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Take the Wacom Bamboo tablet, a contraption that allows you to enter pictures into your computer by drawing them on an electronic writing pad (Wacom.com; $79).
Pilates is booming (12 million people in the world do it, including Gwyneth Paltrow and Ryan Giggs), and Power Plate – a contraption that allows you to, painfully, accelerate the effect of crunches – is increasingly popular too.
But, inspired by the two-wheeled contraption that allows his crippled German shepherd to walk again (as one tear-jerking home video demonstrates), he takes a chance in the end.
Looking further afield, both in distance and eccentricity, the Malaysian entries include an invention to make cows more conspicuous at night and a complex gadget that finds the end of a roll of adhesive tape, while Adam Ben-Drof of New Zealand offers a contraption that allows bored or lonely goldfish "to roam freely on land" inside a tank with wheels.
From shoes complete with GPS programming to find your way home, to a nifty contraption that allows you to shake hands without getting all sweaty, Wilcox's everyday innovations are as unassuming as they are brilliant.
Nearly one year ago, we featured architectural designer Jisoo Han's navigational costume The Situationist Device, a mind-boggling wearable contraption that allows you to see behind you while walking facing forward.
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Mr. Holland also invented the Autobackgammon, a contraption that allowed players to play by themselves.
He simply dashed over to a trampoline where children were being strapped into a bungee-cord contraption that allowed them to leap high into the air.
Chinmoy was a fitness buff, and his followers constructed a contraption that allowed him to lift an elephant (as well as Nelson Mandela and Susan Sarandon — Chinmoy cultivated celebrities shamelessly).
She was "walking" down a hallway aided by this elaborate contraption that allowed her to be somewhat mobile.
Tech titan Elon Musk became the latest celebrity to complete the "ice bucket challenge" Saturday, aided by a delightful contraption that allowed his five sons to dump water on him simultaneously.
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