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Steven M. Johnson's Bizarre Invention #124: The Vanity Cycle
By Steven Johnson - December 5, 2018
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Sideline business as cartoonist specializing in quirky invention ideas since 1966. Author of 8 books: What the World Needs Now; Public Therapy Buses (two editions); Have Fun Inventing; Patent Depending: Vehicles;Patent Depending: Armbrella; Patent Depending: The Early Years; Patent Depending: A Collection; and Noodlings Coloring Book
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Personal power sethttp://solarray.blogspot.com/2018/09/personal-power-set.htmlI use a $10 solar light and charger for my bike light. It lives on my backpack in a clear plastic case ready for use at all times. It can also charge 3 volt appliances or charge small batteries. These things are made in mass commodity quantities now and will only become cheaper.PS: I know a BU professor who has a pedal powered desk to run his computer.!Report as spam
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George: Since I began my sideline venture in 1974 as an inventor of plausible/foolish products and systems, I have conceived and illustrated many human-powered products that are quite unnecessary. In my 1984 book, WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW, there was this manual garbage disposal device, for instance.
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