PURE GENIUS From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: February 22, 2008 | Copyright 2008 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

This spring, America's National Inventors' Hall of Fame will confer its greatest honour on the men and women whose ingenuity has changed our lives. The creations may be familiar, but how much do we know about the people who gave them to us?

Walter Hunt

SAFETY PINS

Whether straining to preserve Elizabeth Hurley's modesty or puncturing the nose of a Mohawk-sporting punk rocker, the safety pin has enjoyed a uniquely colourful history.

The idea was born in 1849 when Hunt, a serial-patent-filing inventor from New York, had a "Eureka" moment while twisting a piece of wire in his workshop. After ...

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