Inventor Of New Baby Pacifier Finally Gets To His Own 'Super Bowl'
Most inventors have to wait a long time to see their products on the market, if they ever get there. That''s why two of the critical character traits of an inventor must be persistence and patience. Dr. John Davis, a Roanoke, Virginia pediatric dentist, waited 10 years to see his PreVent pacifier on the shelves and online stores of Baby's R Us. That was finally his Super Bowl.
Some of us may be snowed in right now; if not, we're waiting for the next storm, andthen we'll be snowed in. Well, three years ago, industrial designer John Mosher was snowed in, in Hopington, Massachusetts,, and he went out with his snow blower to clear the driveway. It broke down. A 160 foot driveway is tough to clear with a shovel, and Mosher made it half way when he saidthat's it! The rest made shovel history!
Two years ago, when the deluge of the bedbug became the scourge of the day, Chris Goggin, a mechanical engineer, wondered if he could create a machine as sensitive to odors as a dog. The particular sensitivity would be to the pheromones emitted by bedbugs.
FirstLego® League (FLL®) is calling for all young inventors between the ages of 9 and 16 (9 and 14 years old in the U.S. and Canada) to compete for the New Global Innovation Award presented by the X Prize Foundation. Kid teams will compete for the opportunity to win a cash reward of $20,000 that would go towards patent and development costs for their new invention.
Thirteen when he applied for his first patent, Kansan Zachary Smith just received it at the age of 15. His invention? A sports chair that comes with its own blanket and carrying case that apparently no one had thought of before. Now, with patent in hand, Smith is looking to make the most of it.
Stupid. That's what you say to yourself when you read about Smartfish's patented ErgoMotion technology. Then you say, 'Of course! It's so obvious that for designs to be really ergonomic, they have to move withyour body.
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