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Inventors Flood BP With New Ideas
ABC26 NewsThey're coming out of the woodwork...everyday people with big ideas on how to cap the gushing oil leak. A lot of people come to the open houses and expo's that St. Bernard Parish holds in order to learn more about the oil spill. Many others come to...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Disasters, Emergency Incidents, BP Plc, Water Pollution
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Inventor Shows Skimmer For Oiled Marshes
ABC26 NewsThere are plenty of huge, ocean-going skimmers busily cleaning up open Gulf waters, but nothing small enough to suck up oil in Lousiana's fragile and shallow marshes. Until now. Allen Shutt, of Jacksonville, Florida, says he's filled that void with a...Tags: Natural Resources, Florida, Wetlands, BP Plc, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida)
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Landrieu Focuses on Improving Student Outcomes, Competitiveness As Congress Considers Education Reform
ABC26 NewsToday, Sen. Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., and other members of the Moderate Democrats Working Group signaled their commitment to work with President Obama and the U.S. Congress to enact meaningful reform in America's public schools that will close the...Tags: Evan Bayh, Alaska, Government Aid, Schools, U.S. Senate
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Wellington man puts people ahead of profits with his new invention
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsIt was never a breeze for Phil Wylie to make his beloved Malt-O-Meal. "I was tired of taking it out, stirring it and putting it back in, taking it back out, stirring it," Wylie says. "And I still ended up with lumps, and I don't like lumps in my Malt-O-...Tags: Material Science
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North County student wins Intel Science Fair's top prize
North County High School freshman Jack Andraka stood on the auditorium stage, speaking about the invention that earned him the $75,000 grand prize at the recent Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. Behind him stood Dr. Anirban Maitra, a...Tags: Students, Thomas Edison, Health and Safety at School, Diseases and Illnesses, Teaching and Learning
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ConneCT 3QW: Mike Roer, President Of The Entrepreneurship Foundation
The Entrepreneurship Foundation is a non-profit organization in Fairfield that provides moral support to student companies, matches students with mentors and and provides a forum for student entrepreneurs to network, and share leads, customers, and...
Tags: Students, Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), University of Connecticut, Companies and Corporations, Business Incubators
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Leonard A. Skovira, dry cleaner
Leonard A. Skovira, who established three area dry-cleaning establishments and was also an inventor, died May 13 of cancer at his Parkville home.
He was 94.
Mr. Skovira was born and raised in Jessup, Pa., where he graduated in 1936 from Jessup High...Tags: Religion and Belief, New York City, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Entertainment, Parkville
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Teen Inventor: The Cheer Launcher
As a kid, Aden Shank would sit at home and build. He started out with a few Legos. Those building blocks would lead to inventions. “As I’ve gotten older I’ve branched out from just toys into more advanced stuff,” said Shank. ...
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Eugene Polley dies at 96; inventor of wireless TV remote control
Eugene Polley, inventor of the first wireless channel changer, a precursor to the remote control that surfers use to navigate the 500-plus channels offered by modern television, has died. He was 96.
Polley died of natural causes Sunday at a hospital in...Tags: Technology, Jay Leno, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Lombard, Downers Grove
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R.I.P. Eugene Polley, inventor of the TV remote control [Video]
Amid all the ballyhoo over what a bold visionary Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is, let's pause for a moment to appreciate the work of Eugene Polley, inventor of the TV remote control, who has died at age 96. Think about it. Before Polley's brainstorm,...
Tags: Radio, Facebook, Entertainment, Mark Zuckerberg, Television
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Eugene Polley, 1915-2012
Television watchers have cause to lift their remote controls for a moment of silence. Eugene Polley, 96, inventor of the first wireless channel changer, died of natural causes Sunday, May 20, at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove,...
Tags: Technology, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (tv program), Television Industry, Jay Leno, Science and Technology
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Inventor's showcase at the children's museum of Houston
KIAHThe halls of the Children’s Museum of Houston are lined with exhibits by young inventors. "Our project is the tooth wash and the all in one toothbrush," Allie Guerra explained to attentive listener. It sounds like a fresh idea, but how does it...
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