"Invent Help" Invention Newsletter - December 2009

TIME Magazine's Best Inventions of the Decade

Strap yourselves in for a reality check, Invention Community: the decade is almost over! Every year since 2001, InventHelp has been looking forward to TIME Magazine's Best Inventions of the Year list. On the eve of 2010, InventHelp would like to take you on a stroll down memory lane by revisiting TIME Magazine's Best Inventions of the past decade.

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Nolan Bushnell, "Father of the Video Game Industry," Is INPEX® 2010 Keynote Speaker

Atari... Chuck E. Cheese's... for many of us at InventHelp, this is the stuff of childhood dreams. For that, we have inventor and technology pioneer Nolan Bushnell to thank, and InventHelp is excited to announce that Mr. Bushnell is our INPEX 2010 Keynote Speaker! Come hear Nolan Bushnell at the INPEX Inventors University™, Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 10:00am.

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How was the toy train set invented?

Joshua Lionel Cowen originally designed a miniature train set as a retail window decoration. When people asked to buy the train instead of the window merchandise, he decided to go into business selling train sets. In 1900, Cowen founded Lionel Toy Trains, which still produces the staple American toy.

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