Video: The Economics of Valentine’s Day
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February 13, 2014
Inventor On The Fast Track With HeatTrak
Hillel Glazer used to shovel snow for money when he was a teen. At 33 years old, he has decided it was time for the walkways to clear themselves. So, he created a snow melting mat. “I thought, there’s got to be a better way,” said Glazer, now 33, who owns HeatTrak, a Paterson-based company
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Inventors: No Formal Education Necessary
Some of the best inventions came from the minds of men and women who never finished school, including the microwave. Percy L. Spencer never graduated from high school, but in 1945 he invented the microwave oven. The heating efficiency of a microwave oven is due to the fact that water strongly absorbs microwaves. That’s why
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Turn Your House Into a Billboard
AOL Real Estate: Scott Hostetler didn’t bother to tell his family that he’d applied online to have their house in Buena Park, Calif., turned into an advertising billboard for the price of their monthly mortgage payment. He figured that it was like taking a chance on the lottery — and who ever expects to win
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Love Locks: Padlocks for Valentine’s Day
The Indianapolis Star: Searching for a Valentine’s Day gift for his wife last year, Indianapolis resident Chris Coburn stumbled across “love locks,” the European trend of securing a padlock to a significant place with a significant other and throwing away the key. The act, representing eternal love, is slowly spreading to the United States, and
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Today in Entrepreneurial History: February 14
1849 – In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken. 1852 – Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital providing in-patient beds specifically for children in the English-speaking world, is founded in London. 1855 – Texas is linked by
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Eldercare Robots Are Coming
Robots can already mow our lawns, wash our hair and vacuum our floors, will they soon take care of our elderly? The Daily has more on the future of eldercare: You will be old but you will not be alone. You will have a household helper, a bumptious and prying type to be sure, but
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Cockroaches for Valentine’s Day
Flowers wilt. Chocolates melt. Roaches are forever. As a Valentine’s Day special, The Bronx Zoo is selling naming rights for their cockroaches. Can’t decide on what to get that special someone for Valentine’s Day? Sometimes the answer is all around us, and right where it’s been for millions of years—like cockroaches! How better to express
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Niche Invention: Clap-Off Bra
The lights are no longer the only thing that will go off when you clap. Randy Sarafan has created a unique bra that will unclasp and fall to the ground at the sound of clapping. According to Examiner.com, he hopes that his bra will have start up a lingerie revolution in this country. Sarafan said
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Making Geekdom Cool And Profitable
Robert Stephens, founder of Geek Squad, remembers the first time he saw the Internet — in a research laboratory at the University of Minnesota, circa 1990 — and likens the moment to the California Gold Rush, according to a story in The Wall Street Journal. By 1994, the former computer-science student had dropped out, turned
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