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In the years that Post-its have existed alongside laptops, there hasn’t been a single alternative to pasting the sticky papers around screen bezels. Right? Not quite, but no one told that to this contestant on ABC’s Shark Tank

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Paul Patone is an inventor who created a perfectly working engine that runs on 80% Mountain Dew 25 years ago. That was before he was framed by corrupt Utah officials and businesscrooks , after he refused to sell his patents

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Paul Patone is an inventor who created a perfectly working engine that runs on 80% Mountain Dew 25 years ago.

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The XCM Eye Candy case for the DSi comes in several tempting colors, but disassembling your machine to install one is only for those with a serious sweet tooth. [ Divineo via Technabob via Boing Boing Gadgets ]

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The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser. There’s a longer story you can read elsewhere, but actress Hedy Lamarr invented and patented a system to help prevent torpedoes from being jammed by using frequency hopping . Neither Hedy or her co-patenter made money from the invention because their patent expired before it was implemented in 1962, and wasn’t really acknowledged until 1997 by the EFF.

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Life can sure be confusing for a teenager in this fast-paced techno-world we live in. Without the proper guidance, a kid could find himself unplugging someone’s life support , or going to jail for borrowing the neighbor’s WiFi . Hell, if old man General Tommy Franks (retired) has his way you won’t even be able to hang out behind the Safeway and enjoy a six pack with your fellow juvenile delinquents without being tracked via GPS! So it warms our hearts when we do hear of a youngster that’s bucked the odds and done something constructive.

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