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PGA Inventor Spotlight 2011

Orlando Florida – January 27,28, & 29th 2011

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Out of many thousands, Wade made it to the top 30 for the new hit Reality TV show, The American Inventor.

Wade discovered and developed a new technique and product that will revolutionize how the world disposes of unwanted or confidential CD-Rs and DVDRs.

Much simpler than a CD shredder, the Disc Eraser ^TM is safe, small in size, and affordable. It’s also the first and only Eco-Friendly disc destruction device that doesn’t create any eWaste and promotes recycling.

In this Blog entry, Wade will share with us what he had learned going through the American Inventor show and through the invention process, and how he brought his product to market.

Inventors: Read and learn….

Janusz Liberkowski and his Anecia Survival Capsule won the very first American Inventor prize of One Millions Dollars. Janusz’s invention has the chance to be furthest reaching and have the greatest impact on society. He will be given the opportunity and the engineering resources of one of the biggest safety seat manufacturers, Evenflo to make his product a reality and save the lives of many children.

Janusz’s Anecia Survival Capsule aka Spherical Safety Seat, is an infant car seat where the baby sits inside nested spheres to protect the child from sudden impact of a crash. In a collision, the spheres spin and automatically position the child’s neck and back so that they are perpendicular to the impact force, thus shielding the baby from the destructive force of the impact. There have been similar car seats that use some of the same principles but the Anecia Survival Capsule protects the baby in all three dimensions while the others only protect in two. Since the Anecia Survival Capsule works with free floating spheres the baby is protected from any change in direction.

The Season Finale greatly resembled that of an American Idol episode complete with retrospectives and of course finding out the results after the break.

The first Inventor to be eliminated tonight was Queens, NY’s own Francisco Patino. Every member of the top 4 will be given the opportunity to further develop and market their products. Francisco will spend time working with Trek to further work on his Double Traction Bike. He also received a personal message from Lance Armstrong.

Erik Thompson got to meet the greatest wide receiver of all time, Jerry Rice and will also be given the chance to make his invention a reality.

Ed Hall will be marketing his product with the biggest game company in the world, Hasbro, who also makes such classic games as Monopoly.

But in the end the winner of the Million Dollar Prize was Janusz Liberkowski. The ABC’s American Inventor did a great job of outlining the struggle of the inventor to get his or her product to market. To these finalists, the struggle is almost over for the rest of us, the our journey continues.

Janusz Liberkowski, is a Polish immigrant and works as a mechanical engineer in San Jose, California. He and his wife are the loving parents of one-and-a-half year old twins. The death of his oldest daughter Anecia in a car accident was the inspiration for the creation of this revolutionary invention to save children’s lives. Janusz has said that if his invention can save just one it will have been worth it but it has great potential to save many many more.
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Thursday, May 18 at 9/8c , “The Finale Results Show” on ABC

On the last episode you saw how the inventors were able market their inventions in 30 second commercial spots. There were some that were gripping while a few missed the mark.

Erik Thompson’s Catch Vest commercial was panned by the judges but they all agree that its a great Invention.

Francisco Patino’s D-Tract commercial was panned by Doug for being too glitzy but Peter liked the CGI graphics and the look.

Ed Hall’s Word Ace was applauded by all the judges and really captured the essence of game and sold it.

Janusz Liberkowski’s Anecia Survival Capsule the commercial which showed firemen coming to an accident scene, opening the car door with a crowbar to find a smiling baby secured in her Anecia capsule was emotional and pulled on the heart of the viewer. Every new mother in America would go out and get one. Peter was still concerned that Janusz’s invention is still in the prototype phase and Ed wanted him to show how the capsule moved but all agreed it was a powerful commercial.

You’ve seen the inventors turn their ideas and invention into finished marketable products. After weeks of hard work, the last four inventors will learn who will become the next “American Inventor.” The inventor who received the most votes nationwide will be revealed — LIVE — and will receive the one million dollar prize.