Essentially modern Oct 5, 2008
Greg Kinnear is great in the wronged inventor flick, "Flash Of Genius.". FromSan Rafael Chevrolet. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Salah Bachir's home astonishes onlookers Jul 26, 2008
The mayor was friends with Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone who lived in nearby Brantford, and was a frequent visitor to the house in Paris. (In 1876, he received the first long-distance call from Brantford in a telegraph office a short walk away at 91 Grand River St. North. (Globe and Mail)
Doris Anne Wolff, 89; restored historic houses Jun 19, 2008
An amazing discovery in the Lexington house was hiding under layers of wallpaper: the murals of Rufus M. Porter, a native of Boxford and a painter, inventor, and founder of Scientific American magazine ... She went to work in 1940 as a secretary at Polaroid Corp., where she met Otto Wolff, an aeronautical engineer and inventor who would go on to become a vice president at Polaroid. (Boston Globe)
Tickets on Sale for Star Studded Icons of Music II Auction Benefiting Music Rising, Taking Place Saturday, May 31st at Hard Rock Cafe New York in Times Square May 22, 2008
This stellar list includes legendary guitarist and inventor Les Paul, famed photographer May Pang, fashion models Petra Nemcova and Christy Turlington, designer Donna Karan and Broadway's James Snyder, star of the musical production of Cry Baby. The evening will feature a very special performance from four-time Grammy Award winner, Aaron Neville, who has helped bring major attention to some of the charity work being done in New Orleans today. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Billionaire Inventors Mar 9, 2008
James Dyson, the eponymous inventor of the yellow-and-transparent vacuum cleaner, plans to open the Dyson School of Design ation this year to create a new generation of what he always wanted to be: A designer and engineer in the one body. Over the door of the futuristic-looking building in Bath, England, where Dyson hopes to house his new school, could, perhaps, hang the words of an archetypical inventor-entrepreneur of an earlier age, Thomas Edison: "To invent, you need a good imagination and a... (Forbes)
In the front row Jan 23, 2008
Mouret, inventor of the red carpet sensations, the Galaxy and the Titanium, and, more recently, the hourglass-shaped Moon which was a sellout in London, has already carried out private fittings on the three style icons, each of whom will be wearing one of his latest spring/summer 08 creations. Victoria Beckham wears an RM 'Moon' dress by Roland Mouret. (Telegraph.co.uk)
We need people with dirty jobs. They contribute to progress, too. Jan 21, 2008
"I've just been offered, from the inventor of the automobile, an embarrassingly large deal," Rowe told him. "I have to make it. They need to be a sponsor of the show. Oh, and they have to know by the first of the year.". (FastCompany)
Inventors invited to Atlanta casting call Jan 10, 2008
Everyday Edisons discovered three of its Season 1 inventors in Atlanta in 2005, including two businessmen from North Atlanta who are currently featured in Atlanta Magazine for their SnacDaddy wing tray invention ... Of course, instead of bringing antiques and collectibles, amateur inventors bring ideas and prototypes ... The series invests thousands of dollars into each chosen invention, with no cost to the inventor. (Rockmart Journal, GA)
Assassin's Creed carries bulls-eye of its own Dec 4, 2007
For reasons not immediately known, a pharmaceutical giant the inventor of the Animus is interested in what Desmond's genetic code can remember. They've kidnapped him and are keeping him locked up in a futuristic laboratory, where he gets strapped into a curvy metal bed every morning and sent nearly a millennium into the past to remember the life of one of his forebears: Altar, an Arab assassin. (Globe and Mail -- Technology)
I love the '80s toys: Classic toys make a comeback Nov 13, 2007
1959: Named after inventor Ruth Handler's daughter Barbara, Barbie was introduced to the nation as a teenage fashion model sporting a ponytail, black-and-white bathing suit and full line of fashion accessories. 2007: Barbie has exhausted more than 100 careers, from princess to astronaut, and is now available in the Barbie Girls line as more than just a doll. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Expert Says Bed Bugs on the Rise This Summer Jun 22, 2007
"CleanRest gives consumers a way to protect themselves from bed bugs and other micro-toxins that can impact their overall well-being," says Gary Goldberg, CleanRest founder and product inventor. "I created the product as a concerned parent since my son had nighttime breathing difficulties due to the micro-toxins in his mattress. We tried other options but they were either ineffective or uncomfortable, prompting me to seek a better solution." Durable enough for weekly laundering, CleanRest... (PR Newswire)
Making it easy to brush up on Maine folk art this summer May 30, 2007
Porter (1792-1884), an artist and inventor, founded Scientific American magazine, patented more than 100 inventions, and produced hundreds of wall murals for homes throughout New England. The small museum contains his famous 1828 murals and a set of 15 murals, originally from a home in Westwood, that are the only signed and dated Porter works in existence. (Boston Globe)
She who dares wins in business world May 4, 2007
But Andrea Schlanger of Flagstaff, an inventor and co-owner of the engineering design firm Connect Tech International Inc., said she doesn't think the fact that she is a woman has prevented her from rising in the corporate world or has made her any more entrepreneurial ... "And when you are an inventor, the only thing that matters is what's in your mind.". (AZCentral -- Business)
Scratch a Niche for Fun and Profits Mar 6, 2007
In terms of shipping, his customers don't want to wait for their merchandise, so he fulfills orders from inventory out of his home, sending off nearly 2,000 packages a year by his estimate ... "I'm a closet inventor, my buddy's an industrial designer, and one day we're hanging out drinking beer and I have teen-age kids and I was saying how they're awesome, not like me, who went to games with beers in my socks. So we were goofing around talking about how to sneak beer into places and I'm a surfer... (SmallBusinessComputing)
Incredible 'Walking' Elephant and a Treasure Trove of Six Vintage Guitars to Headline Red Baron Sale, February 17-18 Feb 15, 2007
The elephant - a colossus by any measure, at about 20 feet tall - was the brainchild of Frank Stuart, an English visionary and inventor who built three of the forward-propelled pachyderms in the years following World War II. One is permanently housed in a museum in Austria, one is in a private museum in Chicago, and the third (the one being sold) comes directly from the Stuart family. The elephant 'walks' with the help of a four-cylinder, Chevy-powered engine and an elaborate network of... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Franklin's house 'like him' Jan 12, 2007
Benjamin Franklin's wide-ranging talents as a diplomat, inventor, scientist, printer and writer inspired an equally diverse crowd to honor his legacy in the State Department's Diplomatic Reception Rooms on Wednesday night. Former Redskin Sonny Jurgensen, philanthropists Robert and Clarice Smith, businessman Mark Ein, Treasury Undersecretary Robert K. Steel and Lady (Catherine) Manning were among those supporting the Benjamin Franklin House Foundation's campaign to raise an $8 million endowment... (Washington Times, DC)
