Mitchell Bennett
He Saw a Broken System, Built the Fix, and Helped 325,000 People Keep the Animals They Rely On
Chris Picou didn’t set out to disrupt anything. He set out to find a legitimate…
Why Were Graham Crackers Invented?
Sylvester Graham promoted bland whole-wheat food from 1829 to suppress sexual appetite. But the sweetened…
Why Was the Chainsaw Invented?
The first chain saw was built in the 1780s to cut through the pelvis during…
Why Was Air Conditioning Invented?
Air conditioning was built in 1902 to keep paper stable at a Brooklyn printing plant,…
When Was the Telescope Invented?
The first written record of a telescope is a Dutch patent application dated 2 October…
How Elin Doughouz Went From Teenage Tech Geek to Creator of UltaHost
Like many people who grew up in the age of the Internet, serial software entrepreneur…
Who Invented the Ballpoint Pen?
John Loud patented a ballpoint in 1888 and it went nowhere. László Bíró made it…
Who Invented Gunpowder?
Gunpowder came out of Chinese alchemy, from practitioners seeking an elixir of immortality. Its Chinese…
5 ways to invent something new
Inventing something new rarely starts with a lightning bolt. More often, it starts with a…
Large entities get patents approved at double the rate of micro entities and the gap is getting wider
Large entities achieve an 80% patent allowance rate while micro entities sit at 40%. Here's…