How Does Your Space Shape Your Creativity?
May 5th, 2010
Help Develop a Smithsonian Exhibition We at Inventors Digest are working on our July cover story, which explores the importance of design in the product-development process (hey, if you’re an industrial designer, we’d like to hear from you – e-mail info@inventorsdigest.com). This announcement from the Smithsonian crossed our transom and thought it was worth a [...]
Coming to a Disaster Near You – ERBUS
May 4th, 2010
Photo by Scotsman Imaging By Alison Jacques Who doesn’t need a Swiss army knife once in awhile? You never know when you’ll need to whittle, turn a screw or open a bottle of merlot. Deborah Yungner took that idea a step or two further, inventing and patenting a utility trailer that can help save lives. [...]
Science Needs a Woman’s Touch
May 3rd, 2010
By Mike Drummond Like a plane crash survivor describing a brush with disaster, Joan Herbers is eager to talk about her “glass ceiling story.” She was a biology professor and one of eight department chairs in her college at Colorado State University. Herbers had been there for about seven years and was second in seniority. [...]
Edison Nation Earns Edison Award
April 30th, 2010
Our sister company Edison Nation took home the Silver Award for Lifestyle and Social Impact at the Edison Awards ceremony in New York City last night. Edison Nation is an open-innovation Web 2.0 platform that helps major retailers find new innovative products from undiscovered inventors. GE Consumer & Industrial Appliances earned the Gold Award for [...]
Tonight on Got Invention Radio – AJ Khubani
April 29th, 2010
It’s another stellar lineup for tonight’s broadcast of Got Invention Radio – infomercial king and Telebrands CEO AJ Khubani joins host Brian Fried for what is guaranteed to be a lively discussion. The broadcast is 8 p.m. EST, 5 p.m. PST. Khubani built his fortune as a leader in the direct response television world, and [...]
We’re Giving Away a Free Expo Booth
April 28th, 2010
Inventors Digest is giving away an exhibitor booth for the Response Expo in San Diego, a $399 value! What’s the catch? You have to sign up for this free Webinar to be eligible.
The Long and Winding Road to QVC
April 28th, 2010
By Jack Lander Rosalee Dodson and Cindy White invented the Eco Drain Dragon, used in conjunction with a wet-or-dry shop vacuum to clear clogged sinks and shower drains. They were delighted when it finally aired on QVC this past January. But the story of their long – and expensive – journey begins in 2007, when [...]
Selling the Sizzle – How to Get on TV
April 27th, 2010
The folks at inventRight are offering a free Webinar Thursday on how to get your product on TV. Kevin Harrington of the hit ABC TV show Shark Tank and chairman of TVGoods.com will join the discussion. The event is a warm-up to the Response Expo in San Diego May 11-13, which will feature an Inventors [...]
Happy ‘World Intellectual Property Day’
April 26th, 2010
In case you were unaware of it, today is World Intellectual Property Day. The World Intellectual Property Organization or WIPO designated the occasion in 2004. Its main tenets: to raise awareness of how patents, copyrights, trademarks and designs impact daily life; to increase understanding of how protecting IP rights helps promote creativity and innovation; to [...]
Cast Your Vote for 1 of These Kids!
April 23rd, 2010
By Kids For Kids, Toys“R”Us and JAKKS Pacific named the top six finalists in the Invention Dimension Challenge. Now it’s your turn to vote for the grand-prize winner. Online voting is active at www.bkfk.com now through noon EST, April 30, 2010. The Challenge, which ran from October 1, 2009 to January 29, 2010, asked youths [...]
