I'm putting this in the CT section because I honestly believe it is a conspiracy, if not by governments, then by big businesses, who buy up some of the most incredible inventions very shortly after they make their first, and only, splash in the news.

This isn't intended to be much of a discussion, but more of a cemetery for these fine ideas which appeared to have been ripped from the public, and as a way of preserving these ideas in a central repository available to the best minds in science, in the hopes they'll be incorporated into everyday products.

Please post links and relevant supporting material (quotes, as links die, quotes don't).

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