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WBBM Newsradio 780:
A man from the Chicago area who spent much of his life developing new kinds of chewing gum is now using his expertise to help American troops serving in combat.
Retired chewing gum inventor Ron Ream is a former Wrigley Company inventor and Aurora native.
He began working with scientists at a Florida lab some […]
CampaignSeries.co.uk:
John Arundel of Quakers Yard grew up in Aberbargoed and has been a lorry driver most of his working life, which equated to 23 years of experience. He came up with an invention to check brake lights without being in the vehicle.
At the British Inventors Society Awards, John’s innovation was a winner.
John said: “It’s great […]
Yahoo Tech:
Despite the public shame of driving around with a cell phone jammed against your face and the growing number of laws against it, people just can’t stop dialing and driving, it seems. Could the next step be technology that actually disables your cell phone while you’re on the road?
A Canadian outfit called Aegis Mobility […]
Sioux Falls Business Journal:
Ginger Thomson saw the need for some kind of new door gizmo about 30 years ago. A town house she lived in had sliding patio doors.
“I kept thinking there needs to be a way to open the door when your hands are full,” the Brookings bank executive recalls.
About 12 years ago when […]
New York Post:
Topher McGibbon’s 18-month-old enterprise, Kid Car NY, has a loyal clientele and a lengthy waiting list. But when he started out, McGibbon literally couldn’t give his services away.
Kid Car is a taxi service designed for parents of infants and young children, offering minivans kitted out with professionally installed car seats and specially trained […]
Evening Gazette:
A Saltburn inventor will be pitching his unique beermats to industry heavyweights in London next week.
Simon Hartley, 38, invented the Drink Bouncer - a beer mat which is placed on top of drinks when the customer goes to the toilet or when smokers go outside.
Simon said: “I came up with the idea before the […]
Gloucester Advocate:
Wards River inventor Cecil Wiseman has finally hit the big time.
Cecil will appear on Australia’s ABC television’s New Inventors program with his award winning ladder clamp known as the Wiseman Ladafast.
The clamp is secured onto the sides of the ladder while you are on the ground, then hoisted up the ladder so it can […]
Memphis Commercial Appeal:
Who would’ve thought,” he smiled. “A sock for the outside of the shoe?”
His Olive Branch-based business hinges on the distribution of The Debris Inhibitor, a nylon barrier preventing the “crumb rubber” — or small bits of rubber — of playing surfaces from entering athletic shoes, namely, cleats.
“My partner and I were visiting the […]
GateHouse News Service:
Jason Salim was searching for an earth-friendly way to make money last year when he discovered the power of garlic.
Now the 24-year-old Norton, Mass., entrepreneur is using the legendary vampire repellant to ward off another kind of bloodsucker.
His heady concoction of garlic extract and soybean oil can rid a field of pesky mosquitoes […]
Seacoastonline.com:
Brian Meagher, like many in-ground pool owners, had grown accustomed to finding anywhere from 50 to 100 dead frogs in his skimmer basket every season.
However, last summer, armed with only a dremel tool, Meagher modified his skimmer cover to include a spiral escape ramp that hangs down just beneath the water, which provides “critters” a […]
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