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New TV Pilot produced by Mark Burnett for Major Television Network now casting INVENTORS / ASPIRING ENTREPRENEURS!

Do you have an amazing idea or product but need the money to back it?
Would you like the opportunity to pitch your invention to several multi-millionaire investors?
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Hey everyone at Shop4Patents.com!
 This week’s audio tip from Stephen Key and Andrew Krauss of www.inventRight.com asks and answers the question . . . How do you find opportunities to invent new products people really want?

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Got an idea that could change the world? or at least help a lot of people?

Google wants to hear from you and it will pay as much as $10 million to make your idea a reality.

To help celebrate its 10th birthday, the ambitious Internet giant is launching an initiative to solicit, and bankroll, fresh ideas that it believes could have broad and beneficial impact on people’s lives.

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Hey everyone at Shop4Patents.com!
 This week’s audio tip from Stephen Key and Andrew Krauss of www.inventRight.com asks and answers the question . . .  What are some habits you have that keep you up to date with the products and trends out in the marketplace?

Please use the comments section below to comment on this audio. Stephen and Andrew will be checking in and respond to the comments made below.

This weekly inventing audio tip is courtesy of Stephen Key and Andrew Krauss of http://www.inventRight.com.

A small town in the Tel Aviv suburb in Israel is using DNA analysis of dog droppings to reward and punish pet owners.

Dog owners are asked to take their animal to a municipal veterinarian, who then swabs its mouth and collects DNA. The city will use the DNA database to match feces to a registered dog and identify its owner.

Owners who scoop up their dogs’ droppings and place them in specially marked bins on the city’s streets will be eligible for rewards of pet food coupons and dog toys.

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Sealed Air Corporation, the creator of Bubble Wrap® cushioning, is sponsoring the Bubble Wrap® Competition for Young Inventors to encourage students in grades 5–8to demonstrate their creativity and ingenuity by creating an invention that incorporates the use of Bubble Wrap® cushioning.

Are you America’s next great inventor?

To learn more about this event go to http://www.nmoe.org/bubblewrap/index.html

The Chicago Toy and Game Fair Group proudly announces that they have expanded their Toy and Game Inventor forum to provide in depth seminars to help toy and game inventors launch their product(s). 

 If you’ve invented a toy or game and need information on how to launch your product, increase sales of your current products, or you want to license your prototype or existing product to a toy or game company, then this is the event for you!   

To learn more about this event go to  http://www.toyandgameinventors.com/

In a recent event, Agassi unveiled the outline of his vision:

A new kind of infrastructure, with ubiquitous charge stations, that was not only simple and logical but potentially profitable, too.

1) A special key fob linked to the car indicates the status of the battery. If the logo is throbbing blue, the car is fully charged.

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In a society addicted to nonrenewable fuel, new patent-pending technology could provide a renewable replacement as well as a remedy to global warming.

This eco-friendly development – known as fuel cell technology – aims to efficiently and quietly create electricity and water by fusing hydrogen and oxygen.

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This coming November 2008, the Lemelson Center’s interactive exhibition for families will open - Invention at Play.

After an extensive two-year renovation, the Lemelson Center’s interactive exhibition for families, Invention at Play, will open in the new Lemelson Hall of Invention.

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