Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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Students at MIT developed a wristband that can regulate your “thermal comfort”, which could possibly eliminate the need for central heating and cooling.
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Scientists in the UK are creating a smartphone app that will enable users to test for STDs.
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The electric chair was invented by a dentist!
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The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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Kissenger is a pig-shaped robotic device that lets you kiss someone over the internet.
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All GPS units sold in the civilian market have to be programmed to deactivate themselves if they detect they are travelling faster than 1200 MPH or are above 60,000 feet in altitude to prevent them being used in intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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