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...prototypical lone inventor," he says. "I have a studio in my home, and I test all my devices in great secrecy...

Author: By Rebecca W. Carman, | Title: From Flying Cars to Expanding Minds | 3/4/1987 | See Source »

...years, the visiting lecturer in the Visual and Environmental Studies department has been a practicing inventor, devising creations ranging from flying automobiles to egg-shaped rocking capsules...

Author: By Rebecca W. Carman, | Title: From Flying Cars to Expanding Minds | 3/4/1987 | See Source »

...Carpenter Center featured a collection of the inventor's works last fall. And in 1982, the Boston Museum of Science displayed a full exhibit of his inventions, which include car mirrors that eliminate blind spots, roller skates that can be used on rough surfaces and flying windmills...

Author: By Rebecca W. Carman, | Title: From Flying Cars to Expanding Minds | 3/4/1987 | See Source »

...problem with being an independent inventor," says Cudmore, "is that once you make something, you never know how well it will do. It's completely out of your hands." Patents are expensive, ranging in price from...

Author: By Rebecca W. Carman, | Title: From Flying Cars to Expanding Minds | 3/4/1987 | See Source »

...dropped architecture, opting instead for the life of an inventor. "Inventing allows you to more perfectly solve problems, without compromising at all," he says. "Also, it provides direct contact with basic physical principles...

Author: By Rebecca W. Carman, | Title: From Flying Cars to Expanding Minds | 3/4/1987 | See Source »

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