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2002 Best Inventions

post #1 of 6
1/10/03 at 11:57pm
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<a href="http://www.time.com/time/2002/inventions/toc.html" target="_blank">http://www.time.com/time/2002/inventions/toc.html</a>

Some really interesting things there.

I wish I was this smart:

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When high school student Ryan Patterson, 18, saw a deaf woman trying to order food at a Burger King, he had a eureka moment: Why not create a device that translates sign language into text? Armed with that idea and a leather golf glove, Patterson created a device that senses its wearer's hand movements and transmits them wirelessly to a tiny handheld monitor, where they appear as words. The device won Patterson a top prize at the Siemens Westinghouse Science and Technology Competition.
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post #2 of 6
1/10/03 at 11:59pm
That "Phone Tooth" scares the hell out of me. I don't like answering my phone as is, now i'm gonna have people ringing up my ear? Forget that!
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post #3 of 6
1/11/03 at 12:04am
That's one smart kid!
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post #4 of 6
1/11/03 at 12:06am
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This is a great one too:

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Singles bars have never been risk free, but so-called date-rape drugs give you one more reason to be cautious. After a friend was attacked by a man who may have spiked her drink, Francisco Guerra developed a cardboard drink coaster that can identify two of the most popular date-rape drugs: gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) and ketamine. Just place a drop of liquid on the coaster, and rub it in with your finger. If the spot turns blue, toss that cocktail. Fifteen million of these coasters have already been distributed; look for them at 7-Elevens around Christmastime.

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post #5 of 6
1/11/03 at 1:51am
That's funny. Instead of making them available in bars and nightclubs, they distribute them in convenience stores.

There can't be THAT many spiked Slurpees.
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post #6 of 6
1/11/03 at 11:29pm
Maybe not in Miami, but up here in Oregon its all the rage.
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