10 Great Invention Ideas for the Best St. Patrick’s Day Ever

The following are my picks for the best St. Patrick’s day ever, with a few post-St. Patrick’s day reconciliation-style inventions thrown in for good measure.

Great Invention Idea? Human Turd Scale!

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I have a friend who tries to calm my food fears by reassuring me that something that doesn’t weigh a pound cannot make me gain a pound. Fine! But what about the bag of chocolate covered nuts (they’re filled with protein) I ate this morning? The one I forgot to weigh on my food scale? How much of that have I got sitting inside of me, threatening the needle of my bathroom scale? read more »

Spot It! Reinvents Classic Matching Game Genre

It's easy to spot the fun in Spot It!Blue Orange, makers of the award-winning matching card game “Spot It!,”
has made the most interesting innovation of the genre since Milton
Bradley’s “Guess Who?” made its debut 1979. That’s a pretty remarkable
achievement for a set of 55 cards and a tin!

Meet Quirky’s 5 Newest Inventors!

Meet the top 5 latest Quirky Inventors!Crowd-supporting website Quirky regularly receives ideas from inventors
for a chance to have their proto-inventions made into mass manufactured
products. Let’s take a peek at the latest batch of innovators and their
interesting ideas:

Help 3D URBEE2’s Printed Car Makers To Design Iconic Insignia!

Create design for 3D printed car!The team behind the world’s first 3D printed automobile are getting
ready to roll out their latest prototype, the URBEE 2, and they need
your help to create the car’s signature insignia.

Put Cardboard Tubes To Good Use With Toobalink!

Recycle cardboard tubes into toys with Toobalink!Why waste a perfectly good cardboard tube in the recycle bin when you
can make a sword, abstract models and other cool stuff with Toobalink
construction sets?

Are Brodmann Blades The Biggest Table Tennis Innovation Of All Time? (Video!)

Brodmann Blades are like table tennis gloves!To be fair, these ping pong gloves might just be the only real table
tennis innovation since the game was in invented, but that doesn’t
lessen the fact that Brodmann Blades are really cool!

Guests On The Way? Time To Inflate The Living Room!

Bubble Inflatables sells inflatable furniture!Bubble Inflatables has an innovative, fun and fairly inexpensive furniture solution for anyone who doesn’t want to spring for a traditional ottoman, sofa and cozy chair. Just add air!

Invent An Enrichment Toy For The Hogle Zoo’s Animals Contest! (Video)

create an enrichment toy for Hogle Zoo's animalsWould you like to make a zoo animal’s day even more fun? Create a fresh
take on an enrichment toy for Utah’s Hogle Zoo, and you’ll do just that!

Patent Company Goes After Podcasters

Popular podcaster Adam CarollaAfter going after podcast software makers, a patent troll may now be going after individual podcasters in an attempt to get licensing money. While many claim the patent system is broken, and President Obama recently called for a reform, it may not come fast enough for some in the podcasting community.