If you’ve ever had to use caulking at one time, you’re probably familiar with how easily it dries up within the tube. Sean Dubé also noticed the problem, but he decided to create a solution. It is called SmartCap. By October, his invention will be in over 500 stores across Canada. SmartCap is a small, […]
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Ever wonder what the world have been like if we never had electricity, modern medicine, or the computer? Here are some inventions that helped make our world the way it is today, as shared by SFGate. Antibiotics Alexander Fleming discovered the active substance that he termed “penicillin” while working on the influenza virus. Fleming made
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StarTribune.com: Schroeder was a first-time gardener a few years ago when she got an unpleasant surprise while inspecting her produce. Many of the melons she had so carefully planted and tended had developed “one yucky side, with bugs and grubs,” from lying on the ground. “I didn’t know you had to turn melons,” she said.
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Hispanic Business: “I’ve always liked problem solving, and with my background in computers, I decided to come up with a ‘turtle friendly’ flashlight,” he said. “After researching for about a year, I came up with several prototypes. I played with a lot of ideas, and I wanted it to be cheap enough that the average
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WECT: Pete Vinal from Wilmington invented the Drink Genie, and it’s safe to say it grants the wishes of those constantly on the go. In essence, it’s a drink holder that can fit any size cup and attach to almost everything. The Drink Genie sticks into the ground to keep drinks upright. Vinal says he
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PRWeb: In late 2007, Timothy Bourke presented brother, Andrew Bourke with the idea to create a device that would eliminate the need to tie and untie knots, allowing anyone to secure (and un-secure) items when having to use rope. This was the birth of the now patented, Super Rope Cinch rope-locking product. In 2008, Timothy
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Gary Peterson spent most of his summer walking the toothpaste aisle in Fred Meyer stores. He was looking for just one device, his Roll-It toothpaste tube roller. It helps people squeeze every last bit of paste out of the tube, reports OregonLive.com. The gadget made it into 132 Fred Meyer stores in June, but staying
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Humans Invent has pulled together their list of truly innovative inventions. Here are a few from that list. What are your favorites? Superglue Inventor Sir Harry Coover worked for the Eastman Kodak Company in 1942, and was actually trying to find the best material to make a transparent plastic gun sight. Unfortunately (fortunately, as it
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Female First: If you’ve thought of something great, then well done, but it’s only the easiest part that’s over. Knowing how to turn your idea from a thought into a reality requires some knowledge of what you’re doing and of how to protect your property. Dragon’s Den and other television prgrammes have inspired hundreds of
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KSDK.com: Harvey Lacey says turning polluting materials such as plastic bags and Styrofoam into building blocks is a sustainable option. The UBUNTU-BLOX machine forms and wires the blocks with human help. “These blocks will last 500 years,” he says. According to Sam Bloch, executive director of nonprofit Haiti Communitere, trash is one of the most
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