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Ron Popeil dead at 86, May he RIP

An award-winning engineer has developed a new technology that could draw deadly infections such as malaria and sepsis from the body using magnets. ================================================================ George Frodsham designed the blood filtering system whilst studying how magnetic nanoparticles can bind to cells to make them detectable during imaging. He realized that if the nanoparticles can be made to magnetize cells so that they show up on scanners, it should also be possible to use them to draw cells from the blood. “In theory, you can go after almost anything” Theoretically, any bacteria, virus, or blood cancer, such as leukemia, could be bound...

LOS ANGELES — Veg-O-Matic king Ron Popeil used to love to say, "But wait, there's more!" But only barely, it turns out, at least in regard to the company he founded. Ronco Corp., based in Simi Valley has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, declaring it has $32.7 million in debts and $13.9 million in assets. Popeil, 72, an irrepressible pitchman who used infomercials to sell products such as the Pocket Fisherman, Showtime Rotisserie and GLH spray-on hair, is the largest creditor. Two years ago, he sold Ronco, the company he founded in 1958. The price was about $55 million...

NEW YORK, NY, United States (UPI) -- U.S. entrepreneur Ron Popeil says he has made more than $100 million selling spray-on hair, his rotisserie and the Pocket Fisherman on infomercials. 'I`ve been on TV every day for the past seven years; in those years, I`ve spent more than $300 million on air time for my rotisserie alone,' he told the December issue of FHM. 'My best sales hour was probably $500,000 on (cable`s) QVC. The numbers for selling retail on TV are much larger than wholesale. Sell $7 million rotisseries with a retail price of $200 and you`ve got a...