Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| 20080304143 | Mini-scope for multi-directional imaging A mini-scope for multi-directional imaging is disclosed. The mini-scope includes an elongated mini-scoped body. An emissions aperture is disposed on the distal end of the elongated mini-scope body, which can be configured to emit a beam of optical energy propagating thr... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20070053056 | Viewing device with orientating imaging device The invention relates to the provision of an optical device having first and second viewing passages which are selectively spaced apart to suit the interocular distance between a user's eyes. The device also included at least one image capturing device to allow a digita... | 03/08/2007 |
