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When seconds count SafeAwake smoke alarm aid gives you an edge

  Saving lives when fire strikes.           

In addition to conventional smoke alarms, tactile response is proven more effective in saving lives. SafeAwake is designed to work in conjunction with a functioning traditional smoke alarm by adding a flashing light and a loud, low frequency audible sound that even the hearing impaired may hear. It also sets off a motorized bed shaker that literally pulls each and every sleeper from deep slumber; and warns them of smoke and possible fire.

When seconds could mean the difference between life and death, the SafeAwake provides a significant edge for you and your family.

SafeAwake is one of the featured exhibitors at the DaVinci Inventor Showcase, which takes place on Oct 13, 2012 at the Denver Merchandise Mart, so come can check out this and all the other amazing inventions!

Recently, company spokesman Timothy Shaffer took time to answer a few questions about safety for the deaf and hearing impaired, SBIR Grants and international patents…

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Breakthrough Thinking, Entertainment, Great New Product, Human Behavior, New Inventions

passwordsFAST will remember your passwords for you


How many times have you forgotten one of your numerous passwords? Do you groan every time a site requests a new password? Have you noticed that passwords are becoming more complex and much harder to remember? Here is a solution!

The device is called passwordsFAST. It is a cleverly created stand alone security device (the size of a credit card) that safely stores multiple passwords.

passwordsFAST is one of the featured exhibitors at the DaVinci Inventor Showcase, which takes place on Oct 13, 2012 at the Denver Merchandise Mart, so you can check out what all the buzz is about.

Inventor LeAnn Bell managed to free up some time recently to answer a few questions about the international struggle to remember passwords, selling millions of units worldwide and draining an IRA to fund the project…

 

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Breakthrough Thinking, Great New Product, Health & Fitness, Human Behavior, New Inventions, People Making a Difference

Wingman takes toilet seat design to the next level

Other seats don’t compete with the Wingman when you have any type of physical mobility issue.

Wingman is a state of the art toilet seat design that provides the broadest range of palming and grip surfaces. Designed as a companion aid in the most personal and private spaces, Wingman provides support to individuals who prefer to assist themselves to the best of their ability.
Wingman mounts as a common lavatory seat and performs as well or better for those preferring to use it in a conventional manner. However, for those who seek improved comfort and control Wingman offers intelligently place palming and grip surfaces supporting the user’s preferred methods of transferring to and from the seat.
The Wingman is one of the featured exhibitors at the DaVinci Inventor Showcase, which takes place on Oct 13, 2012 at the Denver Merchandise Mart.

Wingman inventor and designer Stephen Cowen recently took time to talk to us about defining his market, creating a revolutionary product design and 3D printer prototype design creation …

Analysis, Education, Health & Fitness, Historical Perspectives, Human Behavior, New Discoveries, Science & Technology News

The Truth About Semen

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Powerful things come in tiny packages.

A gentleman’s relish is the true water of life. A nice shot of semen allows a man to pass on a genetic code through the ages, offering the closest thing to eternal life humans are ever likely to achieve. But such wonders aren’t straightforward. In fact, semen is a wonderfully complex secretion, rich in evolutionary history and packed full of healthy chemicals. And actually, there’s far more to it than sperm alone…

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Analysis, Human Behavior, Money Talk, Science & Technology News

More money makes people less human: Study

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Psychology has only recently begun seriously investigating how having money, that major marker of status in the modern world, ­affects psychosocial behavior.

At the University of California, Berkeley two undergraduate students are playing a Monopoly game that one of them has no chance of winning. A team of psychologists has rigged it so that skill, brains, savvy, and luck—those ingredients that ineffably combine to create success in games as in life—have been made immaterial. Here, the only thing that matters is money.

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Analysis, Business, facebook, Human Behavior, Internet, Science & Technology News

What Facebook knows about us and what will it do with all that data?

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Facebook’s insights on human behavior can give them new ways to cash in on our data—and remake our view of society.

Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, has said in public that if Facebook were a country its 900 million members would make it the third largest country in the world.

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Art, Breakthrough Thinking, Entertainment, Great New Product, Health & Fitness, Historical Perspectives, Human Behavior, Humor, New Discoveries

Play-a-Grill lets you hear music through your teeth

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Would you use a tongue-controlled MP3 grill?

Ever since Zeon took a hammer to my boombox, I haven’t been able to rock out to my favorite New Kids on the Block tunes at work. Aisen Caro Chacin’s invention may prove to be an acceptable alternative. Her tongue-controlled MP3 player uses the palate to carry sound to the ears…

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Business, Education, Human Behavior, New Viewpoints, People Making a Difference

Deadly Phrases In Business That Can Kill Success

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Language and emotion play a big roll in business success.

Did you ever stop and think about some of the words and phrases you use in your business communications everyday? And did you ever pause and truly think about what message you are conveying with your words and phrases. In today’s conversations, there are many words and phrases spoken without any real sensitivity to the “real message” they convey to the hearer. Many of these seem quite innocent and are probably thought to be inconsequential. Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach believes you would be at a strategic advantage in your business communications if you understand that there are some words and phrases that should be avoided. Here is a list of 8 phrases and Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach antidote to the deadly phrase…

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Analysis, Big Problems, Crazy Stuff, Globalism, government, Health & Fitness, Historical Perspectives, Human Behavior, New Viewpoints

How Private Is Your DNA?

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How is my DNA NOT private?

Unlike the contents of your inbox, bank statement, or Facebook timeline, your DNA quite literally defines you. It’s strange, then, that in an age where sequencing the genome is becoming trivial, we don’t give a second thought about the privacy issues surrounding the chemicals that make us who we are.

In fact, most states in the US have absolutely no laws whatsoever to govern surreptitious genetic testing. If that surprises you, it gets worse. Back in 2006, the particularly forward-thinking state of Minnesota passed a law demanding that written consent had to be obtained for collection, storage, use, and sharing of genetic information. In 2011, however, the Minnesota Supreme Court judged that the state’s own department of health was in violation of that very law.

So, quite literally millions of US citizen have their DNA records stored on databases, and there are few laws governing what’s done with the data. Something has to be done about that—but it’s not necessarily as easy as it sounds.

Clamp down on DNA privacy…

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Analysis, Business, Culture, Human Behavior, Latest Trend

Women held back from advancement in the workplace by colleagues’ wives

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Only 28% of men, compared with 49% of women, see gender bias as still prevalent in the workplace.

There hasn’t been much progress for women seeking top leadership roles in the workplace in the past decade.  The percentages of women running large companies, or serving as managing partners of their law firms, or sitting on corporate boards have barely budged even though female graduates continue to pour out of colleges and professional schools.

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Analysis, Brain, Breakthrough Thinking, DIY, Education, Health & Fitness, Historical Perspectives, Human Behavior

Why Creative People Are Eccentric

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Dean Kamen on his Ibot invention.

He is one of the world’s best known and most successful entrepreneurs, with hundreds of patents to his name—including the Segway scooter. But you will never see Dean Kamen in a suit and tie: the eccentric inventor dresses almost exclusively in denim. He spent five years in college before dropping out, does not take vacations and has never married. Kamen presides (along with his Ministers of Ice Cream, Brunch and Nepotism) over the Connecticut island kingdom of North Dumpling, which has “seceded” from the U.S. and dispenses its own currency in units of pi. Visitors are issued a visa form that includes spaces on which to note identifying marks on both their face and buttocks…

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