Niche: Metal Art
Many homes may decorate with a painting or a small statue. However, how many people can say they own a piece of metal art? Vladimir Gendelman is aware his product reaches a niche group of people....
View ArticleEntrepreneur Creates Spill-Resistant Martini Glasses
The Dallas Morning News: Thanks to James Bond and Sex and the City, the martini glass is a chic pop- culture symbol. But for Renee Williams, the drink brings to mind something far-from-stylish:...
View ArticleAre Your Ideas Sticky? Take The Test
Got a few minutes? Feel like taking your SAT…again? No, not that SAT! “The Stickiness Aptitude Test,” or SAT, was designed by The Heath Brothers and Guy Kawasaki. Go ahead. Take the quiz. Post your...
View ArticleSwitchFlops, The $30 Million School Project
At 16, Lindsay Phillips came up with the idea for a flip-flop with interchangeable straps during art class. Today, her company — Lindsay Phillips — employs 35 full-time staffers and is projected to...
View ArticleFive Cool Facts About Leonardo da Vinci
Tracy Grant over at The Washington Post has put together a list of five amazing facts about Leonardo da Vinci. 1. He wrote backward, so the easiest way to read his notes was to hold them up to a...
View ArticleIdentifying A Good Biz Idea
There are several ways of finding business ideas. According to James Abola over at the Daily Monitor, his favorite source of business ideas is to start a business that addresses the frustrations of...
View ArticleBeads That Promote Good Posture
The Windsor Star: One day, when she was nursing her newborn son Nestah, he pulled the chain off her pendant, causing the necklace to break. She decided to restring it, and fill the extra string with...
View ArticleWhy Didn’t I Think Of That?
Products to amuse and inspire. Dress For Dinner Napkin. Dressing for dinner has never been so easy! Disposable Lighter Camcorder. Perfect for spying on smokers and pyromaniacs. Goldfish Trash Bags. The...
View ArticleInventions In Miniature
Wired: From 1790 until 1870, U.S. patent law required inventors to submit actual physical models of their novel machines along with their drawings and descriptions. These miniature testaments to...
View ArticleFun Biz Idea: Radar Alert
I was watching the TV show Southland last night. The street cops come across this kid standing by the side of the street holding up a big sign that reads ” Radar Up Ahead, Slow Down”. The kid tells...
View ArticleAnyone Can Create And Launch iPhone Apps
According to Venturebeat, GameSalad hopes to usher along the era of user-generated apps with its new GameSalad Studio, which makes it easier for people to create, test, and distribute their iPhone...
View ArticleCool Invention: Spoonachos!
Finally, a chip that understands a nacho-eater’s need to enjoy each and every topping without stealing all the middle chips: Spoonachos! Best thing since the spork. Designer Denis Bostandzic deserves...
View ArticleNiche Biz: Baby Name Translation Service
The New York Daily News asks, what’s in a name? Maybe more than you thought. A British translation firm will vet expectant couples’ off-the-wall baby names, ensuring their offspring aren’t saddled...
View ArticleBrainstorm Ideas With Idea Generator
Lifehack: Developed by creative consultancy The Director’s Bureau, The Idea Generator uses randomly-displayed words to help you generate ideas for your next creative project. The user interface of the...
View ArticleHigh Tech Takes Over Holiday Lighting
Cleve Wortham and his family used to get a kick out of visiting homes featured on maps of the best and brightest holiday decorations. Then his youngest child asked, “Dad, next year can we get on the...
View ArticleThe Business Of Bronze
Chances are that you’ve seen someone, somewhere with a bronzed pair of ‘baby’s first shoes’. For many bronzing is synonymous with childhood. Many people have gone out of their way to have the objects...
View ArticleBest Hamster Wheel Sand Printer
There is another printer though, in a wheel form, not yet known worldwide that does not need ink or paper to print, but is faced on the other hand with the minor problem, that the letters «written»...
View ArticleCorny Idea Draws Interest
Sitting in a duck blind gives hunters a lot of time to be inventive, especially if the birds are landing somewhere else writes The Omaha World Herald. Camouflage-clad Mark Andersen was hunting ducks...
View ArticleTime Warp Advertisments
In an alternate universe, it’s 1960 and the Internet is ALREADY here. via: Ads of the World Credits: Advertising Agency: Moma, Sao Paulo, Brazil Creative Director: Rodolfo Sampaio Art Director: Marco...
View ArticleGoldfish Burial Kit & 998 Other Biz Ideas
SAMBA: Ideas are a dime a dozen. The money is in the execution. Need proof? For Seth Godin’s Alternative MBA program, nine innovators came up with 111 business ideas each. But ideas are only valuable...
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