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Inventing Away in August

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Inventing-Away-in-August-.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 8/7/2006 Inventing Away in August Transcript It’s National Inventors’ Month, and my guess is that’s because August is the peak month for vacations. And if you’re not traveling, it’s the perfect time for fixing things, which always means improvising, and that, as we know, […]

The Engine of Invention

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Engine-of-Invention.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 8/11/2003 The Engine of Invention Transcript We Americans pride ourselves on being a nation of tinkerers, folks who always seemed to be out in the barn inventing things — like the telephone, airplanes, or the computer. To spark this inventive spirit in young people, […]

Inventions

It's National Inventors' Month, and this has Shelley Fraser Mickle inspired and inventing.