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A Day Late and a Dollar Short
Why don’t we just celebrate all year long? Once upon a time, August was designated as National Inventors Month and then it was changed to May. Promoting a positive image of inventors and the real...
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Hola, Hallo, Hi, Hey, Salut and Shalom
No matter what tone, language, with a smile, as a demand, or in curious anticipation, the standard salutation for answering the telephone has been “Hello” since 1877. Although he didn’t invent the...
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The Zipper As We Know It
The zipper as we know it, evolved from the “clasp-locker” patented by Whitcomb L. Judson on August 29, 1893. Judson was an inventor born in Chicago, Illinois on March 7, 1846. He was awarded 16 patents...
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The Man Who Made Milk Chocolate
This week we celebrate the birth of a man whose life legacy can be summed up simply with the word sweet. The man who made milk chocolate his own was born September 13, 1857. It’s a story of success and...
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Henry Ford Put The World On Wheels
Long before a rapper delighted television audiences with his wizardry and spray paint, Henry Ford put the world on wheels. It was September 27, 1908 … and a Model T was born. A Piquette Avenue...
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The Bend Straw Inventor
Inventors take heed and hear this: “The smallest features of modern life are stealth inventions. Their ingenuity is quiet. Their advantages are imperceptible. But they are inventions.” –...
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Today Xerography Was First Demonstrated
Ok, c’mon, let’s face it, we’ve all taken a walk on the wild side and made a copy of our hands, feet and faces. (ok, gasp!, our derrieres too?) However, long before it was possible to climb upon the...
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Will We Ever Need It Again?
One Of The First 35mm Cameras According to livescience.com the top ten inventions which changed the world are: the wheel, the nail, the compass, the printing press, the internal combustion engine, the...
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The Invention of Daguerreotype Photography
Well, for starters, we know he was a SWSM from France. Yes, SWSM stands for “single, white, straight male” whose occupation is listed as an inventor and photographer. Born on November 18,1787,...
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Amazon’s Holiday Shopping Patents, Creepy?
Comic Strip from Dilbert.com While adding those perfect holiday gift items into your Amazon.com shopping cart keep this in mind… all of the patents behind the magic. Here are 10 slightly creepy patents...
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