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.
âIf I were a Victorian novelist, I couldnât have come up with a sweeter tale,â says Robert Friedel, the author of âZipper.â. In the 1920s, B.F. Goodrich began to use the Hookless in its rubber boots â and named the boot âZipperâ after the noise the device made. âThis thing took 20 years to figure out,â Friedel says. The Wright brothers, he points out, needed only a few years to build the airplane.