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Is necessity the mother of Invention?

Invention is a Mother

An old saying goes, Necessity is the Mother of Invention.

Don’t miss Joe Aspler’s presentation August 14, right here on our website! Live on Zoom.

Or is it? The paths of modern civilization are strewn with the wreckage of failed inventions. Some were noble efforts that lost out to better or more versatile technologies. Some represented the expenditure of vast sums of money on products that make us say WTF were they even thinking? Some represented the wishful thinking of generations of SF fans and other futurists.

Zeppelins? Autogiros? Rocket packs? Flying cars? Fake leather? Zero calorie fat substitutes? Betamax?

In this talk, we will review some great and not-so-great inventions. Some we can look back on wistfully, and some with a giggle.

Theme of August 23rd Meeting

PAPER! Beautiful, ugly, unusual, PAPER!

Everyone has paper, bring in a scrap of something interesting, maybe something Keith can use in the stop motion project, and earn a participation point for the Christmas special draw.

(I wish I could be there, ‘cos, golly, do I have paper! Paper made with silk, flowers, timothy grasses, mulberry, –I’m hoping one day to get some of that paper made from elephant poop. Yes, it does exist, though I’m not sure why! –Origami Cathy)

August Impulse Now on Line

The August issue of Impulse is now available for download.  Click here.