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Gregg Miller | |
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Gregg Miller | |
Born | (1953-04-28) April 28, 1953 (age 71) Independence, Missouri |
Alma mater | University of Central Missouri |
Gregg Miller is an American inventor, who trademarked Neuticles, testicular implants for pets.
Life
Miller was born in Independence, Missouri on April 28, 1953.
He is a graduate of Truman High School and received a Bachelor of Science in Communications from Central Missouri State University in 1976.
Miller began his career as a general assignment reporter for the Tipton Times in Tipton, Missouri. After a year he became managing editor of the Trenton (Missouri) Republican Times. He accepted a city editor position for the Loveland Reporter-Herald and later became Assistant Communications Director at the home office of Western Auto Supply Company in Kansas City.
Miller started an advertising agency in the early 1980s, which led to his interest in consumer product inventions. In 1992, Miller created and patented Neuticles, testicular implants for pets, and created other implantation devices for pets. To date, over 500,000 pairs of Neuticles have been sold in all 50 states and 49 countries worldwide, according to the company's website.
Going Going NUTS! is Miller's book about the invention of Neuticles. He was awarded the Ig Nobel Prize for Medicine, a parody of the Nobel Prizes, in 2005.
Personal life
Miller resides outside Kansas City, Missouri with his English Bulldog named Humphrey.
Works
- Going… Going… Nuts!: The Story Had to Be Told…. PublishAmerica. 2004. ISBN 1-4137-5316-7.
References
- ^ "Not Bad, For an Idiot". Associated Press. 7 October 2005. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
- THẾ NGỌC (3 January 2007). "Những phát minh hài hước". Sài gòn Giải Phóng (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
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