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As the weather is slowly starting to change for the better, spring rain showers are imminent. April rain continues to creep into the weather forecast, so umbrellas are a common sight when venturing outdoors to work or running errands. The invention of the basic umbrella dates back four thousand years and counting. Evidence of this …

Today is Earth Day, a worldwide annual event that looks to demonstrate support for environmental protection. Though many support green initiatives the other 364 days of the year, Earth Day is a great time to get back to basics and learn new, innovative ways to protect our environment. Going green seems to be a common …

Today, you might have already paid a visit to an automatic teller machine. If you aren’t entirely sure what we are talking about, an automatic teller machine is otherwise known as an ATM. The invention of the ATM has allowed people across the world to access their money wherever and whenever they need it. So, …

Now that the weather is starting to break, this is usually the time when homeowners break out their hard hats to do some home improvement projects on their own. The first step in the home improvement process might be the hardest and that is deciding exactly what you want/need to do to the room you …

What does it look like when a couple hundred middle school students take over our creative work space for a day full of inventing fun? We found out exactly what that looked like last Friday, April 4th, when Inventionland hosted the 2014 WQED Design Lives Here Invention Convention! Students in grade sixth through eighth from …

After a long winter, golfers around the nation are slowly but surely getting back into the swing of things. This year, much like in year’s past, there are a slew of new, innovative inventions that are geared toward the sport of golf. It just so happens that the 2014 Masters is underway today; so, we …