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...house on a street off the Strand near Trafalgar Square. The house's interior is handsome but spare, reflecting the thrifty nature of the man who popularized the proverb, "A penny saved is a penny earned." On Jan. 17, the 300th anniversary of Franklin's birth, the famed inventor-diplomat's sole surviving home will open to the public...
...word came to hundreds of manufacturers via a seven-page letter authored by Gordon "Grubby" Clark, the 72-year-old co-inventor of the foam board and cutthroat founder of the Orange County, California company that long ago drowned out most competitors and shrewdly monopolized its niche. Admitting that his company's use of the carcinogenic toluene diisocyanate, or TDI, is a highly regulated potential health hazard, Clark cited threats of "very large fines, civil lawsuits, and even time in prison" as reasons for the closure...
...sent to Mt. Auburn hospital after slipping on the ice. The injuries were not life-threatening, but will put the firefighters out of commission for weeks. Neighbors expressed shock at the tragedy. “It was very cold that night,” said neighbor Martin Annis, an inventor who owns the Cambridge-based AnnisTech. “At the beginning of the fire it was sort of smoking and then later on it flared up. There must have been eight or 10 trucks there. Nobody dreamed there was anyone inside.” Both the fire department...
Roll and Rock Inventor: Yamano Music Availability: Soon, about $160 To Learn More: www.yamano-music.com Traveling musicians, rejoice! With keys just an eighth of an inch thick, the 2-lb., 61-key Hand Roll Piano rolls up like a blanket and spreads out to about 3 ft. in length. Incorporating technology used in remote-control buttons and touch panels, the silicone-rubber keyboard, which has a built-in speaker, can be played for up to 15 hours on four AA batteries. But it's no lightweight. The Hand Roll comes with a set of 128 tones (from acoustic piano to bird...
...Being an inventor has never been easy -- just ask anyonewho's spent a lifetime chasing the next great brainstorm. But when you dream up something truly grand, it can make all the false starts and trial runs worth the trouble. For proof of that, you need merely ask the creators of the 40 examples of inventive genius featured in this week's issue. TIME has spent more than six months surveying fields as diverse as electronics, aeronautics, medical technology, sports equipment, toys, clothing and food looking for the newest--and most inspired--ideas of the year...