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Product Definition and Specifications
Established manufacturers and design consultancies usually follow a formal process defining the specification of a new product and it’s worth inventors thi...
Remarkable Inventions: The Mobile Phone
40 years ago, mobile phones were still the stuff of speculation and science fiction. Today, there are almost five billion mobile phone subscriptions across t...
The Top Ten Greatest Inventions
The Safety Bicycle (John Kemp Starley) John Kemp Starley nephew of penny farthing inventor James Starley, created his Rover Safety bicycle in 1885 — the fi...
Design Patents
Depending on the nature of an invention or product protecting its aesthetic nature, via design rights, can be as important as protecting the function via pat...
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Time Travel: An Inventor’s Fantasy?
Storytellers have used the idea of time travel as a fictional device for hundreds of years. But some scientists and inventors have taken the concept a stage...
Accidental Inventions
Many inventions occur as the result of an accident. But the word “accident” needs qualification. This is because the person who observes the accident mus...
Fashion Inventions That Failed
The fashion industry is highly creative. This creativity, however, sometimes spills over into the realm of the bizarre. Below are some of the fashion industr...
Five Business Strategies for Your Invention
An inventor may come up with what he or she believes is a brilliant idea. Friends, family and fellow inventors may agree. But there comes a point at which th...
Inventing Board Games
In theory, inventing board games is fun. In practice, the process can involve a great deal of hard work. It’s not enough to come up with a good idea. Board...
Inventing Eco-friendly Devices
A large market has grown for eco-friendly inventions. Many inventors are therefore turning their skills to producing devices that benefit the environment. Th...
Inventing Medical Devices
Improvements in medical treatment, patient care and life expectancy rely heavily on medical devices. Each year, dozens more such devices appear in hospitals....
Grim Inventions: Devices for Capital Punishment
It’s an unavoidable fact: inventors sometimes create devices that kill. Someone, somewhere, sits down to design weapons, ammunition and bombs. Other invent...
The Top Ten Female Inventors
To propose a top ten of female inventors is a task that may well lead to controversy. There are, after all, thousands of women inventors to choose from. None...
Finding a Manufacturer
Once an inventor has generated interest in an invention, and secured financial backing, he or she must consider how to manufacture it. If an inventor has sol...
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