Posts from ‘October, 2007’

Halloween lovers my third, and last, spooky patent pick of the year has got it all: dead people, mummies and burning flesh! In fact, the burning flesh part is the most curious, because according to the “experts” the invention simply cannot work due to this unfortunate outcome. But who cares?

My ruminations about getting older, when I first learned I needed reading glasses, were quickly dispelled when I placed an order for some designer frames and the optician handed me a bill for several hundred dollars.

Elizabeth Valeri, our guest blogger, is a resident of Colorado with an interest in the material abundance of everyday life. That is, she is amused by the ways we “over-invent” our lives in a fleeting attempt at controlling them. She wanted to share some of her wacky patent finds with the readers of InventorSpot.com.

I remember, several years ago, when I first encountered the hands-free faucet. It was in an airport bathroom and after a few failed attempts at moving my soapy hands in front of the sensor to get the faucet to dispense some water, I casually remarked to the woman at the sink next to me who [...]

Elizabeth Valeri, our guest blogger, is a resident of Colorado with an interest in the material abundance of everyday life. That is, she is amused by the ways we “over-invent” our lives in a fleeting attempt at controlling them.