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Santa License Helps Kids Believe

by Dustin Brady

What did you do the Christmas your child questioned the existence of Santa Claus?

Ate Santa's plate of cookies? Dressed up as Kris Kringle? Dropped a white glove in the living room?

Didn't work, did it?

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Leah McLaren: Model Entrepreneur For Young Writers

by Beth Hodgson

Journalism and writing are popular career aspirations for today's youth, but most don't know the right way to go about chasing their dreams. Leah McLaren is a popular columnist, magazine contributor and author who sets a model example for young entrepreneurs hoping to see their names in print.

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Security Mailbox - Mailbox That Protects Your Identity

by Dustin Brady

Several years ago, Juan Pineda found himself waiting for his wife's paycheck. And waiting. And waiting.

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Vibrator Lets You Know You're Out Of Line: The iPosture

by Boomer Babe

The iPosture is an electronic disc containing a number of sensors programmable to accept your perfect posture. When you deviate from that posture, the little devil goes off, vibrating until you get back in line.

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Mission Accomplished: Colored Bubbles are Real!

by John P. Barker

For over ten years, researchers have battled to discover the way to make colored bubbles--and they've finally succeeded.

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A Compact Veggie Brush & Peeler: The Pebble Peeler™

by Must Love Gadgets

Today's fave gadget is the creation of one of Inventor Spot's favorite inventors, supporters, and occasional columnists Roger Brown. It's called the Pebble Peeler™ and it's a new kitchen tool being produced by Evriholder Products, a manufacturer with an extensive line of kitchen products.

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Buying The First Cosmonaut’s Suit: A New Space Race

by M Dee Dubroff

Next month at Sotheby’s auction house in New York a landmark sale is slated to take place. It will include prized relics from the Soviet era of space exploration that are owned by American billionaire, Ross Perot, who purchased them back in the 90s. Read on, but remember there are no exchanges or returns.

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His Inventions Get You... Right In The Taste Buds

by Toby

Is it every chemist's secret dream to become a chef? Think about the benefits. Virtually unlimited ingredients, immediate feedback, safer work environment, fewer deaths, fewer law suits... Chefs are chemists, and though their creations may not lead to patents, they are inventions. This year Time Magazine has recognized one chef's work as a Best Invention of 2008: Heston Blumenthal's Sound Enhanced Food.

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Student Inventors Keep Seagulls Off Their Boat

by Dustin Brady

Boat-loving seagulls will have to poop elsewhere if a team of high school students have anything to say about it. The team, named Vanish Productions, recently won the top regional prize in New Zealand's Young Enterprise contest for their Ultrasonic Bird Repeller.

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Need A Hand? How About A "Third Hand?"

by Must Love Gadgets

The Third Hand Adjustable Parts Holder With Magnification is really a modest name for this smart gadget. Why "modest?" Because, the Third Hand is really like having four or even five hands!

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Capturing the Leasing Market: Profit from Shared Office Space

by Beth Hodgson

In Good Company, located in New York’s Manhattan, is attempting to take the shared workplace to a new level by offering space solely to female entrepreneurs. Cubes & Crayons, in Silicon Valley, provides childcare for parents who share their office.

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Bubble Wrap®: Useful For More Than Popping!

by Dustin Brady

Your Bubble Wrap could be worth thousands. There's only one catch - you can't pop it.

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Iraqi Expat Wins British Invention Award: An Inspiring Story

by Myra Per-Lee

If you like stories of personal struggle that end well, you will like this one. It's about an Iraqi citizen who fled Iraq with his family to avoid the death squads of Saddam Hussein, worked day and night to support himself through the University of Derby in the East Midlands of England, invented a device....

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Sharing A Meal Begins In The Oven! "Brivet" by DK Ahn

by Toby

DK Ahn's new designs, debuting at the London 100% Design show, are a small but varied banquet of practical, cultural, intuitive and spiritual sides of the artist, as well as the enormous talent, both as a designer and an inventor, Ahn possesses to express those sides.

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Russia’s Super Rich: Submarines Trump Yachts

by M Dee Dubroff

What are wealthy Russians pouring their money into these days? Yachts appear to be a passing mundane fad, and one super rich man has upped the elitist ante not only by buying his own submarine but by making it himself! Read on, no matter how deep your pockets may be.

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Is DogPause® The Answer To Some Dog Eating Disorders?

by Lady Bee

"Wolfing down food" is instinctive to wolves because if they don't eat their prey fast, another animal will. Unfortunately for many domestic dogs, they've inherited that instinct from wolves and wild dogs, but because of the domestic dog's more delicate digestive system, wolfing it down (or "wooffing it down") might end up as dog bulimia.

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Ponoko Lets You Create And Sell Your Own Products

by Pria Ingrum

Do you have a design idea for jewelry or other products but don't know where or how to get started? There is now a solution in Ponoko, the world's largest marketplace for product plans.

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Pittsburgh Invention Firm Davidson & Associates Settles With Feds For $10.7 Million

by Michelle

We just received this interesting piece of news. Good news for the everyday inventor!:

Pittsburgh Invention Firm Settles With Feds For $10.7 Million Davison & Associates Was Sued By FTC -- 3:08 pm EDT July 14, 2008

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Sliced Bread, Move Over: Contest for Next Best Thing

by M Dee Dubroff

Yesterday marked the 80th anniversary of sliced bread. In honor of this momentous occasion, Times Online and News.com.au have launched a contest to find the best thing since sliced bread. Read on for details.

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Great Invention Idea? Fork Timer

by A. Portela

Are you a fast eater? Are you done with what’s on your plate before anyone else even starts eating? Don’t worry; there is a simple solution for you.

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