Pattoo - invention

Pet Innovations

Dave — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:47:20 -0400

I don't have a pet; however, PetSafe is sponsoring the My Pet Idea contest.

Have you ever wished you had a product for your pet that you just couldn't find? Now you not only get the chance to have that product created, you could win $25,000.

The contest allows you to vote on other people's ideas, as well as, submit you own ideas. The website says they are choosing one winner a week. Good Luck!

Invention Quest

Dave — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:45:55 -0400

The Staples has a website setup for this year's Invention Quest, which they say will be coming this Fall.

The Invention Quest contest is coming soon and Staples is looking for the next big thing! It can be the hottest office essential or a new, innovative organizational product, just as long as it makes work easier. This could be your year to win the $25,000 cash prize and have your inventions sold at Staples.

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Only $9.95!

Dave — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:16:07 -0400

I've tried to resist the temptation to blog about this, but as you can read I have given in. Forbes.com has a slide show of 10 Best-Selling Popeil Inventions. If you want to see more another slide show Businessweek.com also has a few. Who is Popeil? Let go to the Wikipeida!

Ronald M. Popeil (born May 3, 1935 in New York City) is a multi-millionaire inventor, well-known for his company Ronco.

He is known for saying, "But wait, there's more!" and "Now how much would you pay?" Each phrase followed the addition of another item or feature to the catalog of a product's advantages or attachments. The advertisements frequently answered the "how much?" question with potential prices, followed by the dramatically lower actual price.

Below is a 1970 Popeil advertisement, the Popeil Kitchen Magician can be yours for only $9.95!

National Young Inventors Contest

Dave — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 11:33:56 -0400

This contest is for children ages 5-12. To enter they must design a board game (with all its pieces, rules, and a board), decide what the board and pieces look like, figure out the rules and how to play and design a sample of the board and pieces (entries will not be judged on artwork). Contestants will earn the chance to win prizes (a trip, a $10,000 savings bond, a game library, and more!). The winning game may be produced by University Games for their lineup in 2007.

The contest is sponsored by University Games Corporation.

Invention on the Mall

Dave — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 09:37:26 -0400

August 3 to August 6 the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center is leading "Invention on the Mall - A Family Invention Festival". It will take place in various Smithsonian Museums (National Museum of American History, National Air and Space Museum, National Museum of the American Indian, and National Museum of Natural History) on the National Mall in Washington D.C.

The weekend-long event will help the Lemelson Center kick off its second decade as a nationally recognized organization which documents, interprets, and disseminates information about invention and innovation.

Mothers of Invention

Dave — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 20:07:36 -0400

Gazzette.net has profiled four African American mothers in Prince Georges County, which is a predominately black suburban county outside Washington D.C.

Four Prince George’s County women didn’t have to look far to find inspiration for their new inventions.

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British Invention Convention

Dave — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 08:30:47 -0400

Below is a clip from a British Invention Convention.

A convention showing all sorts of individual inventions such as the sideways bicycle, a portable surgical unit and more.

Caffeine Remover

Dave — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 09:43:28 -0400

ContraCostaTimes has an article about a disturbing invention: A caffeine remover.

The scientific innovation, called molecularly-imprinted polymers, or MIP, is applied and used on the surface of traditional coffee stirrers or cups. The stirrer or cup is coated with harmless molecular polymer beads that specifically attract caffeine molecules.

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The Three Stages

Dave — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 16:56:23 -0400

Frédéric Bastiat

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit, says this about Claude Frédéric Bastiat:

Bastiat was born in Bayonne, Aquitaine, France. His public career as an economist began only in 1844, and was cut short by his untimely death in 1850. Bastiat had caught tuberculosis, probably during his tours throughout France to promote libertarian ideas, and that illness eventually prevented him from making further speeches (particularly at the legislative assembly to which he was elected in 1848 and 1849) and took his life. Frédéric Bastiat died in Rome, Italy on December 24, 1850. He declared on his death bed that his friend Gustave de Molinari (publisher of Bastiat's masterpiece The Law in 1849) was his spiritual heir.

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Ellen's Inventors

Dave — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 19:30:10 -0400

The Ellen DeGeneres Show is looking for adult Inventors and kid inventors .

Do you have an amazing invention? If so, then we want to see it! Send us
a VHS tape of you showing us your invention.

Below is a video that someone submitted to the show, and their blog can be found here