Innovative Inventions

If you haven’t heard of the deal-of-the-day website, Groupon, the chances are good that you may have been living under a rock for the past five years or so. While that may be a drastic statement, it is safe to say that Groupon is everywhere! The global leader in commerce works something like this… every …

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Larry Bird, Wilt Chamberlain, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant; these are just a few of the people that the world may not know if it wasn’t for an idea that James Naismith came up with in 1891, when he invented the popular sport of basketball. With the 68th season of the National Basketball Association …

Would you believe it if we told you that one material made of a single layer of carbon atoms that are bonded together in a repeating pattern of hexagons could change the way that electronic components are made? Believe it or not, this emerging material, otherwise known as graphene, has taken the scientific research world …

In this day and age, blogs and social media seem to go hand in hand. However, in the beginning, the lines of blogs and social media ran like the tracks of a subway, each travelling in opposite directions, leading consumers to their destination of information. But, when the lines between micro-blogging and social networking crossed …

The smell of fresh cut grass, the sound of peanut shells cracking in the hands of anxious fans, who watch as the dust settles after a big play and the pure excitement that is the result of a ball hitting off of a wooden bat. These are just a few examples of why baseball has …

Once known as a “chuck wagon,” the idea of the food truck has been around for quite some time. In the United States, food trucks have been serving quick and affordable food on-the-go since the end of the U.S. Civil War, when there was a large expansion of settlements that moved westward across the country. …

From PayPal, to SpaceX to Tesla Motors, it’s safe to say that idea man and inventor, Elon Musk, won’t be running out of ideas anytime soon. Born in South Africa, it wouldn’t take long before Elon Musk became a multimillionaire. It all began at the young age of 10, when Musk bought his own computer …

We recently talked about two very influential inventors in the world of patents, Dr. NakaMats and Esther Takeuchi.  They both have many notable patents under their belts for inventions such as the floppy disk and a life-saving implantable defibrillator. Now, we are going to take a look at a different side of patents; and, sometimes, …

On Tuesday, we talked about Japanese inventor, Dr. NakaMats, the man with the most patents, who goes to great lengths in order to continue to generate great ideas and patents. Now, we want to shift gears and take a look at the woman with the most patents. Esther Takeuchi, through amazing intelligence, diligence and hard …

In 2009, a film titled The Invention of Dr. NakaMats premiered and was centered on the famous Japanese inventor, Yoshiro Nakamatsu, otherwise known as Dr. NakaMats. This eccentric Japanese inventor goes to extremes, such as cutting off the oxygen to his brain while underwater, sleeping just four hours per day and eating one meal each …