For Inventors

Billionaire Announces Contest To Sterilize Pets

by Dustin Brady

Here is a contest that Bob Barker can be proud of. Billionaire inventor Gary Michelson is promising $25 million to anyone who can invent the first safe non-surgical method to spay or neuter pets.

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Bubble Wrap®: Useful For More Than Popping!

by Dustin Brady

Your Bubble Wrap could be worth thousands. There's only one catch - you can't pop it.

Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Awards: 10 Most Brilliant Gadgets Of 2008

by Myra Per-Lee

Popular Mechanics announced its picks for the 2008 Breakthrough Awards to The 10 Most Brilliant Gadets of the Year. Here's the list of international winners; you may be surprised at the gadgets on the list.

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A Rubberband Contest For Kid Inventors To Stretch Their Minds

by Myra Per-Lee

There's a really cool contest going on now for students grades 5 through 8, challenging them to invent something with one or more rubber bands. It's the first of its kind, according to the sponsors, and just thinking about using a rubber band in something totally new has got to be a stretch.

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Flatshare Refrigerator Wins 2008 Best iGeneration Design

by Toby

Out of nine tremendously creative and functional household designs produced by the finalists in the 2008 Electrolux Design Lab competition, one design really stood out in the judges minds: The "Flatshare" Refrigerator, by Austrian design student, Stefan Buchberger, whose inspiration came from sharing a flat, of course.

Wall Street Journal Announces Innovation Awards For 2008

by Myra Per-Lee

The Wall Street Journal announced the recipients of its 2008 Technology Innovation Awards. The top award went to Vidacare, a U.S. firm, that created the EZ-IO device, a high-speed drill that delivers medications and other fluids directly into bones.

Iraqi Expat Wins British Invention Award: An Inspiring Story

by Myra Per-Lee

If you like stories of personal struggle that end well, you will like this one. It's about an Iraqi citizen who fled Iraq with his family to avoid the death squads of Saddam Hussein, worked day and night to support himself through the University of Derby in the East Midlands of England, invented a device....

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For Inventors, Young & Old: "Prototype This" On Discovery Channel

by Myra Per-Lee

The Discovery Channel, the "number one non-fiction media company," has produced a TV series just perfect for inventors, designers, and wannabes of any age. It's called Prototype This and guess what it is not! It is NOT a reality show! Hurray!

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Ponoko Lets You Create And Sell Your Own Products

by Pria Ingrum

Do you have a design idea for jewelry or other products but don't know where or how to get started? There is now a solution in Ponoko, the world's largest marketplace for product plans.

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Pittsburgh Invention Firm Davidson & Associates Settles With Feds For $10.7 Million

by Michelle

We just received this interesting piece of news. Good news for the everyday inventor!:

Pittsburgh Invention Firm Settles With Feds For $10.7 Million Davison & Associates Was Sued By FTC -- 3:08 pm EDT July 14, 2008

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Sliced Bread, Move Over: Contest for Next Best Thing

by M Dee Dubroff

Yesterday marked the 80th anniversary of sliced bread. In honor of this momentous occasion, Times Online and News.com.au have launched a contest to find the best thing since sliced bread. Read on for details.

$300 Million to Inventor of More Efficient Car-Battery

by Gloria Campos

In an effort to help Americans be less dependant on foreign oil John McCain has made a $300 million proposal. He announced his proposal recently at an event at the student union at California State University in Fresno. This $300 million proposal is to be rewarded to the inventor of a more efficient car-battery to power hybrid and electric vehicles.

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Profile of Innovation: New Thinking About Cars with Think

by Pria Ingrum

With the message is "Don't just drive - THINK!", Think Global AS is being positioned as the car company of the 21st century. Their vision is to provide carefree, carbon-free mobility - a better way of moving

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Already a Part-Time Entrepreneur? - 6 Tips to Survive Running a Part-Time Business

by Donna Pacheco

Do you know what I really think? Part-time entrepreneurship is for hard-core workaholics with nothing else to do except work. Most normal humanoids would rebel against giving up their lunch breaks or after-office martinis to slave over the latest financial figures and think about ways to expand the business. I should know.

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Intel® 2008 Awards: Teen Winners Make Amazing Contributions To Their Fields!

by Myra Per-Lee

The three young women who won top awards for their "science projects" for the 2008 Intel® Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) each won $50,000 scholarships from the Intel Foundation as part of their awards. They are already at the level of Eve Curie! Take a look at their "science projects!"

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Be A Part-Time Entrepreneur - Top 3 Reasons Why You Should Consider Doing Your Business Part-Time

by Donna Pacheco

You don't always have to go into entrepreneurship full-time. If you have a business idea, maybe it's best that you take it for a test drive before taking the step forward. Is part-time entrepreneurship for you? Here are three reasons that tell you why.

Ideas Above My Station

by Guest Blogger

I've gradually become aware, over the course of my last 500 or so ideas, that there are several modes of thinking from which ideas for inventions emerge.

Experiences, Our Best Invention Resources

by Guest Blogger

Where does an inventor who wants to innovate, create and improve products seek out their best potential? Must we re-tool our thinking and change often? Where do our ideas come from and where do we look for them?

MoneyMaker Pump Inventor Wins Lemelson-MIT Sustainability Award

by Myra Per-Lee

Dr. Martin Fisher, inventor of the MoneyMaker irrigation pump has won the $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for sustainability for his invention. The pump, available now in three versions, has helped more than 300,000 African farmers become entrepreneurs and rise out of poverty.

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The Genius of Wile E. Coyote

by Guest Blogger

There have been numerous Inventors throughout the ages that have helped push human progress to the next level. I want to discuss one such Inventor that has been sadly overlooked. His name is Wile E. Coyote.