Archive for August 31st, 2010
The dog days of August are almost over and so is National Inventors Month. We covered a lot of inventors and inventions this month. One of my favorites is the look back at inventors from the past who came up with ideas that we use without a second thought. Inventor Legends: Edwin Binney and Harold [...]
The 5 Greatest Fictional Inventors of All Time
Tom Swift Wile E Coyote Professor Lucifer Gorgonzola Butts Doc Emmett Brown Q (James Bond) Photos by gizmodo.
One Green Entrepreneurs Discouraging Tale
Jim Piazzo was looking forward to becoming a green entrepreneur with the help of San Jose. While he still might become a green entrepreneur it probably won’t be with much help from the city reports The Mercury News. Here’s Piazzo’s story: Young tree surgeon tires of paying big dumping fees for tree limbs. He sees [...]
Pawsitively Natural Pet Foods For Healthy Animals
Although many people wouldn’t normally give it a second thought while pouring out some kibble for their dog, Carol Brown thinks twice about what they’re about to eat. After losing more than one dog to cancer, Carol decided there must be something she can do to help improve the quality of her pets’ life. She [...]
Trademark Is Your Invention’s Brand Protection
In celebrating National Inventors Month, we have concentrated on bringing you stories about inventors and inventions. In this post, we’re going to look at trademarks. Why trademarks? Federal trademark registration adds value to the products you have invented. According to the USPTO, a trademark is the name, symbol or logo that you have created to [...]
According to the Chicago ABC7 News website, 89-year-old Al Roth was inspired to invent the Clumsee after finding it increasingly difficult to hold onto his digital camera. The Clumsee is a handle extension for small digital cameras. The device screws into bottom of any point-and-shoot digital camera, allowing the camera user an easier grip than [...]
How much does it cost Netflix to stream a movie in HD? 5 cents 12.5 cents 23 cents 49 cents 99 cents View Results According to a story at Bloomberg BusinessWeek, delivering online video is becoming much more of a commodity business. The average price websites pay to stream video fell 40 percent to 45 [...]
A Silly Character For Kids That Parents Can Love
For Jennifer Kelman it started with a tearful nephew. She was babysitting while his parents were on vacation and each night after talking to his mom he would dissolve into a mess of tears. Jennifer felt horrible for her nephew and knew there just had to be something she could do to help cheer him [...]
