The day is soon coming when you’ll click “buy it now” on a website and the product will be delivered to you the same→


There’s always a better way to do something, even if that something is steeped in tradition and lore. Yesterday, winemakers stomped on grapes in→


The Economist: Overhauling an industry of which you know little is not easy, but neither is it impossible. In 1956 Malcolm McLean, a trucker→


Fast Company: Decano Industries’ smart speed bump is so intuitive, it’s difficult to figure out why no one invented it before. The bump, which→


Fast Company: The James Dyson Awards, a sprawling event that garners thousands of entries from design students the world over, is a pretty phenomenal→


Talk to the Hand Inventions

Cassandra Daily: Playing make-believe is typically an imagination exercise, but Italian company hi-Fun has created taken it to a highly functional level. The hi-Call→


The bow and arrow may not be the most common weapon used today, but it is still a popular niche for business. Enthusiasts enjoy→


Automating life-saving. That’s the plan for one Arizona entrepreneur, Tony Mulligan, who designed a remote-controlled buoy named Emily to help rescue swimmers in distress.→


Why drive on land when you can use a scooter underwater? Andrew Sneath has designed a unique scooter that can take its riders on→


If you attach a handful of brooms to a rotating drum and then drag that behind the car, will the streets get cleaned? There’s→


There’s a arms race on in the automatic traffic camera world. As better and better camera technology is developed for the police, industrious inventors→


Springwise: Japan-based NTT DOCOMO is launching its Hanashite Hon’yaku app, which offers real-time translation of phonecalls. Rather than making a call through the standard→


Coolthings: Made by Korean pet-centric brand mPup and designed by Seungji Mun, the seating furniture features an armrest/mini-table that doubles as a comfy dog→


BusinessWeek: Nothing beats “mailbox money” when it comes to boosting your bottom line. That’s when you license an idea, innovation, or invention to another→


Who didn’t spend hours as a child sending a Slinky down the stairs? The metal toy has entertained kids and adults alike since it→


Dvice: Lithium, the element that is often used as a medication to battle bi-polar disorder and to power most laptop and phone batteries, is→


Ever wanted to surf without the fear of sharks? While there was not much you could do before, Joel Centeio is hoping to change→


First it was the milk bottle that went green, now the same company is turning to paper for wine bottles! The first question that→


Toe Puppets Next show after my pedicure. Anti-Eating Mask You only eat fava beans and a nice Chianta. Device For Moistening The Adhesive Coating→


A few years ago Jill Plumb decided to create a raised vegetable garden. However, she was having trouble. She went into her home, and→