Archive for August 2010
14 Year Old Sets Up (Coffee) Shop
At just 14 years old Alicia Alwood has successfully fulfilled her dream to start her own business reports the Morning Sun. Cuppa Talk Coffee opened two months ago at the Alwood Nursery. “I figured out in the hospital that I wanted to do a coffee shop,” said Alicia. “I told my mom it was time [...]
According to The Washington Post, you don’t even have to like to cook in order to appreciate the gizmos, gadgets and gurus of food fixings in “Inventive Eats,” the first exhibit in the brand-spanking new installation space at the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Alexandria. Designers Laurie Mobley and Mitch Scott were given the [...]
Veggie Annie’s Recipe For Success
For organic caterer Annie Marshall, what was originally a means to support her daughter has since become a dedication to teaching people the benefits of healthier eating reports FrederickNewsPost.com. Marshall, who works under the name Veggie Annie, learned about cooking from her mother. She became a single mom at 25 and started a catering business [...]
What You Need to Know About Provisional Patents
According to John Calvert at the United States Patent and Trademark Office, A provisional patent application (PPA) is a patent application that can be used by a patent applicant to secure a filing date while avoiding the costs associated with the filing and prosecution of a non-provisional patent application. More specifically, if a non-provisional application [...]
Vonda Dennis’ clients like to joke that she carries magic pixie dust in her pockets. After all, how else could a crying baby settle so quickly for her? According to the Los Angeles Times, Vonda says that what she does isn’t so much magic but common sense. “Most of what I tell my clients sounds [...]
National Inventors Hall Of Fame And Museum
The National Inventors Hall of Fame™ honors the women and men responsible for the great technological advances that make human, social and economic progress possible. New to the museum is a display of the inductees of the Hall of Fame. Large panels prominently feature the names of all the inductees, and an interactive kiosk allows [...]
August is National Inventors Month, a month long event celebrating invention and creativity. National Inventors Month began was started in 1998 by the United Inventors Association of the USA (UIA-USA), the Academy of Applied Science, and Inventors’ Digest magazine. Why have National Inventors Month dedicated to inventors? The answer is to help promote the positive [...]
