Innovative Inventions

The 2014 Winter Olympics began on February 7; and, since that time, the Olympic torch has been ablaze. The idea for the invention of the Olympic torch stems back to the ancient Greeks’ belief that fire was given to humankind by Prometheus, who believed that fire had sacred qualities. The Greeks held their Olympic Games …

If you ask someone what the future will be like, some common answers are that there will be flying cars or that we will be able to travel back into time, etc. But, there was one inventor and idea man, in particular, that just so happened to predict the future, and the future that he …

Imagine this. It’s a warm summer afternoon and your burger is hot off of the grill. You have everything prepared and all that the burger needs is a dash of Ketchup. So, you grab for the glass bottle and repeatedly hit the bottom of the bottle with no luck. Now, you try the old trick …

February 14 is this Friday! If you’re thinking “so what” and you are currently in a relationship and want to stay in that relationship, you better start scrambling; because, this Friday is Valentine’s Day! Aside from chocolates, flowers and a nice romantic dinner, jewelry also can be lumped into the category of classic Valentine’s Day …

The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi are right around the corner and with the Winter Games almost underway, we wanted to take a look at the new, innovative inventions and technologies that will be infused into the games. We are in a completely mobile world. Even though we aren’t physically in Sochi to watch the …

With the opening events of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi on Friday, February 7, we thought it would be a great idea to talk about some of the innovative inventions that will be displayed at this year’s games. The Winter Games are full of adrenaline-pumping sports like bobsledding, freestyle skiing, snowboarding and curling (OK, …

If you’re a bottled water drinker, you’ve likely never noticed anything too fancy or particular about your favorite brand’s packaging design. Well, leave it to Russian high school student Anastasia Shtern to change all of that with her idea for VITA, a fictitious new vitamin water brand that, if actually invented, could forever change the …

As a kid, at some point in time when you were outside playing with the kids in the neighborhood, you probably imagined that you were your favorite athlete in the final minutes of the game. Whether it was basketball, football or soccer, your imagination probably ran wild while playing. But, some kids around the world …

Since 1904, Times Square has been home to the most famous New Year’s Eve celebration in the United States. But, it wasn’t until 1907 that the New Year’s Eve ball made its debut on a flagpole on top of One Times Square. Since that very moment, the New Year’s Eve ball has been the compass …

On December 12, we wrote a blog about the first trans-Atlantic radio transmission that was sent by Guglielmo Marconi. Well, at that time, Edwin Armstrong was only 11 years old and the idea of frequency modulation had not yet come to be. Edwin Armstrong is considered to be one of the great engineers of the …