BLOG CATEGORY: Inventions & Inventors

The patent application process is far from simple or straightforward, and plenty of inventors have made mistakes that ended up costing them their patents. Even a well-researched and careful attempt... Read More

In an effort to save thousands of children from chemical injuries, a group of medical researchers and engineers have teamed up to design what they hope will be a truly... Read More

Predicting the next big consumer trends to hit popular markets is an exceptionally helpful strategy to use when designing a new invention. However, it is far from straightforward and quite... Read More

Following in the footsteps of—yet sidestepping—Kickstarter’s online route for soliciting investment funding, the Lockitron is cashing in big. With 23 days of backing remaining, the project has already come close... Read More

Whether due to a devastating design flaw or plain poor luck, the recent and ironic death of Segway Inc.’s owner may pose serious challenges to the company and the future... Read More

The biggest obstacle for most small inventors is money. Those with great ideas can usually cruise as far as the planning and prototyping stages, after which they find themselves stalled... Read More

New inventors may want to add the freshly pressed book Instant: The Story of Polaroid to their reading list. Within its pages, New York magazine editor, Christopher Bonanos, maps out... Read More

Google’s 20-percent-time is lauded as one of its top strategies for innovation; and the American government needs to start investing in emerging high-tech industries. These are the two main messages... Read More