Short stories of human inventions
Archive for August, 2009
Perpetual Motion Machine Invention by My Grandfather
Aug 27th
My grandfather (O. Wright, 1877-1934) left behind a perpetual motion machine invention of his own design (find link to drawing of it below). Let me tell you about it.
It consisted of a spoked wooden wheel, probably bicycle size, with no tire attached. Spaced all along the perimeter of the wooden rim were small rectangular blocks attached by metal hinges. Inside these blocks were hollowed-out grooves in which weighted metal balls could move freely back and forth parallel to the wheel rim; the grooves were plugged with cork.
The idea was for the wheel, once it had been set on an axle More >
Weird Inventions Can Be Useful Too!
Aug 25th
Weird inventions can be profitable. I just saw a report on the news about an automated dog wash at a car wash. Get the car and the dog clean all at once! Of course, ideas for inventions that are just weird and interesting or funny is okay too. By the way, the ideas below are not patented, so feel free to take them, make them, patent them and earn a few dollars with them. Good luck!
Wind chimes made from bones. There are a lot of people out there who like the morbid side of life, and I’ll bet they buy More >
Information on Finger Oximeter Usage
Aug 24th
It is amazing to see how technology works its way around people’s lives and the manner in which technological advancements are rapidly being introduced into the market. A finger oximeter is the latest addition to medical inventions and is used for measuring the amount of oxygen in a patient’s blood, and is usually placed on the tip of the finger. Quite portable, this device uses electrical batteries. It is a perfect example of the break from traditional methods of blood testing where samples had to be taken. The oximeter is also used for measuring changes in blood volume on people’s More >
Protect Your Invention – 2 Inexpensive Legal Ways
Aug 24th
There are two legal ways to protect your invention that you will want to consider before spending thousands of dollars on a patent. But before we get into that, you need to understand how intellectual property rights work.
Intellectual Property includes patents, trademarks, servicemarks, and copyrights.
A) WHAT IS A PATENT?
A patent allows you to exclude others from making or selling the invention but does not grant you the right to make or sell an invention. Generally, the term of a new patent is 20 years, and U.S. patent grants are only effective within the United States.
There are three types of patents:
1) More >
Greatest Invention Of The Century
Aug 23rd
What’s the greatest invention of the century? If you ask this question to a person, one would get as many answers as the number of respondents. In my case, I would say it to be the personal computer because it has changed the way we lived.
As everybody else, I have my reasons for declaring it. I would christen the invention as “the greatest” which has the most widespread effect on every segment of society & species. Now let’s prove my point:
Effect on every segment of society: The computer has had a considerable & irreversible effect on every segment of society: More >
Agriculture Inventions
Aug 21st
Agriculture as we all know is production of agronomy goods through the cultivation of crops and also by the massive domestication of animals. This study is called agronomy science. Agriculture inventions have evolved massively by the years as farming and farm machines have grown too in these years. What was done by the threshing machine for so many years has been taken over by the combine.
One of the first agriculture invention was the iron plow used a lot those days in the 1700′s. Then came the wood plow in the 1800′s and the iron plow was discontinued as the wood More >
When You See Science Fairs Through a Different Lens
Aug 12th
The science fairs of 2009 are well underway. I hope as parents and community volunteers, we’re embracing this opportunity instead of cringing. It’s a lot of work from start to finish. Just finding a worthy experiment can be a job in itself. No matter what age group you encourage, it’s no small task to come home from work, roll up your sleeves, and support that young adult from hypothesis, to research, to finished project. It does them no good for us to get too involved; yet the need for distant guidance is quite a tug. After all, we know how More >
Cord Blood To Cure Thalassemia And Many More Diseases
Aug 9th
Medical science is doing wonders by means of its inventions and its proper application. It has enabled mankind to show his mastery over the god. The medical professionals are curing a number of people of their diseases and giving them a new lease of life everyday. A man can change his god-gifted features wishfully with the help of science. Even gender change is no longer a matter of surprise and awe. So man is seen defying their god in a way. But still he is unable to conquer the place occupied by the almighty God; he cannot impart life to More >
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