nathan kane
From toys to industrial technology, Nathan Kane’s inventions reflect his unbounded curiosity and ingenuity as well as his keen intelligence. [1]
Applying modern-day technology and materials to bellows’a flexible, pleated chamber to conduct air and keep dirt away from bearings’led Nathan Kane to redesign something that hadn’t been modified since its inception in the Bronze Age! [2]
For more than half a century the research historian Joseph Nathan Kane has been tracking down elusive and obscure items in American history and presenting his findings in books, magazines, newspapers, over the airwaves, and on the lecture circuit. [3]
Joseph Nathan Kane is my personal favorite centenarian and is held in high regard by my cousin and I. Hopefully the article I’ve written for Wikipedia about Mr. Kane will finally do him justice. [4]
“Something I think kids don’t appreciate or value enough is curiosity,” Kane told the students. [1]
A bellows is a flexible, pleated chamber used to conduct or contain air—the most familiar type being the pumps used since ancient times to stir up a fire in a furnace or fireplace. [5]
At the age of twenty-eight, Kane already holds one patent and five patents pending and is the recipient of the 1997 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize, a $30,000 award given annually to a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in recognition of excellence in creativity, invention, and innovation. [1]
The most popular of his forty-six books is Famous First Facts, a monumental compilation of more than 9,000 miscellaneous first American happenings, discoveries, and inventions that has become a staple in reference collections everywhere. [3]
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography. [4]
This device became the basis for Kane’s bellows design, which he developed through computer analysis’creating flexible folding patterns made of plastic that are low cost, less weight and can stretch twice as far as the original design. [2]
Kane attended Public School 10 elementary school in New York City with much interest in world geography. [6]
He applied for a patent for his Feather-light’ respirator mask, and in the process made an even more significant, more broadly applicable discovery: a more efficient and effective folding pattern for industrial bellows, which he is patenting separately. [...] During his college years, Kane realized he wanted to design products that were more useful and tangible to the ordinary person. [1]
Kane is also involved in invention outreach programs: he has tutored middle school students building model solar cars, and himself has proposed a “Recycler Contest” for local high schools. [5]
Kane was awarded the $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize in 1997 not only for his inventive talent to improve such a design, but also his dedication to encouraging young inventors via outreach programs. [2]
Sources:
[1] Lemelson Center Invention Features: Nathan Kane
[2] Winners’ Circle: Nathan Kane
[3] Joseph Nathan Kane
[4] Talk:Joseph Nathan Kane - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[5] Inventor of the Week: Archive
[6] Joseph Nathan Kane - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia