Inventions
Make Money with Facebook Application ReferQuest
ReferQuest.com has created a Facebook application for users of the popular social networking site. Available at http://apps.facebook.com/referquest, the application allows Facebook users to earn money by promoting rewards offered through the system. Users are also able to offer rewards to others who help them find goods, services, or jobs that they are seeking. The application [...]
Boy discovers microbe that eats plastic
PhDs have been searching for a solution to the plastic waste problem, and this 16 year old finds the answer. It’s not your average science fair when the 16-year-old winner manages to solve a global waste crisis. But such was the case at last month’s May’s Canadian Science Fair in Waterloo, Ontario, where Daniel Burd, [...]
A home-based test to predict gender
Rebecca Griffin didn’t want to wait 20 weeks for a sonogram to find out whether she was going to have a boy or a girl. And she figured a lot of other expectant parents felt the same way. So starting in 2005, Griffin, a longtime commercial real estate broker and mother of three boys and [...]
Inventive online resources for inventors
For those with inventive itch, here’s a list of online communities for inventors: Incuby is an online community designed for inventors who want to get the word out about their inventions. Once you sign up, the site asks you to input information about yourself. After that, it asks for pertinent information about your invention. You [...]
Patent Legislation Will Stifle Innovation
In the patent community, there has been discussion concerning recently proposed legislation called the federal Patent Reform Act of 2009 (Senate Bill 515) to restrict rights for patents owned by companies that do not make or sell an invention covered by the patent. The current United States patent system allows an owner or purchaser of [...]
Redding Man Hits It Big With His Invention “The Pooter”
Redding resident Jack Vale is reaping the rewards of his invention “The Pooter.” The hand held creation makes the same sound as a whoopie cushion in a smaller form that you can fit in your palm. He calls it “The Pooter.” Vale says “People letting gas is quite hilarious in my opinion. I think most [...]
New invention prevents scaffolding deaths
Balancing ten storeys up without so much as a handrail has always been part of life – and death – for a scaffolder. An Australian construction worker is set to change all that with a lifesaving steel triangle that hooks onto scaffolds that recently featured on the ABC’s New Inventors program. Showing off his invention [...]
