Reading Time: 7 minutes The band received their name from their booking agent who was a history buff. You will learn from this article how the name “Jethro Tull” influenced us in both music and agriculture. When you hear the name Jethro Tull, you
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Reading Time: 10 minutes You’ve got a great invention idea in the works, and you’re excited to get it to the masses and pull in the profits. You only need to land a patent, and then you will be home free. Or at least
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Reading Time: 7 minutes The process of invention is talked about everywhere, but how many people actually know what an invention is? To understand how to invent something new, we must first answer this vital question. Our definition of an inventor and their inventions
Continue readingCharles Goodyear And His Obsession With Rubber
Reading Time: 7 minutes Goodyear Tires is one of the largest producers of rubber tires in the world. The company’s namesake, Charles Goodyear, was an American inventor who created the chemical process to manufacture vulcanized rubber. The rubber that Goodyear created was more elastic
Continue readingJoseph Henry and What is a Magnetic Field?
Reading Time: 11 minutes Joseph Henry was one of the giants of American history. When we look at inventors from the past, there are not many out there more significant and more influential than Joseph Henry. His work is unprecedented, and he was an
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Reading Time: 7 minutes Dairy, sugar, and cold. Those simple ingredients are all that’s really needed for ice cream to be ice cream. But even at its most basic, ice cream is really anything but simple. The ancient origins of ice cream It’s impossible
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Reading Time: 8 minutes At some point, your child is more than likely going to turn to you for ideas on what they can do for projects they need for school. Here are some easy invention ideas for your kids’ school projects. Let’s say
Continue readingWhat Are Cease and Desist Letters?
Reading Time: 7 minutes It’s every inventor’s worst nightmare. You open the mailbox and find an envelope with the name of an official-sounding law firm. Written boldly across the top of the letter: “NOTICE OF DEMAND TO CEASE AND DESIST.” Those seven words (and
Continue readingDr. Spencer Silver and the Invention of the Post-It Note
Reading Time: 7 minutes Sometimes even what seems an easy idea like the Post-It Note takes time to get right. It took more than ten years for Dr. Spencer Silver’s accidental invention—a not-so-sticky adhesive—to find the use we know it for today. Now, the classic
Continue readingWhat are Intellectual Properties?
Reading Time: 7 minutes Intellectual property (IP) is related to inventions, artwork, literature, as well as symbols, and trademarks used in commerce. There are many laws that protect intellectual property through patents, copyrights, trademarks, industrial designs, geographical indications, and business/trade secrets, which allow the
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