by Andrew Krauss on February 18, 2012
Inventor Steve Katsaros created Nokero, a solar light bulb designed to provide light to 1.6 billion people in the world that lack access to electricity.
Launched in June of 2010, the Nokero bulb combines the best in solar and LED technology to create a superior, yet affordable, solar light. It’s made to last. The clear globe [...]
by Andrew Krauss on February 17, 2012
Inventor and entrepreneur Mark Eichenbaum created The Baggler: a unique device that alleviates the pain and hassle that most people experience while trying to carry their shopping bags. The Baggler is an eco-friendly and ergonomic shopping bag management system that enables people to carry their groceries or belongings, up to 54 lbs. of weight, in [...]
by Stephen Key on February 17, 2012
I have spent the majority of my career licensing my ideas, and licensing is often what I make the focus of my blogs. But the other way of bringing your product to market is to venture your idea yourself – that is to say, to create your own small business, manufacture your product, and get [...]
by Andrew Krauss on February 16, 2012
Saving the environment is a fantastic idea, and it can be even more rewarding when one can make a living out of it in a really simple yet brilliant way. That’s what entrepreneur Adam Wegener is doing. He is taking the recycling concept a notch up with his company Trash Amps, LLC, based in Sunnyvale, [...]
by Stephen Key on February 15, 2012
I always advocate inventing for the marketplace. But what does that really mean? Many inventors come up with an idea on the fly, without really having taken inventory of the similar products that exist in the marketplace. There’s no guarantee that there’s actually a market for the product. They’re excited about their idea, but that’s [...]
by Stephen Key on February 14, 2012
Does your product have what it takes to be on the Walmart Store shelves? Enter the Walmart Get On The Shelf contest and find out. For more details visit their website. Hurry, entry deadline is February 22nd.
by Stephen Key on February 14, 2012
Are you a designer who can build? Are you a machinist who can design?
The Discovery Channel is looking for America’s most creative and daring techies, machinists, inventors and engineers to design, build, and BLAST their way to a Grand Prize on their new competition TV show TOP ENGINEER.
A handful of lucky men and women will [...]
by Andrew Krauss on February 11, 2012
Planning a party without having enough dishes to serve a crowd could be a problem for an environmentally responsible host. Although paper dinnerware is a practical solution, it is certainly not a green one. There is a new product on the market that makes it possible to impress your guests and still be a seriously [...]
by Andrew Krauss on February 10, 2012
Parents wanting to spend quality time with their small children and exercise at the same time often invest in a jogging stroller. A more innovative version of a jogging stroller is the Zigo Leader: a hybrid carrier bike system that converts from a front mounted child carrier to a stroller, baby jogger, rear trailer or [...]
by Stephen Key on February 8, 2012
What could be better than this? To celebrate Thomas Edison’s birthday at our FREE Annual Inventors Expo we are having Sarah Miller Caldicott, his great grand niece and author of Innovate like Edison, blow out 165 candles in his honor as well as join the roster of great speakers we have for this event.
Here is [...]