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The Dragons’ Den is Back and as Brilliant as Ever

11 August 2016 by | Comments are off for this post
The Dragons’ Den is Back and as Brilliant as Ever For all you committed inventors and innovators out there, Dragons’ Den is no doubt one of your favourites TV programmes. Not only do you get to look at some brilliant business and design ideas, there are some epic fails in there every week as well. [...]

Farewell, Artur Fischer

10 February 2016 by | Comments are off for this post

 Farewell, Artur Fischer (1919-2016) If you have ever tried to hang a picture on sheet rock or put a shelf up on a plaster wall, then the chances are that you are familiar with one of the products of Artur Fischer. And where the Fischer wall plug was by far his most notable invention, the […]

Frugal Innovation

14 December 2015 by | Comments are off for this post
Frugal Innovation (or Jugaad Innovation) What is it? ...and how does it affect the world? Frugal by its definition means to be sparing or simplistic. When talking about invention and the global community, the spending and the innovation have a perception about being all about the money involved in the development and production of the [...]

What's your invention or idea worth?

2 December 2015 by | Comments are off for this post
What's your invention or idea worth? How much is my idea worth? by Lawrence J. Udell (Lawrence J. Udell is co-founder and executive director of The Center for New Venture Alliance. He has extensive “hands-on” experience in new product development and management of small businesses, including establishing more than twenty corporations in the last 40 [...]

Top Ten Ingredients for Successful Inventing - by Lawrence J.Udell

20 October 2015 by | Comments are off for this post
Top Ten Ingredients for Successful Inventing - by Lawrence J.Udell Have an invention idea that you are looking to develop? Study these tips from experienced inventor and intellectual property expert Lawrence J. Udell for a successful inventing experience:   Believe in what you are creating, but never be blinded by the potential for success, always [...]

Barking Mad

11 May 2015 by | Comments are off for this post
Barking Mad We are a nation of cat and dog lovers.  We love our furry little friends so much that we spend an eye watering £18,000 over their life span keeping them happy and healthy.  With such a lucrative industry, it is no surprise that a number of inventors and entrepreneurs are keen to get [...]

How 3D Printing & Rapid Prototyping Empower Inventors

7 May 2015 by | Comments are off for this post
How 3D Printing & Rapid Prototyping Empower Inventors The technical definition of rapid prototyping is a group of techniques employed by inventors to prepare a scale model of a specific part or assembly design using three-dimensional computer aid design (CAD). This process is also known as layered manufacturing, solid free-form manufacturing, and computer automated manufacturing. [...]

Crowdfunding Latest News in the First Quarter of 2015

15 April 2015 by | Comments are off for this post
Crowdfunding Latest News in the First Quarter of 2015 In 1997, both the Internet and crowdfunding were new concepts in the UK. Crowdfunding originally gave business owners who were frustrated with the application process and structure of traditional bank loans the opportunity to raise funds according to their own terms. A donation in exchange for [...]