Tech in Plain Sight: Escalators
If you are designing a building and need to move many people up or down, you probably will at least consider an escalator. In fact, if you visit most large …read more Continue reading Tech in Plain Sight: Escalators
Category Archives: inventions
Your Childhood Inventions Brought to Life
If you are the kind of person who reads Hackaday, you probably spent time in school doodling little design day dreams. [Allen Pan] gets it, and he’s taken it upon …read more Continue reading Your Childhood Inventions Brought to Life
The Pheromonophone Lets You Reach Out and Smell Someone
The prankish device is the subject of a new audiobook that pokes serious fun at Silicon Valley’s culture of disruption. We spoke with its inventor. Continue reading The Pheromonophone Lets You Reach Out and Smell Someone
Inventor Services – Maybe Right For You – Maybe
You’ve no doubt been exposed to the ads for various inventor services; you have an idea, and they want to help you commercialize it and get the money you deserve. Whether it’s helping you file legal paperwork, defending your idea, developing it into a product, or selling it, there’s a company out there that wants to help. So which ones are legit, which ones are scams, and what do you really need to make your millions?
In 1999, the US passed the American Inventors Protection Act, acknowledging that the vast majority of inventor services companies were ineffective or fraudulent, …read more
Continue reading Inventor Services – Maybe Right For You – Maybe
Inventor Services – Maybe Right For You – Maybe
You’ve no doubt been exposed to the ads for various inventor services; you have an idea, and they want to help you commercialize it and get the money you deserve. Whether it’s helping you file legal paperwork, defending your idea, developing it into a product, or selling it, there’s a company out there that wants to help. So which ones are legit, which ones are scams, and what do you really need to make your millions?
In 1999, the US passed the American Inventors Protection Act, acknowledging that the vast majority of inventor services companies were ineffective or fraudulent, …read more
Continue reading Inventor Services – Maybe Right For You – Maybe
This Smartphone Airbag Automatically Protects Your Phone When You Drop It
The design was a thesis project for a German engineering student. Continue reading This Smartphone Airbag Automatically Protects Your Phone When You Drop It
This Solar-Powered Device Sucks Drinking Water Out of Thin Air
This could benefit people in arid climates and water-starved regions. Continue reading This Solar-Powered Device Sucks Drinking Water Out of Thin Air
This Little Silver Cube Could Be the Future of Personal DNA Testing
Medical diagnostics is about to have an ‘iPhone moment’. Continue reading This Little Silver Cube Could Be the Future of Personal DNA Testing