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  1. Overlooked No More: Beulah Henry, Inventor With an Endless Imagination - She was so prolific — reimagining things as varied as toys, typewriters, umbrellas and ic... - nytimes.com/2025/03/14/obituar #typewritersandtypewriting #biographicalinformation #henrybeulah(1887-1973) #inventionsandpatents #newyorkcity #umbrellas #dolls #toys

  2. Remo Saraceni, 89, Dies; Inventor of the Walking Piano Seen in ‘Big’ - His keyboard, which became famous after Tom Hanks melodiously hopped on it, displayed Mr.... - nytimes.com/2024/06/14/technol #inventionsandpatents #deaths(obituaries) #remosaraceni #big(movie) #faoschwarz #hankstom #movies #pianos #toys

  3. Should You Use an Anti-Wrinkle Straw? - Another solution to a problem we didn’t know we had. - nytimes.com/2024/04/15/style/s #inventionsandpatents #tiktok(bytedance) #straws(drinking) #lips(bodypart) #lipzi

  4. Overlooked No More: Ángela Ruiz Robles, Inventor of an Early E-Reader - Long before Kindles and iPads became popular, Ruiz Robles, a teacher, created her Mechani... - nytimes.com/2023/11/10/obituar #ruizroblesangela(1895-1975) #teachersandschoolemployees #biographicalinformation #inventionsandpatents #deaths(obituaries) #e-booksandreaders #spain

  5. The Brilliant Inventor Who Made Two of History’s Biggest Mistakes - A century ago, Thomas Midgley Jr. was responsible for two phenomenally destructive innova... - nytimes.com/2023/03/15/magazin #oil(petroleum)andgasoline #inventionsandpatents #chlorofluorocarbons #internal-sub-only #needlemanherbertl #columbus(ohio) #wrightorville #automobiles #frigidaire #chemistry #dupontco #ozone #lead

  6. What Happened to All of Science’s Big Breakthroughs? - A new study finds a steady drop since 1945 in disruptive feats as a share of the world’s ... - nytimes.com/2023/01/17/science #scienceandtechnology #inventionsandpatents #your-feed-science #nature(journal) #innovation #research

  7. A New Puzzle Turns Earth Into a Rubik’s Cube, But More Complex - Continental Drift is one of Henry Segerman’s latest efforts to make mathematics “real.” - nytimes.com/2023/01/01/science #inventionsandpatents #your-feed-science #culture(arts) #mathematics #puzzles

  8. Herbert Deutsch, Co-Creator of the Moog Synthesizer, Dies at 90 - An experimental composer, Mr. Deutsch collaborated with Robert Moog to create the first s... - nytimes.com/2022/12/16/arts/mu #deutschherbert(1932-2022) #nineteenhundredsixties #inventionsandpatents #deaths(obituaries) #musicalinstruments #electronics #moogrobert #moogmusic #music

  9. Lenny Lipton, ‘Puff the Magic Dragon’ Lyricist and 3-D Film Pioneer, Dies at 82 - He used the royalties earned from the hit folk song to fund decades of research into ster... - nytimes.com/2022/10/21/arts/mu #peterpaulandmary(musicgroup) #inventionsandpatents #3-ddevicesandeffects #deaths(obituaries) #yarrowpeter #liptonlenny #folkmusic

  10. Nick Holonyak Jr., Pioneer of LED Lighting, Is Dead at 93 - He invented a visible red-light diode. His 41 patents also included lasers that enabled D... - nytimes.com/2022/09/30/science #laser(lightamplificationbystimulatedemissionofradiation) #universityofillinoisurbana-champaign #holonyakjr.nick(1928-2022) #light-emittingdiodes #inventionsandpatents #deaths(obituaries) #nobelprizes #innovation #lighting #physics

  11. Richard Tait, Co-Inventor of the Board Game Cranium, Dies at 58 - His decidedly eclectic board game became a familiar part of American family life in the l... - nytimes.com/2022/08/03/busines #inventionsandpatents #deaths(obituaries) #cranium(boardgame) #washington(state) #microsoftcorp #richardtait #games

  12. Dave Smith, Whose Synthesizers Shaped Electronic Music, Dies at 72 - His innovations included the first polyphonic, programmable synthesizer and the universal... - nytimes.com/2022/06/08/arts/mu #nineteenhundredeighties #smithdave(1950-2022) #inventionsandpatents #deaths(obituaries) #sequentialcircuits #musicalinstruments #popandrockmusic #synthesizers #midi

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