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    • Another Classic ‘Only In South Africa’ Moment As Shopping Trolley Replaces Wheel [Video]

      08 Nov 2021 by Tayla / No Comments

      A video doing the rounds on social media shows a motorist in a green Golf making a unique plan for one of their car’s missing back wheels.

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    • Five Of The Most Important Scientific Discoveries Made This Year

      28 Nov 2019 by Carrie / No Comments

      2019 has been a good year for scientists, who have made discoveries that have significantly expanded our understanding of Earth, the universe, and our place in it.

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    • Are You Still Using Spoons To Stir Things? Pfft, Get With The Programme [Video]

      10 May 2019 by Carrie / No Comments

      A designer named Scott Amron has created a thing that he says helps to further eliminate our dependence on single-use plastics, like coffee stirrers.

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    • 10 Odd Ideas That Made People Very, Very Rich

      22 Mar 2019 by Carrie / No Comments

      Some entrepreneurs struck gold with their weird and wonderful ideas for products. Here are 10 of the oddest inventions.

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    • Bill Gates Reckons These Tech Innovations Are Going To Change The World

      01 Mar 2019 by Carrie / No Comments

      Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates weighed in on the tech and scientific advances he believes will impact the world in 2019 and beyond.

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    • There Were Some Pretty Useless Gadgets At This Year’s Consumer Electronics Show [Videos]

      23 Jan 2019 by Carrie / No Comments

      Forget the stuff that’s going to advance society, because here’s a list of the most useless inventions on show at the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas.

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    • ‘Smell-O-Vision’ And Two Other Epic Film Industry Flops

      09 Mar 2018 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      The entertainment game is always looking for ways to improve, but over the years some innovations haven’t really panned out as they would have hoped.

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    • The Ridiculous Story Of How That Singing Fish Made $100 Million In A Year

      12 Jan 2018 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      If you’re looking for a little inspiration to see you through Friday, how about the story of how a simple novelty gift came to hang in the Oval Office.

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    • Four Unusual ‘Shark Tank’ Inventions That Have Been Surprisingly Successful

      03 Oct 2017 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments

      Ever watched ‘Shark Tank’ and wondered what happens to the products that are backed by the ‘sharks’? Well, here are a few of the most bizarre yet popular ones.

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    • Five Of Africa’s Most Innovative Inventions From The Past Year

      17 Jul 2017 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments

      While Africa may have a few hurdles to overcome, some locals are doing what they can to invent relevant and innovative solutions. Here are five we’re fond of.

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    • These Three Discoveries Actually Started Off As School Assignments

      11 May 2017 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Every teacher will tell you about the slog and grind of reading school assignments, but now and again something huge comes out of a student’s hard work.

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    • Woman Invents Playground Toy That Sells Millions – Doesn’t Have Patent – Doesn’t Make A Cent

      04 May 2017 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments

      It’s not often an invention becomes a roaring success, but when it does, there’s one thing you really want to get on pronto. Yeah, the patent.

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    • The Stories Behind Some Of The Best Designed Inventions Of All Time

      03 Apr 2017 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments

      Everything we make use of on a daily basis has some sort of story, but a few ‘simple’ products actually have pretty incredible tales to tell.

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    • Our Top 5 Favourite South African Inventions

      06 Jul 2016 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments

      South Africans are pretty on top of things when it comes to finding new ways and means to get the job done. Some of our inventions might surprise you.

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    • Mental: Amazon Launches Single-Item Buttons To Stick Around Your House

      01 Apr 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Amazon wants to be the place where you buy everything, and they’re not going to stop until it is. This makes the choice that much easier.

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    • Ok, These Are TIME Magazine’s Best Inventions For 2014

      25 Nov 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      TIME’s annual round-up of the best inventions, making the world a whole lot more fun and interesting for us all!

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    • TIME Magazine’s Best Inventions Of The Year Are…

      06 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      TIME Tech announced their Best Inventions of 2012 last week. The list, consisting of 25 items, contains everything from body armor for women, a civilisation starter kit, a motion-activated screwdriver, and a home HIV test kit.

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    • New Cardboard Bike Could Revolutionise Transport In Rural Africa

      16 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments

      I don’t like cyclists very much, I’ll be the first to tell you. But even I have to marvel at the ingenuity of this new Israeli invention. Amateur cyclist and Israeli inventor, Izhar Gafni, has created a bicycle made of cardboard – which could be the massive game changer for rural people who need to get from A to B.

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    • Awesome Digitalised Pop-Up Biography Of Oft Overlooked Inventor, Nikola Tesla [VIDEO]

      26 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment

      Nikola Tesla was one of greatest inventors of our time, most notably giving us alternative current electricity, which we still use every day. Modern-day illusionist and magician Marco Tempest recently paid homage to him with an amazing collaboration of analogue and digital technology, creating a futuristic pop-up book biography. Click through for the fascinating video.

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    • Inventions We’re Still Waiting For

      18 Oct 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment

      Remember watching Back to the Future and Terminator or RoboCop and thinking that one day you will have a flying car or cyborg abilities? Well what happened to these inventions exactly? And seriously, where are our jetpacks?

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