Inventors May 2013 Archive

Golf originated from a game played on the coast of Scotland during the 15th century. Golfers would hit a pebble instead of a ball around the sand dunes using a ... Read More

Englishmen, John Spilsbury invented the jigsaw puzzle in 1767. Spilsbury was an engraver and mapmaker. The first jigsaw puzzle was a map of the world. Spilsbury attached a map to ... Read More

Jeff wrote me with the following question: I have a catchy name for a product that already exists, but as far as I can tell no one is using this ... Read More

The following is a verbatim statement from the Coalition for Patent Fairness supporting the "Patent Abuse Reduction Act of 2013", an anti-patent troll piece of legislation. And I'm looking for ... Read More

Smart enough to make itself in the morning. That's how smart. The Ohea smart bed according the maker is "equipped with a device that enables it to automatically straighten the ... Read More

The brand's first box of eight Crayola crayons made its debut in 1903. The crayons were sold for a nickel and the colors were black, brown, blue, red, purple, orange, ... Read More

If you got it flaunt it. This is an introductory article I have written aimed at those of you who do not know how to patent it yourself. One hot ... Read More

San Francisco photographer, Eadweard Muybridge conducted motion-sequence still photographic experiments and is often called the "Father of the motion picture" even though he did not make films in the manner ... Read More

Shout out to Michelle Barbara and Cowabunga Ice Cream for sending me the following tasty ice cream facts. In 1984, President Ronald Reagan designated July as National Ice Cream Month and ... Read More

Photo-luminescence by definition is the emission of light from a molecule or atom that has absorbed electromagnetic energy: examples include fluorescence and phosphorescence materials. Photo-luminescence spectroscopy is a contact-less, nondestructive ... Read More

Well, just slightly radioactive. According to a BBC News report, the world's first ATM was installed in a branch of Barclays in Enfield, North London. At that time plastic atm ... Read More

National Inventors Month which used to be held in August is now being held in May. The senate had agreed to the switch after appeals made by Edison Nation and ... Read More