Short stories of human inventions
Archive for December, 2009
Patent Brokering – A Trustworthy Solution to Cash in Your Patent
Dec 31st
Your invention is your intellectual property and is indeed one of the most valuable business assets. Similar to the physical asset, your invention must be maintained, accounted and professionally managed in order to gain the full profit. In the current set up where the creative individuals all over the world are developing ideas into new patents in a record rate, you also need to do an intelligent analysis to strike the best deal for your intellectual property. Patent brokering is the trustworthy procedure of intelligent analysis of your patent while thriving an efficient and dedicated marketing of your patent, to More >
How Henry Ford’s Invention Inadvertently Caused the Depression
Dec 29th
In early 20th century America the vast majority of people living in rural areas eked out a living in agriculture. Farms were small, often sharecropped. The planting and harvesting was labor intensive and horses provided the only source of energy for mechanized tilling. The vagaries of weather and drought have always made farming difficult. Crops were mainly grown for consumption by the farmer’s family, with any extra produce bartered for needed goods.
We are all aware of the history of Henry Ford and his invention of the production line to mass-produce Model-T’s. Ford did not invent the automobile, he simply invented More >
Robotic Pollination Vacuum Filter Blower Unit Invention
Dec 27th
Our neighbors and fellow species the American Honey Bees have just been having a terrible time over the last decade. Their larva have been battling a virus and now their civilizations are collapsing and thus they can no longer pollinate the crops to make honey. If the Honey Bees help us in pollination by 60% and we ship our excess to feed Africans, well we may not have enough to send to help starving people. What on Earth are we going to do about this crisis?
Well, I propose we make a Robotic Pollination Vacuum Filter Blower Unit Invention. How so More >
The Greatest Invention In The World
Dec 27th
One of the most remarkable inventions ever in the history of the human race is the invention of the World Wide Web.
In the middle of the 15th century Johannes Gutenberg a German goldsmith, invented the movable type printing in Europe.
His technology replaced books that had to be created by hand . Knowledge spread like wildfire and the human race became more rational and less superstitious. The result, of course, was an improvement in the evolution of civilizations and the speed with which they arose.
The availability of books made the Renaissance possible. It facilitated scientific publication. It resulted in the collapse More >
Latest Technology Invention – Archimedes May Be Back
Dec 20th
What are you talking about? – Archimedes and latest technology invention in the same breath? For those not in the know – Archimedes was the ancient Greek’s most famous mathematician. He was the one who ran through the streets naked yelling “Eureka” (I have found it) when he solved a very important problem while sitting in his bath.
The latest technology invention is this – taking what most probably the latest and using it in a new way. Archimedes had scribed some of his theories on goat parchment somewhere between 287-212 B.C. Amazingly, this parchment has lived on – and in More >
3 Types of Invention Patents
Dec 16th
A patent is a patent is a patent. False! There are many different subcategories of patents. This article demonstrates the 3 main types of invention patents:
1. Utility Patents (cover new and useful inventions such as mechanical devices, electronics, medical devices, biotechnology, gadgets, and processes for making things).
2. Design Patents (cover new and ornamental designs of products (articles of manufacture) such as containers, furniture, toys, or housewares).
3. Plant Patents (cover new and distinct plant varieties such as flowering plants, vegetables and fruit trees).
In the United States, if the inventor makes an offer to sell, makes a sale, or publicly discloses the More >
Decoding the Science in The Lost Symbol
Dec 8th
The most vehement criticism of Dan Brown’s new book The Lost Symbol concerns the view of many reviewers that while the material about Freemasonry may be based on fact, the science is more akin to science fiction. Katherine Solomon, one of the main characters, is a scientist particularly interested in ‘mind over matter’ – the power of thought.
Brown makes it clear at the outside in a page entitled ‘FACT’, that “All rituals, science, artwork and monuments in this novel are real.” Nevertheless, a few of the more traditional scientists or science writers are already taking a swing at Brown for More >
New Household Inventions
Dec 5th
Human beings are the most intelligent of all animals because we are gifted with the ability to think and reason logically. The brain is the most powerful organ in the human body and since ancient times human beings have being using it for their development and betterment. Scientists and even common people with extraordinary intelligence have made a lot of inventions and contributions to modern lifestyle in the past. “Houses” have been the most popular area for discoveries and inventions in the past and even now.
Many household items have been the result of inventions of people who desired better functioning More >