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Wearable jokes\/quirks
\nThe technical feats of goldsmith Eline van der Laag are \u201cnot useful but they are exciting\u201d. Like a ring with a \u2018carousel\u2019 of diamonds on the outside that you can turn around your finger. And the ring she is wearing now, which consists of rotating rods, white gold on one side, yellow gold on the other, so that you can turn the ring \u2013 she shows \u2013 inside out. \u201cI try to make people laugh, myself first,\u201d she says. \u201cThey are wearable jokes.\u201d
\nOn the radio she heard an item about Inventors\u2019 Day and the possibility of having an expert look at an idea. She had one lying around for ten years, something that she believes \u201cthe whole world wants to wear\u201d. But then someone else has to produce it and how do you do that? She comes out of the conversation beaming; the expert was immediately very enthusiastic, she says, and gave her advice, starting with applying for a patent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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