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Unexpected Interruption
Dear Readers, This is not the normal sort of thing I post on Inventricity but it will affect the site for a while so please bear with me....
This 'Mousetrap' will run and run!
When, in Victorian England, Colin Pullinger invented his 'Perpetual' mousetrap he wasn't kidding! Now, some 155 years later, an example...
Suggest the Best!
Time is short - only two weeks to go! The EPO is seeking nominations for the prestigious European Inventor Awards. The competition is...
The Truth is Stranger Than...
The European Patent Office (EPO) has a slick promotional team well versed in the art of social media. Recently they've been tweeting,...
Rhino's RAPID Response...
A British invention, the Real-Time Anti-Poaching Intelligence Device (RAPID), hopes to help halt the dreadful predation of rhinoceroses...
Why I Love Inventors and Invention...
"The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do" – Steve Jobs I’m always blown away by the...
And the winner is...
The European Inventor Awards were announced yesterday in Paris. Winner of the Popular Prize (from a 32% share voted by some 47,000 of...
Invention, Heal Thyself !
We’ve been hearing about self-repairing materials for some time now and every year a new breakthrough is trumpeted. Tomorrow it’s the...
It’s a Tricorder Jim, but not as we know it..!
A spin-off company from Tel Aviv University, Unispectral Technologies, promises to unveil their prototype ‘Tricorder’ this month. They...
Assault on Batteries...
Ever since the 18th century, when Volta and Galvani were doing unspeakable things to frogs legs, inventors have been on the quest to...