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  • #5672
    s7ryf3925pivug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,999 ✭✭✭s7ryf3925pivug


    Kolido wrote: »
    Is he best known for any of the above?
    14. yes


  • #5673
    Kolido
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,441 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    Ohhh. Getting somewhere. Just musing, wonder could it be that guy who landed in the river in ny?


  • #5674
    s7ryf3925pivug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,999 ✭✭✭s7ryf3925pivug


    second hint - look over question 12 and its answer.


  • #5675
    Chancer3001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,480 ✭✭✭Chancer3001


    dont think that pilot was a ceo at any stage tho


  • #5676
    Kolido
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,441 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    Chancer3001 wrote: »
    dont think that pilot was a ceo at any stage tho

    Yeah just checked and cant see anything about ceo either. The 2nd hint I thought maybe magician, but that might be covered in entertainment and it wouldnt make sense for answer 14.


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  • #5677
    PhuckHugh22
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 471 ✭✭PhuckHugh22


    According to his wikipedia he has.

    "In 2007,[13] he became the founder and CEO of Safety Reliability Methods, Inc. (SRM), a firm providing strategic and tactical guidance to enhance organizational safety, performance, and reliability."

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesley_Sullenberger


  • #5678
    s7ryf3925pivug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,999 ✭✭✭s7ryf3925pivug


    clue #3 - answered no to military.


  • #5679
    munster87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,512 ✭✭✭munster87


    Would he be classed as an inventor?


  • #5680
    s7ryf3925pivug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,999 ✭✭✭s7ryf3925pivug


    munster87 wrote: »
    Would he be classed as an inventor?
    15. Yes he's an inventor.


  • #5681
    munster87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,512 ✭✭✭munster87


    Musing, Tony Fadell, is he a billionaire?


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  • #5682
    tusk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,920 ✭✭✭tusk


    Chris hadfield?


  • #5683
    s7ryf3925pivug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,999 ✭✭✭s7ryf3925pivug


    tusk wrote: »
    Chris hadfield?
    16. no


  • #5684
    s7ryf3925pivug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,999 ✭✭✭s7ryf3925pivug


    clue 4: You will know of some of his inventions even if you don't know of him.


  • #5685
    sKeith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,404 ✭✭✭✭sKeith


    summary

    north American male inventor, at least 45 and at most 85, so born between 1934 and 1974,
    Not in fields or entertainment, sports or science.
    Not a billionaire.
    Is ceo or founder of a company which is not a fortune 500 company.

    We may not know this person, but we most likely know things that he invented.


  • #5686
    Chancer3001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,480 ✭✭✭Chancer3001


    Musing

    That Dyson lad?


  • #5687
    sKeith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,404 ✭✭✭✭sKeith


    James Dyson, british inventor.

    Here and here
    is a list of american inventors.

    Males born between born between 1934 and 1974 is what we have at moment to narrow that list.


  • #5688
    Kolido
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,441 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    Could be Canadian


  • #5689
    Chancer3001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,480 ✭✭✭Chancer3001


    Maybe we should try narrow down what he invented


  • #5690
    s7ryf3925pivug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,999 ✭✭✭s7ryf3925pivug


    I guess wikipedia doesn't use semantic linking then. Gonna say if he's not on those lists it's an oversight by the authors and not because he's an obscure figure


  • #5691
    munster87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,512 ✭✭✭munster87


    Kamryn Bitter Gingersnap wrote: »
    clue 4: You will know of some of his inventions even if you don't know of him.

    So he has multiple inventions, this could help. Was thinking of someone but would be a big push to know more than one of his inventions.


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  • #5692
    Chancer3001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,480 ✭✭✭Chancer3001


    You'd assume it has to be electronic or technical inventions giving his age profile .

    Likes of elon musk is too wealthy. Not too many other famous inventors still alive that immediately spring to mind for me


  • #5693
    munster87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,512 ✭✭✭munster87


    Chancer3001 wrote: »
    You'd assume it has to be electronic or technical inventions giving his age profile .

    Likes of elon musk is too wealthy. Not too many other famous inventors still alive that immediately spring to mind for me

    The one I was thinking of was Dean Kamen


  • #5694
    s7ryf3925pivug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,999 ✭✭✭s7ryf3925pivug


    munster87 wrote: »
    The one I was thinking of was Dean Kamen
    I think most people would be familiar with at least two of his inventions Drug infusion pumps are ubiquitous now and most people know what a segway is.


  • #5695
    munster87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,512 ✭✭✭munster87


    Kamryn Bitter Gingersnap wrote: »
    I think most people would be familiar with at least two of his inventions Drug infusion pumps are ubiquitous now and most people know what a segway is.

    Is it Dean Kamen?


  • #5696
    s7ryf3925pivug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,999 ✭✭✭s7ryf3925pivug


    munster87 wrote: »
    Is it Dean Kamen?
    yes!

    His other inventions include an all-terrain wheelchair that can climb stairs, a device to let first responders jump to otherwise unreachable locations and a cheap water purifier. He advocates learning about technology and wants engineers to be the new celebrities not actors and singers. Founded the First robotics competition that predated robot wars by a couple of years. His personal wealth is apparently about 500 million. He lives in an eccentrically designed mansion on a private island.

    Most famous for the Segway. Not because it is the most impressive or interesting thing he's done but it was definitely the most hyped. I remember reading about his latest invention that was soon to be released. It was to revolutionize the world. Whole cities would be built around it.

    The automatic drug infusion pump was definitely more important though..


  • #5697
    s7ryf3925pivug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,999 ✭✭✭s7ryf3925pivug


    Your go, Munster87


  • #5698
    munster87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,512 ✭✭✭munster87


    Someone else can go, I won’t have time to be online to reply to questions I’m afraid.


  • #5699
    tusk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,920 ✭✭✭tusk


    never woulda got that. Fair play Munster!


  • #5700
    s7ryf3925pivug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,999 ✭✭✭s7ryf3925pivug


    munster87 wrote: »
    Someone else can go, I won’t have time to be online to reply to questions I’m afraid.
    cool, maybe nominate someone - thread might die again otherwise.


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  • #5701
    osh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,941 ✭✭✭osh


    I'll go sure.

    It's a person


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