Back in the Day - The Death of Magnetic Tape
Saturday August 24, 2013
Today's dying media spotlight is magnetic tape. By definition magnetic tape "is a plastic ribbon coated on one side with an iron-oxide material that can be magnetized by electromagnetic pulses ... Read More
How A Photovoltic Cell Works
Saturday August 24, 2013
The "photovoltaic effect" is the basic physical process through which a PV cell converts sunlight into electricity. Sunlight is composed of photons, or particles of solar energy. These photons contain ... Read More
Inventions are Interdependent
Sunday August 18, 2013
The first microphone was a telephone transmitter invented by Emile Berliner for Alexander Graham Bell in 1876. The invention of radio, spurred the invention of better quality broadcasting microphones.
The computer ... Read More
Pictures From The Industrial Revolution
Saturday August 17, 2013
Enjoy a stroll down yesteryear with our pictorial timeline depicting the major textile-related inventions of the industrial revolution. View the Newcomen steam engine. Find out what a flying shuttle is. ... Read More
Inventions That Didn't Quite Make It - Spray-on Condoms
Thursday August 15, 2013
In 2006, German inventor Jan Vinzenz Krause of the Institute for Condom Consultancy created the spray-on condom aka the Sprühkondom . The concept was that men could buy a ... Read More
Annual Independent Inventor Conference October 11-12 at the USPTO
Saturday August 10, 2013
The United States Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) 18th Independent Inventor Conference will be held October 11-12, 2013. After taking place in other regions of the country for the last ... Read More
Are You An ENTP Personality Type?
Sunday August 4, 2013
That's the personality type called the "rational inventor" according to the Keirsey Temperament Sorter. The Sorter is a personality questionnaire or temperament analysis designed by Doctor David M. Keirsey that ... Read More
Why the YKK on the Zip Tab?
Saturday August 3, 2013
Have you every wondered why the initials YKK are stamped on most zippers?
That's because today most zippers are made by a Japanese company founded in 1934 called YKK, the largest ... Read More
Gerardus Mercator
Saturday August 3, 2013
The Mercator projection was developed in 1569 by Gerardus Mercator as a navigation tool. Gerardus Mercator was the leading mapmaker of the 15th Century.
Terrestrial Globes, Terrain Model Maps, & Armillary ... Read More