You may be paid under the Maryland minimum wage if you fit into one of the following categories: Maryland Under 20 Minimum Wage - $4.25 - Federal law allows any employer in Maryland to pay a new employee who is under 20 years of age a training wage of $4.25 per hour for the first 90 days of employment.
Tweel : The Airless Tire. Michelin, the worldâs largest tire maker, is developing an airless tire named Tweel (a combination of a tire and a wheel). Invented at Michelinâs North American research center in Greenville, S.C, this revolutionary non-pneumatic tire solves the common problem of getting a flat tire, as their invention cannot be punctured.
His crash sensing technology -- the only one of its kind -- is considered the world's first electromechanical automotive airbag system. Breed's role in automotive safety didn't stop there. He helped designed more than two dozen other car safety inventions, including an airbag that vents air as it inflates. This 1991 invention -- patent No. 5,071,161 -- was designed to reduce the risk of secondary injuries by reducing the inflated bag's rigidity..