Age-neutral, board-free and un-scored; fast-paced, portable and creative: These are just some of the words used to describe Bananagrams, a word game invented by Abe Nathanson. The Brown Daily Herald reports that Nathanson explained how the...

The 100,000 Scoville Vodka

Cool Material: The Scoville scale is what determines the spiciness of a pepper. For reference, a jalapeño starts at 3,500 Scovilles and a habanero starts at 100,000 Scovilles. We consider ourselves fans of spicy...

Cool Invention: Shark Pack

Bill Rigopoulos tells Inventors Digest the story of when he was vacationing in the Bahamas and was afraid to leave his cash, cell phone, credit cards and passport in his hotel room or hide them...
Andre Nel talks about his inventor journey over at IPWatchdog.com. I admit it! I fell for it hooks, line, and sinker. It seemed so easy! Come up with an idea, file a provisional patent and pitch...

The Business of Ad Blocking

The Atlantic: Imagine a $120 box that sits between your cable modem (the box that brings the internet into your house) and your wireless router (the thing that fills your house with wifi) and...

Magnetic Energy

What if you only needed a generator made up of magnets for electricity? That is an idea inventor Jim Moe has been considering with his own magnetic energy generator. He’s far from the first to...