The Wall Street Journal reports that In an effort to better connect with inventors, some large manufacturers including Clorox Co., Kraft Foods Inc., , General Mills Inc., Staples Inc., Procter & Gamble Co. and GlaxoSmithKline...
According to the CBS Business Network, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, under its new director, David Kappos, has finally begun to seriously address transparency of information with a new data visualization dashboard.
The big lesson?
As...
In celebrating National Inventors Month, we have concentrated on bringing you stories about inventors and inventions. In this post, we're going to look at trademarks. Why trademarks? Federal trademark registration adds value to...
Turn Your Faucet Into A Water Fountain. Tapi Tap Squeeze Drink Fountain ($5 USD) is a simple device that turns almost any household faucet into a water fountain with just a squeeze.
However, when you...
The Northern Plains Inventors Congress (NPIC) will be held on Monday, September 27, 2010, at the Fargo Dome, Fargo, North Dakota.
All inventors, entrepreneurs, businesses and service providers are invited to attend this annual event that...
Ten-year-old Brady Miller couldn't hit the ball right. So his dad, Rick Miller, made a training tool that gave him clues about how to swing the bat, reports the Dallas Morning News.
Two years later, the...
August is National Inventors Month, a month long event celebrating invention and creativity.
National Inventors Month began was started in 1998 by the United Inventors Association of the USA (UIA-USA), the Academy of Applied Science, and...
We're adding a new program to our lineup, Inventor's Journal. This week Rich Whittle interviews Steve Velte about his new magnetic game Jishaku.
The Boy Scouts of America do good, we all know that. And now they do invention.
According to Fast Company, the 100-year-old organization has teamed up with MIT's Lemelson program, founded by the father of modern...
IndyStar.com reports that Andrew Shelton was just 21 years old, a junior at Wabash College, when he had an idea for a new product: a backpack cooler that keeps drinks cold and easy to carry.
He...
More information about the invention is here.
BP’s busted pipe continues to gush crude into the Gulf of Mexico. The resulting slick is now poisoning shores. Brace yourself for goo-covered pelicans, belly-up alligators, wasteland that was marshland.
According to Inventors Digest, inventors from...
Rube Goldberg was a brilliant cartoonist and inventor. He is best known for a series of popular cartoons he created depicting complex devices that perform simple tasks in indirect, convoluted ways — now known as...
Thanks to the inventive mind of a motorcycle-loving couple, Bill and Mary Freer, you can now hold onto a pair of love handles that are not attached to the driver.
