Author: Tom Nardi / Source: Hackaday They say that necessity is the “Mother of Invention”, but over the years we’ve started to suspect that her cousin might be an underutilized microcontroller. How else can you explain projects like the latest from [MN Maker], which takes the relatively simple

Author: Matt Benedetto / Source: Bored Panda My name is Matt Benedetto and I am a product designer from Burlington, Vermont that is on a quest to design products to help solve the most difficult problems in the world…that don’t really exist. My collection on unnecessary inventions is filled with

Source: Bored Panda More than 30 million people around the globe have speech impairments and are facing difficulties when it comes to communicating with people who have no knowledge of sign language. Roy Allela – a young and ambitious 25-year-old technology enthusiast from Kenya recognized this

Author: Mike Colagrossi / Source: Big Think Explore the 50 inventions that made the modern world. There is rich advice in the literature of start-up development. Learn about the interconnectedness of innovation and business development. Businesses rise and fall. A chance invention transforms

Author: Robby Berman / Source: Big Think A new study reveals the economic class from which most U.S. inventors come. Wealth, race, and gender are all factors in innovation. Exposure to innovators and inventions in childhood can bridge the gap. A just-released comparison of patent records and