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...above, and partly because for centuries we have lived in a directionless culture of scarcity. At no time was there either need or resources available to share the intellectual wealth beyond a select few. There was no point, for instance, in teaching literacy to the masses without an adequate number of printing presses to provide them with texts. In any case, prior to the Age of Exploration and the Industrial Revolution, there would have been little a literate majority could have done job-wise. Innovation has, all along, been an elite-driven, top-down thing. For much of history...
Indeed, MacCready thinks that a number of legged devices could be more efficient than wheels for moving about. "You could make a wheelchair that can go up and down stairs," he muses...
...nature of the industry. Mahaffey's case was not unusual. Consumers have to do their homework." She says that of the 5,324 clients the company represented from 1997 to 1999, only 11 had made more money than they invested. Consumer advocates say even that number is inflated. While no one questions the risks inherent in developing a new invention, experts say the odds shouldn't be that low. In 1996 federal authorities forced ISC, which has more than 70 offices worldwide, to return $1.2 million to clients for allegedly making false claims to them. The firm is also facing...
When the lights came back on, so did Mahaffey's television. Lo and behold, right there on the screen was an ad with a toll-free number for Invention Submission Corp., the nation's largest patent broker and promotion company. He picked up the phone and dialed...
MISSIVES TO MRS. The IRS is sending letters to 2.4 million Americans because the name on their income tax return does not match their Social Security number. Most of the cases involve women who changed their name after marriage and are filing a joint return. If you receive a letter and don't want a personal exemption or the earned-income tax credit withheld next year, start digging for that marriage license or obtain a certified copy from the municipality where you married. Then contact your local Social Security office by calling...