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12-year-old Bay Area boy invents 3-D printed device to limit spread of COVID-19, sells hundreds online
KTVU Fox 2 ^ | Debora Villalon

Posted on 05/10/2020 8:59:05 AM PDT by willk

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To: HypatiaTaught

If it were copper it would kill everything.


21 posted on 05/10/2020 9:38:03 AM PDT by DariusBane (Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
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To: conservative98

I call mine “My Hoodie Sleeve”.

Helpful tip; when opening doors, always pick the door less used, evident by the wear on the metal or paint.

There are more righties than lefties and the left door will always be the one less touched.


22 posted on 05/10/2020 9:57:54 AM PDT by Salamander (Flying Colours....)
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To: willk

thats pretty slick ... think i’ll make one out of wood on my bandsaw ...


23 posted on 05/10/2020 10:01:24 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Salamander

Also if someone holds the door open for you and you have to grab it, grab it way up high where nobody touches.


24 posted on 05/10/2020 10:11:13 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Yep.

I’m the queen of opening doors oddly.

Always have been.

I really like push doors so I can shove them open with my butt.

:D


25 posted on 05/10/2020 10:23:29 AM PDT by Salamander (Flying Colours....)
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To: willk

What a kid! I wish him great success! His parents should be applauded as well.


26 posted on 05/10/2020 10:28:13 AM PDT by Nevadan
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To: willk

Yet, you handle the now infected hook with your bare hands. Just wear gloves.


27 posted on 05/10/2020 11:20:36 AM PDT by bgill (Idiots. CDC site doesn't recommend wearing a mask to protect from COVID-19)
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To: willk

An invention is needed for those infernal ball-shaped doorknobs. They are much worse than handles. Hard to grip, and you must grasp them with force, pushing the germs and viruses deeper into your skin.

I’m surprised that people as intelligent as Fauci haven’t called for the immediate replacement of doorknobs with handles.

I take paper towels with me when I go out.


28 posted on 05/10/2020 11:30:30 AM PDT by I want the USA back (I fear my government more than the bug. I hate that which makes me afraid. And the media.)
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To: willk

It is a nice feel good story. Another home schooler ... Since he’s a Californian, I hope he’s a smart teen (aka a Conservative Teen).


29 posted on 05/10/2020 11:48:47 AM PDT by ConservaTeen (WFLA's Jack Harris: Brooklyn is missing their village idiot. Right you are, Jack.)
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To: willk
He should have added finger loops so it can double as plastic knuckle.


30 posted on 05/10/2020 11:50:25 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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Yet, you handle the now infected hook with your bare hands. Just wear gloves.
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It claims to be antimicrobial. The kid anticipated this.

https://www.safetouchprohandle.com/


31 posted on 05/10/2020 1:09:58 PM PDT by KittyKares (Drain the Swamp)
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To: willk

“”I wanted to make sure it was good for the environment and the virus can’t survive on it,””

And he proved that HOW?


32 posted on 05/10/2020 2:56:39 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: lee martell

It says the boy has patented this item. Last time I checked, I thought it was a pretty big expense getting a patent. I had invented a couple items I thought might sell, but was held back because of the cost of the patent. There are those companies that advertise they will buy your inventions, but what I can see, don’t even waste your time with these, unless your invention is patented.....and then, only then, maybe.


33 posted on 05/10/2020 5:52:48 PM PDT by oldtech
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I have never developed any idea that far. How much would you expect an invention similar to this would cost to patent?


34 posted on 05/10/2020 5:56:37 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: lee martell

I could have “invented” the Pet Rock...but I didn’t.


35 posted on 05/10/2020 5:58:16 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Mar's isn't a place to raise your kid...)
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Those were fun, fun to look at in their little cardboard boxes. I never purchased one. They came out about the same time the Chia Plants were introduced.

Around 3 years ago, there was a simple spinning toy introduced on the market. This toy became immensely popular with both children and adults. Some sort of spinner.
The name eludes me. Anyhow, you don’t hear much about them anymore.


36 posted on 05/10/2020 6:07:57 PM PDT by lee martell
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I bot a Obama Chia pet.....

Gave it to a friend of mine....a VERY Conservative guy.

Can't tell you what we ended up doing with it...when all the "hair" died.

37 posted on 05/10/2020 8:34:27 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Mar's isn't a place to raise your kid...)
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