The man who invented email and ‘put the @ sign on the map’ has died

With his invention, the New York-born electrical engineer not only changed forever the way we communicate, but also rescued the “@” sign from relative obscurity, a fact noted by Gmail in a tribute tweet posted on Monday. Recognizing its importance …
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This Invention Is Either an Urban Farm or a Very Temperamental Time Machine

Brooklyn-based design studio created this prototype for Urban Farm Pod, and it’s either a super weird urban farm, or a super standard time machine that malfunctions and sends you 1,000 years into the past instead of 1,000 years into the future, or sends …
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Now on Kickstarter: Tio Kits Can Turn 3D Prints & Toys Into Smartphone Controlled Inventions & Robots

Each kit features nine pop-and-fold invention templates as a starting point, before users go on to creating and exploring combinations of different materials and different inventions. The templates include a lighthouse, climber, windmill and helicopter.
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Long Islanders received 1,149 invention patents in 2015

Long Islanders received 1,149 invention patents in 2015, down almost 9 percent from the prior year but still accounting for about one in 10 granted to New Yorkers, according to a Melville patent attorney. Gerald Bodner, who compiled the patent report for …
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World Patent Marketing Invention Team Announces Designer Eyebrows, A Cosmetic Invention For An Instant Oscars Red Carpet Makeover!

CHICAGO, Feb. 29, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via PRWEB – World Patent Marketing, a vertically integrated manufacturer and engineer of patented products, announces the Designer Eyebrows, a cosmetic invention that gives you the perfect set of eyebrows.
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The Arbiter of Invention

Robert Quintero works out of a tiny office overlooking West 34th Street that is filled with big ideas, and bigger dreams. Mr. Quintero, 53, is a regional sales director for InventHelp, which helps clients get their inventions licensed, manufactured and …
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