inventions Archives
The Next Big Zing Featured
The Next Big Zing is all about finding the latest and greatest products across 12 categories. Dhana Cohen, the founder, is an expert in→
Can You Just Build a Better Mousetrap? Ask the Readers
A reader wrote: Who said “Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door?” Is it true? The phrase→
Today in Germany, Austria and Switzerland it is Inventors’ Day (Tag der Erfinder). November 9th is celebrated as the holiday because it is the→
On this day in 1900, American inventor, Joseph Friedman, was born. His most successful invention: the flexible drinking straw. While sitting in his younger→
Mother Nature Can Be the Mother of Invention Inventions
WSJ: From floodgates for homeowners to “diapers” for absorbing storm waters, they’ve come up with ways to tackle the problems brought on by tornados→
ThinkGeek has a long tradition of inventing and manufacturing amazing products across a whole host of categories: the ThinkGeek Electronic Rock Guitar Shirt, the→
Walmart’s Get on The Shelf contest is in full swing. The contest, if you don’t remember is a competition that anyone can enter for→
Many business and inventor-based television shows have made an appearance on television in recent years, and Quirky has signed on as well. The series→
Last year on this date, Rich Whittle spoke with with Julia Rhodes, who took her dry-erase marker eraser invention and turned it into a→
The United States Patent and Trademark Office and Invent Now will hold a west coast regional conference at Pasadena City College on August 12-13.→
Inventor’s Journal: Katherine Huck Interviews
Last year on this date, Rich Whittle spoke to inventor Katherine Huck about her kids’ creative construction product, the Fort-A-Ma-Jig. Video below.
