Every fall, when the leaves fall to the ground, there is a risk of leaves piling in your garage whenever the door is opened. So, Elvin Hayes decided to create his own Debris and Leaf Guard. “A driveway is no more than a shuffleboard for leaves and debris and so I was working on this […]
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Solar Novus: Floating solar panels soaking up the sun on Italy’s Lake Colignola will provide a cost-effective, more visually attractive way to harness the sun’s power, says its inventor, Marco Rosa-Clot. Rosa-Clot says while PV panels on buildings or fields use valuable farmland, lose energy through overheating and look ugly, his flower-petal-shaped panels come without
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MarketWatch: A project that began in response to a lumpy bowl of Malt-O-Meal is now, after nearly a decade of tinkering in his spare time, ready to hit the market. “I wanted to find a way to make a better bowl of Malt-O-Meal in the microwave,” said Wylie. “I saw the potential of using the
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Hillel Glazer used to shovel snow for money when he was a teen. At 33 years old, he has decided it was time for the walkways to clear themselves. So, he created a snow melting mat. “I thought, there’s got to be a better way,” said Glazer, now 33, who owns HeatTrak, a Paterson-based company
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Walter Hunt was trying to find a way to repay a debt. While nervously wrapping a wire around his finger, the idea suddenly hit. It soon became the dress pin, later known as the safety pin. It was one of many Hunt inventions, including the sewing machine, knife sharpener, a streetcar alarm bell and a
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The Huffington Post: Even the Apple generation doesn’t favor Steve Jobs over the most iconic inventor in U.S. history. Young Americans overwhelmingly chose Thomas Edison as the “greatest innovator of all time” in a new MIT survey. That doesn’t mean Jobs lacks for fans in the wake of his death last year. The man who
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Often, an inventor with a limited budget may never see his or her invention go anywhere. However, if you have a little time, maybe you can grab the attention of Telebrands. Everyone knows the As Seen on TV logo that has graced many products (like the one above). Those same products have also made millions.
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Thomas Edison was a busy guy. As the fourth most prolific inventor in history, he created more than one thousands inventions for which he received a patent, and many more than went unpatented. Some of his most well know, and world changing, inventions include the phonograph, the lightbulb, the motion picture camera and the stock
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Yesterday was Kid Inventors’ Day, but its never too late to celebrate those young minds that do big things. According to The Washington Post, the day is recognized each year on January 17th because it is Benjamin Franklin’s birthday. He was only 12 years old when he created a hand paddle to help him swim
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Viva Cundliffe’s carbon catcher may be the next step in green technology, if she has her way with it. Her catcher uses the carbon released by smokestacks and turns it into a product that can be burned again for energy. The “carbon catcher†promoted by Viva Cundliffe promises huge savings to companies that emit carbon
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