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A must-do on every child's list is to play with food. Spinach can transform into ‘yucky mush', peas into footballs, fries and ketchup into bloodied swords...WOWIE!

Who said food is meant to be eaten?

Definitely not a kid. read more »

Have money to burn? How about paying $18,600 for a fork? Alright, you caught me. I'm exaggerating. For that meager price you get a dinner fork, dinner knife, soup spoon, salad fork, and teaspoon. Five entire eating utensils. Wow. I can smell a bargain from a mile away.

Malmaison Classique Flatware by Christofle features sterling silver cutlery with handles trimmed with diamonds of exceptional quality. The collection includes knives, forks and spoons with diamonds embellished in the front and back. read more »

The innocents do a Google or Yahoo search for their trademarks. Then they visit the United States Patent and Trademark Office, enter their favorite trademark in the blank box and no results are returned. Hurrah! Voila! This clever, creative, boss, rad, cool, hot trademark is all mine!

 

Little do they know... read more »

The Gamila Company has created a Tea Stick that promises to bring back the lost joys of tea drinking. Connoisseurs of tea will love this innovative new product. A slim, sleek stainless steel tube with perforations along its body, it is the ultimate infuser for tea enthusiasts. read more »

Want something tiny and handy?

Kavita Mathur, our Guest Blogger, is a public relations professional in the field of Education with a passion for communicating. Taking a much deserved break from her career to bring up her two children, she has gone back to her first love-writing - in her free time. She wanted to share her love for cool gadgets with the readers of AmericanInventorSpot.com.

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In today's world of miniaturization, small is in! read more »

Tinchilla Instant Can Cooler

The Tinchilla Instant Can Cooler works with most 350 ml cans and gets them to ice cold from room temperature in under a minute.

All it requires are two AA batteries and as I mentioned a handful of ice.

The Tinchilla Instant Can Cooler works 240 times faster than a conventional fridge. read more »

Flatter has been designed to serve as a display for ladies' accessories like handbags and jewelry!

Being a woman Vanessa identifies with every woman's need of owning beautiful accessories. But she thinks it's a crime to put them away in cupboards and jewelry boxes, or beds and in drawers. read more »

Looking for a new type of clock for your walls?

Kavita Mathur, our Guest Blogger, is a public relations professional in the field of Education with a passion for communicating. Taking a much deserved break from her career to bring up her two children, she has gone back to her first love-writing - in her free time. She wanted to share her love for cool gadgets with the readers of AmericanInventorSpot.com.

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Appreciation of art can be a time consuming affair. read more »

So why not combine the two together?

Any marketer can get a product placement into a movie, TV show, or video game. But if you're really clever, you'll do just the opposite...find ways to turn fictional products into real ones. In this post we look at the new product development strategy called "reverse placement". read more »

Here's an inventive ad program to make people more aware of Colgate Smiles kid's toothbrushes:

Here are the stats via Ads of the World:

Agency: Jung von Matt, Hamburg, Germany
Creative Directors: Arno Lindemann, Bernhard Lukas
Art director: Jonas Keller
Copywriter: David Leinweber

What do you think? read more »

What Are These Shoes Hiding?

On December 26, 2006, Dr. Richard Koenig was awarded the 7,152,345th U.S. Patent for something contained in these shoes…. No, it’s not a travel alarm… nor is it a stun gun….

These two shoes, along with a few other fashionable-looking styles are loaded with “good vibrations!” read more »

CrackdownThere have been some great games out over the last few months, with the biggest highlight (and my pick for Game of the Year) being Gears of War. If you missed that article, you can see it here . Looking to the future is what most people are doing nowadays, so that's what I'm doing with this preview on Crackdown . This game comes out on February 20th exclusively for the Xbox 360, and will include the much-sought-after invite to the Halo 3 multiplayer beta (the sequel to Halo and Halo 2). The Halo 3 beta isn't the only good thing about this package, however, and I'm going to tell you why. read more »

Got the middle-age blues.
Can't drive, forgot my drivers
Can't read, lost my readers
Gotta feel my way around the keyboard,
My whole life's just one big blur.
Got the middle age blues.

Dang glasses, wherever you are,
get lost! I'm gonna change my
eyes for a brand new pair! read more »

Once in a while you come across a product that is incredibly ingenious, and well, obvious. This leads me to the usual head-knocking thought, “Why didn’t I think of that?” read more »

Our Guest Blogger, Mia Levine, was a web content writer and creative talent with over ten years experience within the high tech industry. Two children later, her focus has changed. She now spends her time finding new and innovative products that are fascinating and fun to both parents and kids. She likes products that are natural, environmentally friendly, and toxic-free.

Here's her article for the readers of AmericanInventorSpot.com:

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With all the press lately about the dangers of plastics, I've wondered a lot about what harm my kids have incurred as the result of having plastic around the house.
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I decided to try from time to time to post what I think are ingenious ways to market products.

My first pick is this terrific Beach Towel from Playboy.

Here are the stats from Ads of the World:

Agency: Grey, Argentina, Buenos Aires
Creative Director: Pablo Gil, Sebastian Garin, Alejandro Iglesias
Copywriter: Dauquen Chabeldin, Martin Dofou
Art Director: Diego Rubio, Cristian Feichtenslager

What do you think?
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Our Guest Blogger, Mia Levine, was a web content writer and creative talent with over ten years experience within the high tech industry. Two children later, her focus has changed. She now spends her time finding new and innovative products that are fascinating and fun to both parents and kids. She likes products that are natural, environmentally friendly, and toxic-free.

Here's her article for the readers of AmericanInventorSpot.com:

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Everyone knows Santa drives a sleigh. And, while I’m sure it’s a very nice sleigh, if he and the missus are on holiday in Monaco, Miami, or Melbourne they’re going to need something a little more practical. A little elf told me Santa’s got his eye on the Los Angeles Auto Show’s Design Challenge for a lean, green, urban machine. Santa’s naturally concerned about the environment (global warming’s not so good for the poles), and the sleigh’s speed and agility have raised the bar for how he expects an automobile to perform. Nine innovative auto company's design teams won’t disappoint the big guy. From companies known for their environmental edginess to the makers of gas-guzzling monstrosities, L.A. will provide the backdrop for them to unveil their greenest conceptions on November 30. For a sneak preview, read on. (Gloria Campos wrote about two of the nine in her article, “Lean, Green, Driving Machines”. To read that article, click here .)
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The New BondI can’t shake this feeling that I’m being pushed into a holiday season full of movie-related cross-promotions that have been shoddily scraped together. Let’s see…Has Daniel Craig earned his role as Bond? Could Casino Royale draw first blood as the top grossing movie of the new holiday season? Will electronic sales of surveillance products increase for the holidays?

Heard all this already? Me too. Have you seen all the 007 related products they want to shove in your face? Me too. So let’s forget the marketing: I’m here to offer a helping hand so we can get through the comodification of our holy days together. read more »