Show's gadgets buzz zip heal at Chicago shows
A rapid fire of innovations headline the National Plant Engineering and Maintenance Show and National Design Engineering Show in Chicago. Highlights include an electric bandage boosting healing by up to 30 percent, a 1.7 second door, a 64 pound car achieving 3803 miles per gallon, and a computerized elder care system that learns daily routines and calls for help if needed.
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Design News Magazine
Medical Monitoring Systems Inc
Madison
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Newman Owns Firm Raises Charity Funds Rapidly
Paul Newman and a partner say Newman's Own Inc. has earned nearly 4 million dollars in under three years with sales of over 15 million salad dressing bottles and 7 million jars of spaghetti sauce. The venture has donated to more than 80 charities including Sloane-Kettering Institute and the Detroit Institute for Children.
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Westport
Sloane-Kettering Institute
The
Detroit Institute For Children
Catholic Relief For Ethiopia
Little Sisters of the Poor
Maritime Center
Norwalk
Rattlesnake Roundup Draws Hunters From Across The World
SWEETWATER Texas AP more than six tons of diamondbacks were bagged at the 27th annual Rattlesnake Round-Up. Hunters from Canada and Spain joined West Texas participants. top prizes included a 69 inch snake and a team that gathered over 1 000 pounds. Officials logged 12 797 pounds from 572 hunters over three days. Snake handler Bill Ransberger said the catch barely dents the Western Diamondback population. No snakebites were reported during the event.
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Spain
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