Among this year's top inventions (press release) named by the History Channel are these two that look inspiring if not outright useful for our industry.
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"Robert P. Slager, Hearing Business Distributor, Portage, MI. Liperator: The Liperator increases the possibility for better understanding of a telephone conversation by a hard-of-hearing person through use of sound from the phone line to generate realistic lip movements viewed on a screen by the listener."
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"Robert E. Fischer, CEO, Optics One Incorporated, Westlake Village, CA. Light Pipe: A new flashlight innovation that behaves like a kaleidoscope, creating near perfect light uniformity at the output end of the pipe."
-- MAKE