It’s been a long time coming, but Walmart finally picked a pair of their
favorite new products as the grand prize winners for their “Get on the
Shelf” contest. It won’t be too long before you’ll be able to pick up a
set of SKRIBS Customizable Wristbands and the Elvis Presley Home Bedding
Collection for yourself!
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:
Donald Trump is doing something besides firing you these days. In fact,
it’s a lot more – like $1 million more, to the first person with an
invention, creation, business, design, food… in fact any idea at all
that brings in a certain goal on FundAnything, a new crowdsourcing website. The goal… Well, it’s a bit high, but we know it’s achievable…
If you are a professional hand-made carpet or rug maker, submit your best designs for the Carpet Design Awards 2014 for a chance to win international acclaim for your work, a fancy trophy and €2,500 in prize money!
The 2013 Porada Furniture Design Award is challenging creative inventors and designers from around the world to reimagine the concept of a wooden table for a chance to earn big bucks!
The judges have selected their favorite innovations from each of the 20
participating nations shooting for the James Dyson Award, and as
brilliant as all of the finalists are, I challenged myself to pick out
the five new goodies that truly deserve the grand prize:
Do you have designs for a fantastic new invention? Share your plans and
impress the Miproto Crew for a chance to earn a 3D model or working
prototype of your creation! Everyone wins a £50 Miproto voucher too!
Katie Couric is looking for all kinds of helpful inventions that will
make her audience think: “Why didn’t I think of that?” You’d better
hurry up though, the open call for submissions closes on October 14th!
What would you say if you could design a custom official Lego building
set that would be manufactured by Lego and that you’d earn 1% from the
sales of your creation? Check out Lego’s Cuusoo program:
The judges of the 2013 James Dyson Award have selected the best inventions from each of the 18 nations participating in the competition, and although I’m pulling for team USA, they’ve got some serious competition for the grand prize!
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