Their Lives

Dale Mussen — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 12:05:38 +0000

Their work was for the benefit of the world, but they died as a direct or indirect result of their inventions. Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in 1903 for her work science and chemistry. She discovered two new elements including radium and polonium and the theory of radioactivity. She carried test tubes of radioactive [...]

The Page Turner [VIDEO]

Brett Alan — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:19:48 +0000

I can’t decide if this is incredibly lazy, or if it’s incredibly ambitious. This guy puts together a series of events that eventually end with him getting his newspaper page turned. But how do they get the hamster to stay in one place the whole time?

Machine Makes Water Out Of Air [Video]

Brett Alan — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 03:23:21 +0000

Any farmer could tell you that in order to make their crops grow, they need water. So what do farmers do when there isn’t rain? If Terry LeBlue has anything to do with it, they’ll use his machine that makes water from the air. It’s called “The Droughtmaster” and it makes 5-7 gallons of water [...]

Everyday Items Invented By NASA – Dale's Daily Data

Dale Mussen — Mon, 09 May 2011 10:00:51 +0000

It was more than 50 years ago when Alan Sheppard became the first American to fly into space. Since then 12 men have walked on the moon. More than 500 people from 39 countries including 55 women have flown in space. But what has space exploration done to improve things here on earth? Here’s a [...]