October, 2008

I wonder what Juliet would have said about cockroaches. Would she say...

"What's in a name? That which we call a cockroach by the name 'cafard,' is it not still creepy as hell?"

How do you know when you are emotionally and financially ready to take your big business idea to the next step and make it a reality? The Small Business Assessment Tool, presented by the US Small Business Administration helps ease you into the decisions that surround getting your business started.

Fairly smart and getting smarter all the time, smart cards have often been described as "Keys to the global village.” As the decade comes to a close, smart cards will bring substantial and innovative changes to the way people provide and receive information in addition how we conduct financial transactions with people around the globe.

InventorSpot.com is excited to add another writer to our writing team. 

Jill Harness is a freelance writer, a gaming enthusiast and a fan of all things fluffy. Ultimately, she'd like to be a comedian, a screen writer and a professional children's book author. She will be writing about the weirdest of the weird inventions crawling their way into our society at InventorSpot.com.  You can check out her blog here.

InventorSpot.com Team 

InventorSpot.com is excited to add another writer to our team.Beth Hodgson is a freelance writer and editor who works with various types of corporate and creative content. Located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, she decided to leave the corporate grind behind her earlier this year and founded www.writesourcing.com . With entrepreneurialsm in her gene pool, it's only natural that she loves to learn about new business ideas and trends (especially the strange and risky). She is very pleased to share her findings with readers on Inventor Spot. You can read her blog here .

InventorSpot.com Team

A trip to Mars could take years and cost billions of dollars. If NASA and the European Space Agency are going to commit to such an ambitious endeavor, they should try to get the most out of their investment. That's why, according to astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the first Mars pioneers should stay there permanently.

VerTerra just won the Natural Products Expo East's 2008 Best New Green, Environmentally-Friendly Product Award for its paper plates -- items that are generally considered wasteful! But see how not-wasteful VerTerra is and you will understand why it won this award!

Scientists have found that the everyday Scotch tape you use to tape paper and other household materials has another use: it produces X-rays.

Also known as winter depression, S.A.D. is a mood disorder whose sufferers experience normal mental health throughout most of the year, but experience depressive symptoms in the winters.

Researchers from Florida State have taken a step toward making commercial-grade buckypaper - an ultra-strong, ultra-light material that could be used in a wide variety of applications. Ideally, buckypaper could be 500 times stronger than, but 10 times lighter than, the strongest steel we have today.

There's a race on among the world's capital cities. The race is not for the world's cleanest city, or the city with the most oxygen, or even the most expensive city in the world. The race is getting hotter as cities all over the globe vie for the biggest one.

We are happy to annouce that a new writer will be joining our team.

Ron Callari is a Chief Marketing Officer for a Search Engine Marketing firm as well as a freelance writer for last 10 years. Ron will be writing about cutting edge, innovative societal trends.

Ron's published work has appeared in HospitalityNet, Hotel Sales & Marketing Association International, Alternet, Counterpunch, Sacramento News & Review, NewsMax, Albion Monitor, SCOOP and the World and I. He is the author of “Uncle Dubya’s Jihad Jamboree”, published in 2005, and the creator of kidd millennium’s editorial cartoons, www.kiddmillennium.com. You can check out his blog here .

Welcome Ron!

Most of us have one but never really take much notice to it until we need to use it. Web cams as we have come to know them are typically small, made up of metal or plastic and range in a number of shapes and sizes but they do share a commonality --

We are happy to annouce that a new writer will be joining our team.

Andrew Portola is a college student as well as a freelance writer with an ultimate goal of getting onto the PGA Tour. He will be writing about the coolest gadgets under the sun. You can check out his blog here.

Welcome Andrew!

Whether it's humor, inspiration, or a good scolding you want when you get on your scale, you can have it from Art de Toilette. You can even have a scale without numbers like the one here!

Scientists from Israel have discovered how to genetically enhance the scent of flowers by a factor of 10. The method could also lead to "extra-tasty" fruits and vegetables, since smell is a key factor in determining taste.

It’s undeniable that coffee is the most popular drink in North America, if not the planet. It's disheartening to know that everyone's favorite drink just isn't doing us any favors. So what if I told you that there's a new competitor on the market; coffee with a healthy twist?

Those who surf the Internet at work can now breathe a little easier with a free web-based service that helps hide extracurricular browsing.

Why would anyone want to wear feathers, fake or otherwise, under their clothes?

Granted they are pretty, but I think somewhat impractical.