By B. Collins When I got my review copy of Daniel Wright’s Patently Silly (First Lyons Press, 2009), I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. The small, square book based on Wright’s patentlysilly.com Web site contains some 200 of...
Read MoreIn search for new product ideas, Skol is opening its doors to inventors By Mike Drummond For more than 20 years, Skol carved itself a niche manufacturing light fixtures for prisons. Making lights functional yet inaccessible to...
Read MoreSome of you may recall the piece we wrote on Vanna Bonta, the inventor/innovator from California who developed a suit to help humans copulate in zero gravity. The 2Suit anticipates the day when we colonize space. (See Sex and...
Read MoreSpider Webs, Grass & Nanotubes – Behold the Brave New U.S. Textile Industry It is tempting to think textile development hit its apex in 1873, when Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss invented denim blue jeans. What is more...
Read MoreDr. Mr. President: On Tuesday, Sept. 8, you traveled to speak at Wakefield High School in Alexandria, Va. I have to say Mr. President, it was a sensational speech. After reading it online, I found myself thinking about the...
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