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Inventions On A Theme: Jigthings


The first advice given to a new writer is "Write what you know." It should, as well, be the advice given to a new inventor: Invent what you know.

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Call For Inventors! Got A Sweet Tooth For Innovation?


Best Sweet® and Edison Nation are teaming up to get your pitch for a new candy.  Not your favorite candy, but a tween's favorite candy which you are going to innovate.  There are some guidelines though, so you won't get totally sugar-highed: 1. You are not required to make the candy or submit a formula; and 2) Your inspiration must be from a widely recognized ice cream flavor.

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Call For Inventors! Amazon Wants Green Inventions NOW!


Amazon Green is a new category on Amazon.com where all the eco-friendly products that Amazon sells can be located; it's a handy way to find things.  If you would like to find your thing -- your time, money, or energy saving invention -- on Amazon Green, then here's your big chance to score big!

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Call for Inventors! O-Cedar® Wants The Next Big Mop!


O-Cedar, manufacturer of household cleaning products, is looking for the next hot floor care product.  A mop with a twist, a new "hairdo," a new material, or a self cleaning broom...  I don't know; am I giving anything away here?

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Gel Condom Developed To Protect Women From AIDS


In some sub-Sahara African and south Asian countries, as many as 60 percent of women are infected with HIV-AIDS. Stopping the spread of AIDS and the deaths caused by the disease is a major challenge, particularly as women in these cultures are not empowered to request that their partners wear condoms or to just say 'no.'

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Young Chinese Inventors Create DIY Flying Machines


From two separate provinces in China comes news this week that young inventors have created DIY flying machines that work. One is a helicopter made of wood, and the other is a flying car! 

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Holey Eco-Invention Saves 20 Percent Of Your Ink: Ecofont®


Finding a way to beat those ink thirsty printers, the Dutch creative communications company, Spranq, should receive an award of some kind.  Instead, it's giving one to you....

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Bluetooth® Seeks Low Energy Inventions For Its 2009 Innovation World Cup


Submitting an idea to this competition is a great opportunity for those in the healthcare/wellness, fitness, fashion, and sports fields to make an impact on your fields, using Bluetooth's low energy technology, a technology which is now in its infancy.

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Inventor's Marketing Tool Helps Put Your Inventions On Shelves


Ottawa inventor Geoffry Maseruka has created a unique way to help other inventors improve their marketing by actually getting their new inventions on store shelves!

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Click Happens! Young Inventors Wanted For LEGO® Click Awards 2009


Lot's of stuff can "click."  Friends click with each other, teachers can click with their students, and if there's one ingredient missing in the soup and then it's found by the chef, it's a click!  An "aha!" moment, some call it, when everything seems to fit perfectly.  LEGO® is a company that knows about clicks, in more ways than one, and they are looking for young inventors who have had their own clicks.

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