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Awesome Do-it-Yourself Alternative to Headlamps
Make Magazine held a “Cool Tools” competition where contestants could submit their own DIY inventions, and here’s the winner: Hand Lights! These handy little lights are the brainchild of Steve Hoefer,...
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Doc Talks: ‘Candyman’
Great ideas are hard to come by. Getting credit for them can be even harder. David Klein, the inventor of the Jelly Belly jellybean, is the subject of our next Doc Talk piece. Being an inventor isn’t...
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Technology: @Microsoft Aims At Bringing Future Technology To Your Home Tomorrow
The team at Microsoft is borrowing a page from the 24th century and trying to develop technology reminiscent of the holodecks on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Wait, what? Stevie Bathiche, director...
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7 Pictures That Prove We’re Living In The Future
yantragyan.com The future is now, y’all. Originally appeared at BuzzFeed 1. Smart glass that obscures the bathroom when you lock it: Via 9gag.com 2. A wheelchair that can go up stairs: Via...
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Proof We’re Living in the Future
Admit it. Some of this stuff is still pretty unbelievable. This post originally appeared on BuzzFeed.com. 1. We have a toy car on Mars. Stocktrek Images/Stocktrek Images And it’s taking selfies....
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A Portrait Of Alan Adler, Inventor Of Better Coffee Makers And Frisbees
The aerodynamics of sailboats inspired Alan Adler to improve a range of inventions from frisbees to coffee makers. — Alan Adler is a man searching for a better way to do something already being done....
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Inventor Portrait: Sean O’Connor
— Sean O’Connor’s invention sounds a bit strange at first: pancake batter in a whip cream style can. Some might be reminded of processed cheese and assume it’s full of preservatives and other...
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PBS Inventors: Collapsible Wagon
— Like many of us, Tami Galt keeps a journal of ideas she’d like to pursue one day. When a bad day at work prompted her to quit her job, she looked through her journal and found one to work on full...
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PBS Inventors: The Practicello
— Cello players who travel usually have to buy an extra airplane seat for their instrument if they want to do any practicing while they’re away. To get around that, Ernest Nussbaum has invented a...
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PBS Inventors: HeadBlade
— Todd Greene built a brand around what he calls “Head Care,” a combination of head shaving and skin care. His invention, the HeadBlade, makes head shaving easier for the millions of people who shave...
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PBS Inventors: Massage Chair
— Until the 1980s, professional massage was done either lying on a table or sitting on a chair or stool. David Palmer found this traditional method of seated massage problematic as his customer’s would...
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PBS Inventors: Video Games
— Ralph Baer is often called the father of video games. His invention, the Magnavox Odyssey, was the first home console system. Last year he celebrated his 90th birthday the same year the Odyssey...
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America’s Always had Black Inventors
Embed from Getty Images — America has long been the land of innovation. More than 13,000 years ago, the Clovis people created what many call the “first American invention” – a stone tool used...
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PBS Inventors: The Wilcraft
— Tom Roering’s invention, the Wilcraft, can drive on ice, and it floats in water. It provides a safe amphibious alternative for ice fishing, and is even available in a modified version for rescue...
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PBS Inventors: HoofRest
— John Halko is a farrier — another word for a horseshoer — and he also runs a farrier supply shop. A farrier’s career can be decades of physically strenuous work, so John has devised a simple gadget...
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PBS Inventors: Quick-Finders
— Imagine crawling through a smoke-filled house that’s completely unfamiliar to you, trying to find a child’s bedroom, unable to see two feet in front of your face. That’s what firefighter Joe Carolan...
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Start Over Now. Fear Fearlessly. Love Endlessly. Just Love.
Embed from Getty Images — Are there some days you wish you could just start over? In my mind, starting over would begin at the beginning. As a child, the meaning of life was inherent in my little...
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Stop Calling Them ‘The Tide Pod Generation’
While Millennials and Boomers wage a battle in social media comments over who’s to blame for the state of the world, Generation Z is stepping up to tackle the problems. As a parent of two teens, I’m...
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3 Creative Ways to Foster an Inventor’s Mindset in Your Child
Years ago, I was driving with my son, Blake. He was 7 years old at the time and was silent throughout the ride. When I asked him what he was thinking about, he gave me an answer typical of a silent...
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The Quirky World of Victorian Shaving Patents!
A major theme of my forthcoming book Concerning Beards, about the history of beards, shaving and barbers between 1650-1900, is that of the gradual commercialization of shaving. As I’ve explored in...
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