Wide Angle: Invention Engines
Necessity is the Mother of invention, but people get their inspiration from other places, too. In this Wide Angle, we explore the people and the places that turn inspiration into innovation.
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Who Invented the Toilet?
Flush what you've heard; it wasn't Thomas Crapper.
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The Way of the Master Inventor
Each year, IBM asks a small group of employees to join the ranks of Master Inventor. To date This elite group of people invents and mentor others to invent. Tracy Staedter chats with Andy Stanford-Clark, one such person.
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'Crowd Sourcing' Taps the Masses for Solutions
Crowdsourcing taps the world's wisdom, in the place of traditional research and development, via the Internet and social networking.
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Da Vinci's Inventions
Leonardo da Vinci was famously fascinated with translating nature's inventiveness into human technology. This slideshow presents sketches and prototypes of machines and devices he imagined.
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Solar Engine Whips Waste Heat Into Power
A new engine with no moving parts has been shown to convert waste heat and concentrated solar energy into electricity better than conventional solar panels.
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