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   hamstersmessiahposted 14 years ago

   invented anything?  i invented a paper airplane design although i don't have a patent.  i plan to shoot a video of my folding technique.   it's really cool.  it flies well too.  it looks a little like a stealth bomber.  when i first invented it i showed the complicated folding design to my cousin and challenged him to do better and he just crumpled a piece of paper up, threw it at me and yelled "Sputnik!"
   
   tell me if you have any inventions!

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      yoshi97posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I co-invented a glove that connects to a PC and helps people with lock-in syndrome communicate with finger movements.

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         hamstersmessiahposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         sweet...  that is a wonderful invention!  my inventions are usually useless things like the remote control i built for santa so he can turn rudolph's blinking nose on and off.

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            Faybe Bayposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            I am trying to invent waterproof paper.

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               yoshi97posted 14 years agoin reply to this

               Try laminated paper and a waterproof marker ... that should do the trick.

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                  Faybe Bayposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                  Might bead up?

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               china manposted 14 years agoin reply to this

               As an underwater engineer in a past life - there are already paper notebooks for use underwater that work really well, Surveyors also use them.

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   earnestshubposted 14 years ago

   My grandfather, father and 2 of his brothers have patented and sold useful inventions. I am always inventing!
   I invented a wheeled assistant to lift my mom from her seat and support her while she walked around. It was purely mechanical and operated by my mum's weight using two over-centre handle for leverage. I even think of new inventions through out the day quite often.

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      hamstersmessiahposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      i kind of knew that about you

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   hamstersmessiahposted 14 years ago

   from my friend David Walston about inventions:
   
   When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ballpoint pens would not work in zero gravity.
   To combat the problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion to develop a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to 300 C. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> The Russians used a pencil <------------------------------------------------------

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   china manposted 14 years ago

   I once invented a religion on the spot when some witnesses appeared on my doorstep - and one of them noted it down in a little book.

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      hamstersmessiahposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      actually i just keep some actuarial tables and life insurance contracts and try to sell them life insurance policies in case of just such an emergency.

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