Order is Restored
Here’s a neat solution to the damage that smeared eye pencils and hastily spilled nail polish bottles can cause: the Makeup Junkie Bag, which is strong, washable and water resistant. It’s pretty and stylish, too!
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STEM Spark
Dr. Ayanna Howard is an entrepreneur, innovator, educator and an international expert in robotics who began her career working at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on research to develop the next generation of Mars rovers. She recently shared her thoughts on increasing diversity among patent holders, the importance of intellectual property to start-up success, and female innovators in STEM fields
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Alice, 5 Years Later
On June 19 it will be five years since the United States Supreme Court issued a decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank, which significantly changed the way courts and patent examiners evaluated patent eligibility of computer-implemented innovation in the United States.
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The Next IoT Wave
Despite the saturation of IoT devices, there is still plenty of room in the market for improvement and change. Consider these trends that may drive connected device development in coming years.
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Pump up Your Instagram Stories
You also should ensure that your Stories stand out among the others inundating every news feed. The last thing you want is for Stories about your invention to be forgotten—or perhaps even worse, skipped over after one slide.
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Don’t Forget the Nuts and Bolts
The inventor of a new and useful invention is always in the best position to describe it. The problem lies with the reality that most inventors don’t understand what needs to be described in order to satisfy U.S. patentability requirements. What is relevant to patentability—and almost universally ignored by do-it-yourself inventors—is how the invention is different compared to the prior art on a structural, mechanical level.
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Lemelson-MIT Student Prize 2019
Two cancer-fighting screening tools highlight innovations by college students who are among the winners of the 2019 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize.
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