Garage Inventors

Friday, January 25, 2008

All over the country, amazing science is happening without institutional or government funding. Matthew Cavnar talked to inventors in garages, basements, a Quonset hut, even NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab to see what home inventors are doing in the 21st century.

 

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Matthew Cavnar

Comments [3]

Jim Conniff from Eastern Seaboard of USA.

I knew our grandson would find not just the Next Big Thing but the Next Big Idea to Get in on the Ground Floor with. Bet he has already sewed it up tight.

Jan. 29 2008 06:50 PM
mick wiggins from berkeley CA

Excellent question--- and I want one, too.

Jan. 28 2008 02:41 PM
Constance Wiggins from Berkeley, CA

I don't understand why solid waste companies haven't hooked into the Windhexe?
It looks like the perfect answer. What's the downside?

Jan. 27 2008 01:33 PM

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