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Steve Wozniak Honors Innovative Inventors

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the nice-thinking dept.

DigitalDame2 writes "Steve Wozniak, co-inventor of the Apple personal computer (along with Steve Jobs), hosted the first annual Modern Marvels Invent Now Challenge. Wozniak's favorite invention is one that shows where to clip your dog's claws without injuring the dog. The Strawjet, a creation that weaves straw left over from a harvest into building materials, won the grand prize."

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  1. Inventions by certel · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm down with the dog clipping invention. Man, has anyone hit the dogs skin under the nail? That thing bleeds FOREVER.

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  2. Re:Jobs is a salesman by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I guess you never bothered to read any of Steve Wozniak's books, and would prefer to invent history.

    Woz makes it clear in his writings that Woz was THE engineer behind the Apple I and II. Woz also made it clear that Jobs loved technology, could get down and dirty with a soldering iron, and had the ability to bring a successful product together.

    Woz was in his mid twenties at the time, and Jobs was in his late teens.

    To call Jobs a tag-a-long is not only demeaning; it is untrue according to the key people who were there. To label Jobs a mere marketeer or a salesman is a fantasy of those who are jealous of his capability and success.