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Ethlie Ann Vare wrote her book, “Mothers of Invention” to give credit to American women who, throughout history, have been discovering and inventing terrific things that have made our lives easier.

Many people are surprised to learn that a woman invented the typewriter, the freezer, the dishwasher and bullet-proof fiber.

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An inventor from the Midwest community of Rock County invented a device which ultimately saved his own home.

Stacey Babiarz invented a machine that can fill sandbags in seconds. The device can fill a sandbox in one minute. And when recent flood waters threatened his own home Stacey Babiarz used his machine to save his home as well as the homes of his neighbors.

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Republican candidate John McCain is proposing that the government pay $300 million to the person who discovers a battery that is able to run an automobile.

According to David Jackson’s report in USA Today, McCain said that his plan would cost $1 for every American man, woman and child, which is a small price to pay to free the American people from their oil dependency.

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This week’s audio tip from Stephen Key and Andrew Krauss of www.inventRight.com asks and answers the question . . .

 SELLING: Do you need to hire a company to help you sell your idea? Can you sell your own ideas?

Please use the comments section below to comment on this audio. Stephen and Andrew will be checking in and respond to the comments made below.

This weekly inventing audio tip is courtesy of Stephen Key and Andrew Krauss of http://www.inventRight.com.

The Nano has been called the world’s cheapest car, and it is expected to make its debut in India soon. According to a report in NPR the Nano is he first in a line of extremely cheap cars that will put many new motorists on the road. The price of the Nano is 100,000 Indian rupees, which works out to be approximately $2,500 US. This is about half the cost of its nearest rival.

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We are all so eager to get the latest electronic gadget. But what happens to our outdated electronic devices? According to a report in the Los Angeles Times, Americans are guilty of throwing out hundreds of millions of electronic devices every year. Most of these devices end up in landfills, and only about 13 percent of them get recycled.

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This week’s audio tip from Stephen Key and Andrew Krauss of www.inventRight.com asks and answers the question . . .

What’s one of the biggest mistakes you see inventors make?

Please use the comments section below to comment on this audio. Stephen and Andrew will be checking in and respond to the comments made below.

This weekly inventing audio tip is courtesy of Stephen Key and Andrew Krauss of http://www.inventRight.com.

My husband, Michael and I live in South Florida, which is very prone to hurricanes.

When hurricanes threaten, we typically fill our bathtubs with water In case the city water system is contaminated or if the water pipes to our house are cut off. 

We also buy a few gallons of bottled water for drinking purposes.  After experiencing several hurricanes, where we had no water or electricity for weeks at a time, we realized that our bathtub doesn’t hold water for much longer than 1 day. 

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Michael Cohen, the inventor of the Polar Band-it ^TM tells his story:

“Growing up in upstate New York for most of my life, I was accustomed to using a variety of different cold weather garments.

For headgear, I would typically use the conventional ski masks and such that were available. I found that they were sufficient for warmth, but they lacked convenience, style, and they weren’t at all “hair friendly”.

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Scientists in Germany have invented a bionic wireless eyeball that restores vision to the blind. Patients who have lost their vision due to retinal damage or disease can have their vision restored with the German bionic eyeball, according to a report in Sify News.

The bionic eyeball, which is a result of 12 years of research, is fully implantable. Scientists from Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems, located in the Duisburg region, say that this bionic visual prosthesis successfully bypasses a damaged retina.

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