No matter where you are sitting, we all owe a lot to this week’s featured inventors, Leonard Dyer and Nikola Tesla. The first is a man that history has perhaps forgotten, while the second is someone whose name may be a bit more familiar. Either way, their visions...
People who have asthma know how difficult it can be when it flares up. The wheezing, tightness in the chest, and the sensation that you are not getting enough air into your lungs not only make it difficult to do physical activities, it also makes it quite scary. ...
Many, if not most of us, know the story of Thomas Edison: brilliant American who, through a combination of hard work and ingenuity, either invented or improved upon a plethora of inventions – so many so, in fact, that Edison has nearly 2000 American patents to his...
Ever wonder what the most successful US patent in history has been? Well, if you gauge a patent by the amount of money that it makes for its creator, then the answer is pretty clear: Lipitor (patent #4,681,893). Lipitor is a cholesterol-lowering drug. Cholesterol...
Laundry day – two of the worst words in the English language, and many of us even have it relatively easy today. Since WWII, automatic machines in the home became much more prevalent, perhaps even the norm. For those who don’t have one, laundry day means hauling...
Think your invention is too simple to be patented? Or maybe it seems so obvious that somebody must have already come up with it? That is not always the case, as not all inventions need to be complicated to be effective. Such is the case with this week’s featured...
