Who Invented the Laser?
Gordon Gould, an American physicist who is widely credited with inventing the laser in the late 1950s, was born in 1920.
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Author: Inventors Digest
How Many Design Patents Did Thomas Edison Receive?
What IS That?It’s Easy Butter—if not stringy and yucky—from Japan’s Metex. The grater’s main use is to prevent ruining your toast by having to spread hard, cold butter on it.
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Tasty Trends
Real fruit and real vegetable snacks—freeze-dried or dehydrated fruit, fruit clusters and fruit nut clusters—are a dominant industry trend.
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STEM Spark
Dr. Ayanna Howard is an entrepreneur, innovator, educator and an international expert in robotics who began her career working at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on research to develop the next generation of Mars rovers. She recently shared her thoughts on increasing diversity among patent holders, the importance of intellectual property to start-up success, and female innovators in STEM fields
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Lemelson-MIT Student Prize 2019
Two cancer-fighting screening tools highlight innovations by college students who are among the winners of the 2019 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize.
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