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According to the old saying, “April showers bring May flowers.” And that’s great.  But May also brings something a little closer to our hearts (and stomachs):  Barbecue.  That’s because May is National Barbecue Month.  Though it is an unofficial holiday, what better way to unofficially start the summer season than with some burgers and ribs …

In the history of inventions and inventing, there is always a first: first car ever made, first radio ever built, first rocket into space. So when we came upon a story about the first American women to get a patent, we just had to find out more.  As it turns out, the 204th anniversary of …

Milwaukee is the Creole word for the satisfaction induced by consuming massive quantities of domestic beer and cheddar cheese. OK. We made that up. Milwaukee offers much more than beer and cheese, including top-notch arts, food and sporting venues. Since this blog celebrates inventions and the inventing community, we recommend that your first stop be …

April is National Lawn and Garden Month, which is appropriate since this is the wonderful time of year that buds start to grow back on the tress, birds can be heard chirping away, and our grass begins to look alive again. So it’s time to head down to the local garden shop and buy some …

Dean Kamen may not be a household word, like Edison or Ford, but he’s an incredibly prolific inventor who holds more than 150 patents and is an inductee of the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Pretty good for a guy that the average man-on-the-street probably never heard of. But, maybe they should know who he …

Americans have been patiently waiting for personal jetpacks since the first Super Bowl — when in 1967 during half time two pilots astonished the crowd in attendance and millions more at home watching television, as they took to the skies over Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum with their rocket belts, created by Bell Labs. It’s been …