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Teenage Thomas Edison builds submarine for Lake Hopatcong (With Video)

Featured Image: Outline drawing of a submarine. SOURCE ckler.com (public domain).

From N.J.com By Mike Frassinelli/The Star-Ledger 
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on May 05, 2013 at 7:00 AM, updated May 05, 2013 at 7:39 AM

At age 12, he built the “Cleaning Car,” a remote-control vehicle that could mop and vacuum the floor.

When his sixth-grade science teacher mused about how nice it would be to have a device that got people to hush or clap on cue, he arrived at school the next day with a homemade quiet/applause sign with lights . . . Read Complete Report