Resolutions, Popular Science Invention Awards

By definition a resolution is a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner. Author and journalist Eric Zorn said that “Those who refuse to make New Year's resolutions because they always break them anyway miss the point. Making resolutions is a cleansing ritual of self-assessment and repentance that demands personal honesty and, ultimately, reinforces humility. Breaking them is part of the cycle.”

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Popular Science Magazine is looking for products that come from the passionate drive of independent inventors, not those born in the R&D labs of universities and corporations. PopSci editors will pick 10 inventions that best represent the spirit of homegrown ingenuity and solve real-world problems in a practical and innovative way. All entries must be received by Feb 1, 2008.

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Find out what famous event happened today in history concerning in patents, trademarks, or copyrights. What famous inventor has the same birthday as you or what invention was created on that day.

Did you know that on January 1 1982 the famous inventor Vladimir Zworykin died? Zworykin was the Russian engineer who invented the cathode-ray tube. Russian inventor, Vladimir Zworykin invented the cathode-ray tube called the kinescope in 1929. The kinescope tube was sorely needed for the advancement of television. Photo: Vladimir Zworykin LOC