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Re:Teen invents a system to keep germs from spreading on air... by wrsh07 on Tuesday May 19, 2015 @02:17PM (#9572056)
Extremely unlikely. No one did it because no one thought of it. His solution is cheap and reasonably effective.
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Re:Teen invents a system to keep germs from spreading on air... by TheGRS on Tuesday May 19, 2015 @02:53PM (#9572263)
Pretty much the equivalent of those cardboard holders you get with a cup of Starbucks coffee. Extremely simple idea, some guy just happened to think of it and run with it. Just a reminder that there is plenty of room left in the world for simple inventions and solutions to common problems.
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