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Drum-tensioning device: Two years before he died, Brando filed for a patent on a way of adjusting the tuning on a drum. He coulda been an inventor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 22, 2007 | 1/11/2007 | See Source »

...FRANKLIN WERE ON E! It turns out famous folks invent more than their images. Thanks to a new patent search engine on Google, you can now unearth the unsung Thomas Edisons of the entertainment world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 22, 2007 | 1/11/2007 | See Source »

Antigravity illusion: To duplicate onstage an effect from his 1988 Smooth Criminal video, the singer created shoes that pitch the wearer forward 45º. Guess someone else got the patent on that whole one-glove thing first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 22, 2007 | 1/11/2007 | See Source »

...struck by a strong case of Nativity naïveté, I regret to inform you of the existence of this newsletter, and I offer you my apologies. But, for your own good, you must know that because of it, many, and probably most, Christmas cards are rife with patent falsehoods, half-truths, and distortions...

Author: By Charles R. Drummond iv | Title: A White (Lie) Christmas | 12/6/2006 | See Source »

...having been developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The article called NASA and Honeywell the "inventor," however, apparently referring to the 16-min. film Footprints, the latest visual display developed for this platform. We feel this is confusing. NOAA is the inventor and holder of the patent for Science on a Sphere. The technology is a significant and dramatic way to represent the world and aspects of the global environment. NOAA scientist Alexander MacDonald conceived of Science on a Sphere and developed it into a new kind of visual experience that is making its way into science...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 11, 2006 | 12/3/2006 | See Source »

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