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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 …

The wheels are always turning in the minds of car innovators each year. Each car company wants to change the pace of the game and come out with the best and most innovative inventions for their vehicles. With innovation and technology at the core of their invention efforts each year, car owners and auto-enthusiasts alike …

Baseball is back; the weather has started to warm up; and, finally some things are starting to blossom outside. Tomorrow, inside of our creative design facility, Inventionland, creativity will be blossoming, too. The 2014 WQED Design Lives Here Invention Convention is back! This year, organizers plan to welcome over 220 students, teachers, mentors and special guests …

Whether it is the first thing you do when you wake up or when you get to the office, at some point in the day, for most people, getting a cup of coffee factors into the equation. This deliciously-caffeinated beverage that now comes in countless combinations from half-caf to decaf, regular to flavored and everything …

There is nothing really sweet about withdrawing money from your bank account at the ATM. That is, until now! Rather than withdrawing money, you can withdraw a deliciously sweet cupcake from a cupcake ATM. Although this sounds like an invention straight out of Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory, an invention idea like this actually exists. The …