Inventors

The Top 3 Realities of Inventing Today (Part 1)

Patrick Raymond | Posted 05.11.2012

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Yes, innovation and entrepreneurship are the key to unlocking vast personal wealth and ensuring continued national greatness. They're also over-hyped. So let's get real, here.

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Are We Ever Too Old to Be Called "Promising?"

Holly Robinson | Posted 05.09.2012

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It's not like writers are ballerinas who can't do splits without injuring ourselves after a certain age, or even football players too fat to run. Is it?

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At Age 17, Sara Naseri and Emilie Kjeldsen Invent New Sun-Protective Technology

Women 2.0 | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Women Entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, Skin Cancer, Inventors, Entrepreneurs, Women in Tech, Sun Protection, Technology News

Our initial idea was to cure skin cancer, but realizing that this is very complex, the aim and driving force of our project became to prevent skin cancer.

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Seldom Acknowledged Innovation Was Edison's 'Greatest?'

Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Inventors, History, Video, Innovators, Electricity, Thomas Edison, Inventions, Innovation, Historical Figures, Famous People, Edison, Lightbulbs, Tesla, Science News

By: Jeremy Hsu, InnovationNewsDaily Senior Writer Published: 04/07/2012 09:45 AM EDT on InnovationNewsDaily Thomas Edison's record as an America...

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WATCH: You Won't Believe These Crazy Walmart Product Ideas

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 03.26.2012

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Walmart's latest must-have item may be chosen by shoppers like you. Walmart's "Get It On The Shelf" campaign, a competition allowing anyone from am...

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Inspired Design: Young Inventors Solve Old Problems in New Ways

James Dyson | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Invention, Design, Innovation, James Dyson Award, Engineering, Industrial Design, Inventors, Technology, UK, UK Tech, UK-Inspiration, Inspiration, UK-Innovation, Technology News

Simple observations can inspire leaps in understanding. In designing a vacuum that didn't choke on dust, I looked to a sawmill. I saw centrifugal force being used to separate dirt and wondered - could the same principle be used on a smaller scale?

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WATCH: Young Latino Inventor Named One Of Forbes' 30 Under 30

Posted 01.25.2012

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A 17-year-old inventor from Texas, Javier Fernández-Han, the son of immigrants from China and Mexico, was named one of "Forbes' 30 under 30" this yea...

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FIRST Things First

Dean Kamen | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: National Science Foundation, Inventors, Neil Armstrong, Nasa, Stem, National Academy of Engineering, Science and Math, Robotics, STEM Education, First, Science Education, Scientists, Albert Einstein, Science News

If kids looked at Nicola Tesla or Bill Gates the way they look at LeBron James and Tom Brady, then I guarantee that our students' enthusiasm for math and science would match their passion for Little League and Pop Warner.

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How This Kid Crashed The Major Leagues

HuffingtonPost.com | Ben Craw | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Inventors, Video, Pitchers Power Drive, Sporting Goods, Pitching Tools, Drew Storen, Baseball Inventions, Pitching Tips, John Miller, 27 Million and Counting, JJ Miller, Small Business Video, Small Business News

Starting your own business is a noble -- not to mention exciting, rewarding and often crazy -- undertaking. The experience is an adventure, to say the...

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Obama Signs Major Patent Reform Law

AP | Posted 11.16.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will sign the America Invents Act on Friday, the first significant change in patent law since 1952. The presiden...

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PHOTOS: The 8 Best Inventions From Quirky.com

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Gilbert | Posted 11.12.2011

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Quirky.com is one of the best-case uses of the Internet out there today; it is, in my opinion, exactly the way that the Internet, with all of its crow...

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Karen Norris, StackMates: 27 Million And Counting

The Huffington Post/AOL Small Business | Lauren Drell | Posted 07.30.2011

Read More: Inventors, Video, Stackmates, Storage Containers, Kitchen Storage Containers, Inventions, Unique Business Ideas, Starting a Business at Home, Karen Norris, 27 Million and Counting, Small Business Video, Tupperware, Small Business News

Starting your own business is a noble -- not to mention exciting, rewarding and often crazy -- undertaking. The experience is an adventure, to say the...

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Creating The Future With You In Mind

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.17.2011

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This summer I hung out with a bunch of students and professors who do exactly that: imagine men and women like us and create digital products that meet our needs.

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Innovation Crisis in Black America, Pt. 1

Mike Green | Posted 05.25.2011

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There is a crisis occurring in 12.3% of the American population, otherwise known as Black America. The crumbling economic infrastructure of the natio...

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Australian Inventor Of 'Black Box' Recorder Dies

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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SYDNEY — David Warren, an Australian scientist who invented the "black box" flight data recorder, has died, defense officials said Wednesday. He...

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As Seen On TV: How to Make the Next Big Thing

Jill S. Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

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Here are a few of the new items that might catch your attention some night when you're flipping channels at two in the morning.

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Dumb Luck: Top 7 'Historical Tweets' From Inventors (PHOTOS, POLL)

Alec McNayr | Posted 05.25.2011

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Whether scientist or tinkerer, academic or technologist, the greatest inventors of all time had one thing in common--they divulged their innermost tho...

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The 10 Neatest New York Inventions Ever

Alex Santoso | Posted 05.25.2011

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New York, as my friends and family who live there like to say, is the center of the universe and the source of everything important in life. Like Christmas.

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Robert Rines: The Death of a Monster Hunter

Ben H. Winters | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Inventors, Loch-Ness-Monster, Sea Monsters, Cryptozoology, Obituary, Robert Rines, Franklin Pierce Law Center, Animals, Healthy Living News

If there is a Loch Ness monster, she's feeling pretty good about herself right now. Robert H. Rines, the man who came closer than anyone to proving the existence of the fabled serpent, died last week at 87.

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Why Our 21st Century Keyboards Retain Vestiges of the Past

Kate Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Inventors, Blackberry, Typewriter, Iphones, Keyboard, Technology News

Despite the fact that "a" is under our weakest finger, and the most-used letter "e" is off the home row, people adapt, and those who are going to become fast typists will do so regardless of layout.

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Million Dollar Ideas on Display at the Colorado Inventors Showcase

Brett Greene | Posted 05.25.2011

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I was expecting an adult version of the school science fair at the Colorado Inventors Showcase, but was greeted with a much bigger spectacle.

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The U.S. Military: Molecular Gastronomist?

Sophie Brickman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Years ago, my father let it slip that his cousin had invented the powdered egg in the late 1930s, thereby contributing the war effort. Aha! A fellow Brickman inventor and culinary whizz!

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