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Happy Birthday, Edward Craven Walker

Saturday is the birthday, 91 years ago, of Edward Craven Walker, RAF pilot, nudist and inventor of the lava lamp. He went on to found Mathmos, a a UK company that still makes lava lamps by hand.

MIT Inventor of the Week: Edward Craven Walker

BBC Hitchhiker’s Guide on Edward Craven Walker

Oozing Goo: The Lava Lamp Syndicate

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