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Retiring Retirement Passing the torch
A ‘mentor of inventors’ competes with the next generation’s smartphones
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sorcerer’s apprentice. Due to the literal explosive nature of some of his experiments, the opportunities would abound for just the right youth or adult who has come across the greatest discovery and the one thing that John Harlow can’t teach: desire.
“I want to take something so satisfying, useful and fundamental to my life and share it with someone else,” Harlow said of his dream. “I’d like to see someone else have as much fun as I’ve had - all the while have it be
No senior can magically pass on talent or genius to the next generation.
But finding those who desire to learn some of the mysteries of science has become in important quest for near-octogenarian John Harlow of East Berne.
The “Mentor of Inventors” spent years in the labs and halls of the famed Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory developing projects that assisted in the development of nuclear power for The United States Navy.
Since his retirement over a dozen years ago, he has amassed a considerable laboratory of his own in the hills of East Berne. lucrative and fulfilling. The difficulty is competing with iPads
But the great experiment and iPhones and tech-gizmos bubbling up more recently is that provide instant gratification the concept of handing off both in a different way.technical and hands-on skills to eager beavers. Harlow pictures “I’m part of this happening as he chases the the old group creative aspect of inventing and like Mike building from concept through design to discoveries through Rowe’s Dirty Jobs. His philosHome is Where You’ll Find Us “lots of failures” to completion. ophy is identical Home is Where You’ll Find Us Whether these projects might include welding or training on lathes, milling machines, electronic equipment of all kinds coinciding with the magic of to mine. We both strongly favor jobs that require manual skills and not necessarily computer skills. physics, some young apprentice “What would be music to who would be luckier than the my ears - make that an opera
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John Harlow of East Berne is eager to pass along his love of discovery to a new generation of tinkerers.
- would be to hear, ‘Grandpa, can we go build something today?’ I wish I would hear those words. In the long ago, a lot of extended families lived in same house and that made it easier to pass on different things to the new generation.”
Harlow’s hope for the youth is to come to the realization that the coolest thing that could be on his iPhone is sitting in the next room.
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