On this day in 1819, Elias How the american inventor and sewing machine pioneer was born. Contrary to popular belief, Howe was not the first to conceive of the idea of a sewing machine. Many other people had formulated the idea of such a machine before him, one as early as 1790, and some had […]
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Metro News: It once put out fires in and around Ottawa, but now this vintage 1967 Fargo firetruck is starting them. Sort of. It’s making pizzas in a wood fire oven installed in its rear, after two Ottawa entrepreneurs turned a joke into an eccentric business idea. “My business partner Jason Paquette called me one
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Etsy: These stunningly realistic looking Mermaid Tails were inspired by my 3 daughters and their love of all things Mermaid! They are created to fit your unique size and include a comfortable, durable and sturdy custom made mono-fin. They are made to SWIM IN as the material used is top of the line swim fabric.
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Grand Forks Herald: For people who drive through North Dakota’s oil country and wonder what the heck they’re looking at, a new tour will erase some of the mystery. The Bakken Field Tours, which launch in July, will give people a chance to take an 11-hour bus tour through the Oil Patch that features an
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San Francisco Chronicle: “The Fourth of July is the ultimate holiday for entrepreneurs. I mean, it’s called “Independence Day”, what a better way to describe entrepreneurs? They are independent from the confines of employment at larger organizations. They hold their destiny in their own hands, and thus are only limited by their own dreams and
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Deccan Chronicle: Here’s a crazy copter with 18 rotors invented by physicist Thomas Senkel. Now, this thing is not like what physicists unleashed upon us last week but it’s equally fantastic — even if it looks like your blender. Much innovation has gone into the Volocopter and the world, which has always been interested in
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New Haven Register: A Sacramento inventor is marketing a product that he says is the first tool ever for effectively stopping a case of the hiccups. Chuck Ray dubbed his invention “The Hiccup Stick,†which he developed two years ago. Sitting in his home office, Ray had a pen in his mouth and a case
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SteerClear is a way to get you, and your car, home safely after a night out drinking. They’ve been up-and-running for just over a month in parts of New Jersey, but hope to expand nationally. Techcrunch reports: According to co-founder Craig Sher, the idea for providing a designated driver service is hardly new. “I found
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‎Co.Design: It’s the great equalizer. Even the world’s richest monarchs–with their gold-gilded sinks and ivory toothbrushes tipped with the coarse tail fur of DNA-recombinated duck-billed platypuses–face the same problem every day. We all brush our teeth, and with a frothy mouth full of mint or bubblegum, debate whether to leave a fluoride-laden rabies bite on
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Forbes: Kristin Groos Richmond and Kirsten Saenz Tobey both had plenty of experience in business and nonprofits prior to founding Revolution Foods in 2005. The for-profit organization drew not only from the business school classmates’ entrepreneur know-how, but also Richmond’s Vice Presidency at the education non-profit RISE and Tobey’s work evaluating school feeding programs in
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