PRWeb:
Hilosoft, maker of HOPP (Hands on Profit Planner) introduces the Idea Composer®, a computer program that allows anyone with a business idea or invention to capture, analyze, and present their concept in a format that is easy to understand and yet professional in its presentation. The program uses tools to assist non-financial people in understanding […]

ReadWriteWeb:
We live in an age when success of innovation is mixed with unprecedented failures. On one hand we’re reinventing the web, fighting for a greener future and building genomix. On the other there are housing bubbles, credit crises and war.
The technology patent crisis is important to our future. For decades the patent law served its […]

Scoop.co.nz:
Auckland woman Wendy Barker has invented and patented the world’s first successful weight loss fashion accessory. Her Figure 8 Bodychain helps people to lose weight and research has already indicated that the majority also keep it off.
The Figure 8 Bodychain is worn around the waist against the skin, underneath the clothing, so it fits comfortably […]

Indianapolis Star:
On most days, Mark Harrell can be found on a motorcycle riding across country. If he’s not on a bike, he’s geared up to hunt elk or bison, like the 1,950-pound buffalo he recently shot that he’s quite proud of.
And just for the record, the Southport High School graduate never spent one day of […]

Great Falls Tribune:
Candy Maxwell manufactures and markets Candy’s Colorland products from her Cascade home. The products are made of lightweight plastic, which can be colored on and then erased.
The products are manufactured using laser-cutters and silk-screen machines.
All of the playhouses are different, but they also can be hooked together.
“Kids can add on to it and […]

San Jose Mercury News:
A Silicon Valley entrepreneur is betting that drivers stung by rising gas prices will be eager to make the switch to ethanol for their cars - and that they’ll want to make it at home in a $10,000 refrigerator-sized machine.
Thomas Quinn, founder and chief executive of Los Gatos-based E-Fuel Corp., is […]

Hindu:
A group of Canadian university have students invented a device that can effectively reduce the stress of backpacks on the body, local media reported Wednesday.
Biomechanics students from St Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia used simple materials like elastic, duct tape and thread to create a prototype for an elasticized pouch that is inserted […]

Akron Beacon Journal:
If you have an invention or idea, it is essential that you protect it or run the risk of losing your rights and any future rewards. Here is what you need to do:
First, start a diary/journal in a bound notebook. Include the date of the invention (when the idea was initially conceived) and […]

Greater Milwaukee Today:
Brett Roth knew he wasn’t enjoying cigarettes as much as he used to, but the real eye opener came when he was tucking his young son into bed one night in early 2004.
‘He said ‘I love you daddy’ in a raspy little voice,’ said Roth, who used to think the squeaky voice was […]

UW Badger Herald:
Hoping to claim one of the $300 grand prizes, aspiring entrepreneurs purchased items Friday at Memorial Union to create an invention for the Wiscontrepreneur 100-hour challenge.
The competition provides students with $10 vouchers to purchase supplies and gives them 100 hours to create and market a product.
University of Wisconsin’s Surplus With A Purpose brought […]

NEWS.com.au:
Italian engineer Enrico Berruti admits it was personal laziness that first prompted him to come up with the idea of a bed that makes itself.
3 years later, his first prototype is on show at the 5-day International Exhibition of Inventions that started yesterday in Geneva.
The bed has a contraption at the sides with tubes […]

Cherry Hill Courier Post:
Households in this small borough along the White Horse Pike are getting a unique freebie these days courtesy of 2 longtime residents.
It’s a metal box about the length and width of an adult forefinger and inscribed in all capital letters with the trademarked word ‘INCASE‘.
The word - and the product - has […]

National Ledger:
This is an invention that can finally help. Are you always losing your car keys around the house? And once you spend 15 minutes finally locating those where is your iPod so you can jam out on some tunes on your trip? It happens to everyone and you can’t just call it like you […]

San Mateo County Times:
Nestled in the San Mateo Highlands, Shea Kelly is raising 2 fast-growing babies. One is her 26-month-old daughter, Marissa, the focal point of Kelly’s life since her adoption in January 2006. The other is Chez Shea Baby LLC, her baby-products company responsible for what she hopes is the next big thing in […]

PR Web:
A Cleveland Ohio inventor upset over the increase in his utility bills, develops a self-closing water and energy saving shower head that could save millions of gallons of water daily for major drought hit areas.
Record breaking droughts have devastated fresh water supplies across the Midwest and Southeastern States. City officials are calling on […]

Ventura County Star:
Simi Valley special effects specialists Enrique Bilsland and Scott Inoue were accustomed to creating something out of nothing.
‘They say: OK, we need a talking pig. You don’t go to the talking pig store,” said Bilsland, who worked on the 2006 production ‘Charlotte’s Web.’
Inoue got to make things explode. ‘On Baywatch,’ I blew up […]

Cool Business Ideas:

TMC Pet Vending Solutions has been studying the self serve dog wash market since 2005. One of its invention is the K9000 machine. This coin-operated self serve dog wash equipment is simple and easy to use. Dogs easily step up into wash area with a hair free non slip floor. It has a […]

FORTUNE Small Business:
Question:
How does one with limited funds go about moving an idea into the mainstream without risking it being stolen by a large entity with staff counsel and other lawyers capable of litigating the matter ad infinitum? - Paul in Harrisburg,Pa.
Answer:
According to Stephen Gass, president of SawStop LLC and inventor of its flagship product, […]

Inventorspot:
Ever wish you had a seasoned inventor that could walk you through the invention process and be your personal mentor?
InventorSpot.com can’t offer you that, but we can provide the next best thing.
We have 2 seasoned and successful inventors who are generously dedicating time in our forums to answer any questions you may have about the […]

Mjmls Bulletin:
Everette Blaisdell’s invention was born soon after he lost his small barbershop in the Flood of ‘97. Because he didn’t have the money to rebuild right away, he set up a small shop in the women’s restroom of a friend’s auto dealership.
During 25 months there, Blaisdell said, he’d talk up the auto dealership and […]