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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 2002
Page
12
Yale students loved Joseph Frisbee's pies and even his pie tins. Tossing tins became common and risky until a safer plastic version emerged. In memory of the tins, he named the toy the Frisbee disc, turning a kitchen item into a sport memorabilia.
A tale of 11 year old George Nissen who watched circuses and imagined a bouncing table. After 12 years he built a working device named trampoline from trampolin meaning springboard, transforming backyard play and gym use with a springy netted platform.
A playful fusion pairs two unrelated news items in a create‑your‑own invention concept. One fragment centers on a city cleanup grant, the other notes a vintage radio club meeting. Combining civic care with retro tech yields a portable solar charger powered radio scavenger kit.
CMCC ev il Strauss arrived amid the Rush to find a market for canvas cloth to miners. He planned to sell tents and wagon covers but notes miners also need pants.
A scratched school project shows students proposing inventions from a tiny environmental funnel to a self driving clothes robot named Clothy and a water powered car. Other ideas include a remote finder beeper, a home hair cutting machine, and a dream machine that records dreams.
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