In this edition of Inventor’s Journal, Rich Whittle teams up with MIT Libraries to learn what a patent is and why patents can be important to your research. If you’re interested in viewing the rest of the video tutorials, use the links below. These videos were produced by MIT Libraries and we use them under […]
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Starting a business is hard enough if you’re an adult. If you’re a child, the complications only increase. However, many children succeed in business. Some mow lawns, walk dogs, or baby sit for a living. Maya Penn runs a fashion accessories business. Maya Penn, CEO and owner of her own online boutique “Maya’s Ideas,” started
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DailyMail: Britain’s female beach volleyball champions are renting out their rears in an advertising deal that encourages spectators to photograph their behinds. Zara Dampney, 24, and Shauna Mullin, 26, have turned their bottoms into their bottom line by wearing bikini briefs with a Quick Response (QR) code printed on the back where it will catch
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Last year on this day, Angela posted an interview with one of my favorite businesses in NYC: Liceenders. If you haven’t read it, do so and let it inspire you. I never would have have imagined how easy it was to turn something disgusting and shameful into something that is totally normal and profitable? I
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Online Athens: In most ways, Wesley Williamson, who turns 11 today, is like many boys his age. He is learning to play guitar and plays in a band with friends. He also likes playing baseball, bouncing on a trampoline and hanging out with friends. But in one significant way, Wesley is quite different from most
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On this day in 1948 – Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone. The show involved concealing cameras filming ordinary people being confronted with unusual situations, sometimes involving trick props, such as a desk with drawers that pop open when one is closed or a car
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If you’ve had an idea on how to stop rising water from invading coastal communities and you have yet to act on it, now may be the perfect time to do so. The Idea Village and Greater New Orleans Foundation are working together to give one lucky entrepreneur $50,000 to help him or her turn
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Our next interview in the Get on the Shelf series features Mike Sewell and his product, the StepNpull. What product did you submit to Wal-Mart’s Get on the Shelf contest? We submitted StepNpull which is a hands free door opener designed for commercial latch less doors. It gives the user the option of pulling the
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A herd of dairy farmers were having dinner one evening when someone wondered aloud if there wasn’t something that they could do with all of the bovine excrement. In jest, someone else asked, “Can’t you guys make a flowerpot or something with the stuff?” Those were fateful words for brothers Ben and Matthew Freund, second-generation
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Scranton Times-Tribune: Among the members of Chinchilla United Methodist Church, Jackie Walsh is renowned for her expertise with blueberry-based baked goods. Every year at the church’s summer craft fair, she’s in charge of the “blueberry tent,” featuring a trove of delectable treats, from muffins and breads to pies and cakes. This year, she’s adding a
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