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  2. Shigeru Ban - Wikipedia

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    It was donated (deconstructed and moved) to Taiwan in 2005. Shigeru Ban (坂 茂, Ban Shigeru, born 5 August 1957)[ 2] is a Japanese architect, known for his innovative work with paper, particularly recycled cardboard tubes used to quickly and efficiently house disaster victims. Many of his notable designs are structures which are temporary ...

  3. Why Republicans Are Wearing Fake Ear Bandages - AOL

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    Attendees sporting bandaged ears at the Republican National Convention. Getty Images. Joe Neglia, a delegate from Tempe, Ariz., told Fox News on Tuesday that he had the idea of making his own ear ...

  4. Image intensifier - Wikipedia

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    An image intensifier or image intensifier tube is a vacuum tube device for increasing the intensity of available light in an optical system to allow use under low-light conditions, such as at night, to facilitate visual imaging of low-light processes, such as fluorescence of materials in X-rays or gamma rays (X-ray image intensifier), or for conversion of non-visible light sources, such as ...

  5. Joseph Gayetty - Wikipedia

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    Joseph C Gayetty [disputed – discuss]. Joseph C. Gayetty (c.1827 – May 2, 1895) was an American inventor credited with the invention of commercial toilet paper. [1] [2] [3] It was the first and remained only one of the few commercial toilet papers from 1857 to 1890 remaining in common use until the invention of splinter-free toilet paper in 1935 by the Northern Tissue Company.

  6. Japanese architect brings example of 'paper tube home' to Maui

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    Dec. 12—A renowned Japanese architect has brought an example of a quick-build home for displaced fire survivors to Maui. A renowned Japanese architect has brought an example of a quick-build ...

  7. A Cheaper Alternative to Tissues -- Savings Experiment - AOL

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    First, take a roll of toilet paper and cut down the length of the cardboard center with your scissors. Remove the tube. Take an empty square tissue box and cut three sides along the bottom. Pull ...

  8. Geissler tube - Wikipedia

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    A Geissler tube is a precursor to modern gas discharge tubes, demonstrating the principles of electrical glow discharge, akin to contemporary neon lights, and central to the discovery of the electron. [ 1]: 67 This device was developed in 1857 by Heinrich Geissler, a German physicist and glassblower. A Geissler tube is composed of a sealed ...

  9. Water bead-related emergency room visits increased ... - AOL

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    Of the total patient data analyzed in the study, each child under 5 that had been admitted to the ER because of water beads did so because they ingested the products.