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How an Inventor Got A Skate-Shoe Rolling
Many amateur inventors dream of creating a million-dollar product in the garage, but usually the only thing that ever comes out of that garage is the family car. Roger Adams, the creator of a new kind of skate-shoe, beat the odds. Mr. Adams founded Heelys Inc., a Carrollton, Texas, company that makes sneakers that work [...]
Turn off that light! Energy usage in real dollars
With help from a curious cat, Blue Line Innovations found a way to make people more aware of how much electricity they use. When Danny Tuff was growing up in Newfoundland, his father often prodded him and his siblings to switch off the lights and turn down the heat. If only there were a way [...]
Work Hard, Play Hard
Many famous thinkers got their bright ideas while they were relaxing and not thinking about the problem. Archimedes got his sudden flash of genius while taking a bath and Darwin figured out evolution while driving down the road. These flashes of insight happen because the unconscious mind continues to process information in the background while [...]
The lotus Sanitizing System
Patience and ingenuity has led a Windsor man to invent a home sanitizing system that was named this week by Time Magazine as one of the top inventions of 2006. Using an electrical charge to infuse tap water with ozone, the system acts as a natural powerful sanitizer and removes the need for chemical use [...]
Coloured Hair Down There
Betty Beauty is the name of a hair coloring made especially for pubic hair. Apparently many hair salons have made the practice of providing women with a brown bag of hair coloring to match the coloring they just got put on their heads. A woman named Nancy Jarecki decided why not sell a product like [...]
Rags-to-riches, Lucinda Yates
Yates’ inspirational story has captivated audiences across the country. In the early 1980s, after a divorce and a financial setback, she and her young daughter were left homeless and impoverished. Through hard work and creativity, she was able to get her life back on track. While homeless in Portland, Maine, Yates taught herself how to [...]
