This blog is dedicated to inventors and their inventions. We will have posts on how to be more creative, help with patents, cool and not so cool inventions and inventor spotlights. The invention spotlight is your chance to promote a product that you invented. We’ll provide a link to your website so readers can learn [...]

Now this is cool. Who doesn’t want their own jet pack? Affordable is subjective, it cost more than my first 3 bedroom house. Now about that life insurance policy … Here is the link to the company site http://www.jetlev-flyer.com/ You might be interesed in reading … Invention Addicts, meet BotJunkie NAO Robot Expresses Emotions RoboPlow [...]

This is a cool invention. It uses the principle of a gyroscope to help kids balance themselves on a bicycle. It makes perfect sense to me now. A friend of mine is a motorcyclist who would drive over 100 mph. I asked isn’t that a bit unnerving? He replied no because the motorcycle would get [...]

Some things are meant to go together, like peanut butter and chocolate. But what about luggage you can ride to class. I think students are on board with this. I can’t see myself scooting around an airport just yet. http://scooterbackpack.com/sbp/Home.html You might be interesed in reading … The Cure to Snooze Button Abuse – The [...]

The Best Inventions of 2009 by Time Magazine (and I thought the year was not over yet) Click HERE for the full article 1. The Best Invention of the Year: NASA’s Ares Rockets2. The Tank-Bred Tuna3. The $10 Million Lightbulb4. The Smart Thermostat5. Controller-Free Gaming6. Teleportation7. The Telescope for Invisible Stars8. The AIDS Vaccine9. Tweeting [...]

Here’s a gift idea for all you invention addicts out there. Don’t let that million dollar idea slip away! Keep the Nite Note at your bedside so you can jot down those ideas with out turning on the lights. From the http://www.nitenote.com/ website: NITE NOTE® is a silent easy way to note night time thoughts. [...]

Check out: http://www.tri-vise.com/ Now what could be more simple, a metal plate! I can see the value in having one of these a building contractor. When I saw this at HomeDepot I was jealous. Plate Vise from Tri-Vise on Vimeo. You might be interesed in reading … The Cure to Snooze Button Abuse – The [...]

With all thoses electronic Christmas toys you probably need some of these: http://www.usbcell.com/ It’s a rechargable battery that has it’s own built in charger and plugs into your computer. This would be great if you had a wireless mouse that eats a steady diet of AAA batteries. Now why didn’t I think of this? You [...]

This post should be titled, “Why Crocs are a Great Invention or How I accidentally wore the wrong shoes to work” but that was too long. Over the summer I saw my neighbor wearing Crocs outside while doing yard work. I thought, “How ugly, I would never wear those.” Never say never. My wife bought [...]

This marks the one year mark for my blog. Is it a birthday or anniversary? Let’s go with birthday. Thanks to all the readers and commenters. Comments are what kept me going early on. There were some dark spots, times when I did not post for weeks but I persevered. You might be interesed in [...]