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Subject: inventions discovered while awakening from sleep
Category: Science
Asked by: masterascetic-ga
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Posted: 09 Aug 2004 20:09 PDT
Expires: 08 Sep 2004 20:09 PDT
Question ID: 385688
I would like a list of 10 inventions(& their inventors) that were
"discovered" after awakening from a night of sleep (sometimes it is
said the inventions came to the inventors in a dream)

Thanks!
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Subject: Re: inventions discovered while awakening from sleep
Answered By: tutuzdad-ga on 09 Aug 2004 21:34 PDT
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Dear masterascetic-ga

Thank you for allowing me an opportunity to answer your interesting
question. Here are some lesser-known inventions that came in the form
of a dream:

PRICE TRAK
Inventor: Joel M. Marcum
?His inspiration for the design of his invention came to him by the
means in a dream.?
THE CORRECT AMOUNT PRICE TRAK
http://retail.press-world.com/v/8220.html
?The product came to him in a dream about three years ago.?
INVENTOR DREAMS UP PRICING SYSTEM
http://www.starbanner.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Site=OS&Date=20021231&Category=NEWS&ArtNo=212310003&Ref=AR&Profile=1009

The "HOOP HOOD" (As the name implies, the nylon cover fits over and
protects basketball goals the way car covers protect paint jobs.)
Inventor: Willie E. Jones III
?The invention that changed the life of Willie E. Jones III came to
him in a dream.?
HOOP DREAMS ? FARMVILLE ENTREPRENEUR EYES SUCCESS WITH HIS HOOP HOOD
HTTP://WWW.REFLECTOR.COM/NEWS/NEWSFD/AUTO/FEED/NEWS/2004/08/07/1091860716.18121.7471.5547.HTML;COXNETJSESSIONID=BY9ENV0EGB9QIYTPZPLXFENIGEAPAABHOKES51GHKX8HPDLSH1BG!-1743858841?URAC=N&URVF=10921077421590.23610657343240737

THE BIO-ENERGIZING ZAPPER (a device used to stop various diseases)
Inventor: Pastor Rully Taculod 
?The final "Inspiration" came to him in a dream?
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
http://www.maycozapper.org/

LANGUAGE: THE YUGTUN SCRIPT
Inventor: Uyaquk Neck (Grammatogenisist)
?The grandson of Uyaquk Neck, Paul Gregory, says that the inspiration
for theYugtun script invented by his grandfather came suddenly, in the
form of a dream, and that when his grandfather woke up, he discovered
that he had been writing in his sleep.?
UYAQUK NECK: GRAMMATOGENISIST
http://uyaquk.com/

THERMOSTAT LIGHT
Inventor: Jan Gilmer
?The inspiration for the light came to him in a dream nearly eight years ago?
LOCAL INVENTOR ENJOYS SUCCESS AFTER EIGHT YEARS OF PERSISTENCE
http://www.herald-journal.com/archives/2002/stories/invent.html

The brand name NIKE (SHOES)
Inventor: Jeff Johnson
?He was credited with coming up with the name Nike which came to him
in a dream after given the task by Phil when the rest of the executive
committee stalled on names like Coyote, Cougar and Dimension six.?
JEFF JOHNSON
http://www.borderclash.com/athlete-jjohnson.html

VIMY RIDGE MEMORIAL
Inventor/Designer: Walter Allward
?Walter Allward once said that his inspiration for the monument came
to him in a dream.?
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE VIMY RIDGE MEMORIAL
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=memorials/ww1mem/vimy/vmemory
  
THE GAS METER
Inventor: Sir Charles V. Boys
?The ideas and details of his invention came to him in a dream.?
GAS BILLS & THE DREAM
http://www.mindbodysoul.com/corpus/soul/dreams/stories/wk3.html


Other greater known inventions and discoveries:

?William Blake dreamt his brother showed him a new way of engraving copper.?

?Otto Leowi dreamt of how to prove that nervous impulses were chemical
rather than electrical. This led to his Nobel Prize.?

?Hilprecht had an amazing dream of the connection between two pieces
of agate which enabled him to translate an ancient Babylonian
inscription.?

?Elias Howe faced the problem of how to reproduce an effective sewing
machine. The major difficulty was the needle. He dreamt of natives
shaking spears with holes in their points. This led to the invention
of the Singer sewing machine.?
(see also INVENTION IN A DREAM http://www.avlispub.com/invention_in_a_dream.htm)


?Albert Einstein said that during adolescence he dreamt he was riding
a sled. It went faster and faster until it reached the speed of light.
The stars began to change into amazing patterns and colors, dazzling
and beautiful. His meditation on that dream throughout the years led
to the Theory of Relativity. ?

?German chemist Friedrich August Kekule von Stradovitz dreamt of a
snake-like arrangement of atoms. It was chasing and eating its own
tail, and forming a closed chain. This led him to discover that the
atoms of the benzene molecule are arranged in a circle, and not a
straight line, as first thought.?
(see also BENZENE http://www.phc.vcu.edu/Feature/oldfeature/benzene/ )

DREAM FACTS & QUOTES
http://www.geocities.com/koala3_2000/dreamfacts.html

?Physicist Neils Bohr visualized atomic structure when dreaming about
the sun and planets.?

?Medeleev saw the periodic table of elements roll out for him in a dream.?

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTUITION AND DREAMS
http://www.akashicuniversity.com/Classes/PSV209.htm


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Subject: Re: inventions discovered while awakening from sleep
From: willh-ga on 06 Oct 2004 12:53 PDT
 
Salvador Dali use to lie on his couch with a spoon in his hand.  He'd
situate himself so that just as he fell asleep the spoon would slip
from his hand and wake him. He. like others, discovered that waters
drawn from the imagination well and the dawn of conscious were
sweetest

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