Category: Featured
Going With the Flowbee
The TV reporter was astonished when Clooney told her he uses a Flowbee to cut his hair. He said he had been using the device—a vacuum cleaner attachment that comes with 10 plastic spacers—for 22 years. Was he serious?
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Stretch Solution
Plantar fasciitis took Jim Cooper from being a world-class distance runner to being unable to walk. Now both his toes and a career as an inventor are inclined upward.
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Inventions That Never Caught On
Don’t think for a minute that extreme inventions are limited to the present.
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Hits and Errors
With MLB’s Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) technology, an official in the press box monitors a laptop running a system that electronically determines the call.
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Worth Smiling About
The Indian-American chemist and 2018 National Inventors Hall of Fame inductee Sumita Mitra developed technology that revolutionized the making of dental fillers, a process still used by dentists two decades later.
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Do Influencers Fit for You?
The two types of influencers are self-created and those whose accomplishments make them influencers.
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July 27, 1960 – Andy Griffith Show Copyrighted
The first episode of “The Andy Griffith Show” was copyright registered on July 27, 1960.
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Raising Eyebrows
In just the past few years, the ancient process of permanent makeup has been getting a face-lift in the United States.
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A Modular Indoor Growing System & More
The space- and energy-efficient Click & Grow 25 is an indoor plant growing solution that provides a continuous, significant harvest for a healthier diet.
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June 19, 2018
The 10 millionth utility patent was issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on June 19, 2018.
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Inventor Update: This Will Be a Big Deal
Shawn Moye and his sports-training product won’t be on “Shark Tank”—at least, not for now. But hey. One national TV show at a time.
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