"I wanted to simplify the process of raising/lowering the corner of a car and turning the lug nuts when performing DIY work," said an inventor, from Ortonville, Minn., "so I invented the BIG MACK KIT.

"Click, click, click, buzz," answered a Televox upon the signal of its inventor, R ... is the nearest approach to the long-sought "mechanical man". It consists of an imaginative cardboard figure ...