The History Channel(R) and Invent Now(R) Inc., a subsidiary of the National Inventors Hall of Fame(R) Foundation,  named the top 25 inventions of 2007 through the second annual Modern Marvels Invent Now(R) Challenge, a national competition searching for America’s next great invention idea.

One of the 25 semi finalist is the inventor of the “DC-AC Soft-Switching Inverter” Mr. James S. Hacsi, Postal Clerk, Pueblo, CO.

The DC-AC Soft-Switching Inverter is an electronic circuit that changes direct current into alternating current. To read more about this patent go check www.shop4patents.com under “Patent for sale or Licensing”, under the “Electronic Hardware circuitry” category. (Sponsor’s note: www.Shop4patents.com is a site that advertises and promotes patents in order to get them visibility and exposure in front of investors, manufacturers and product scouts).

The Challenge, which is named in part for Modern Marvels(R), The History Channel’s signature series that showcases this nation’s passion for ingenuity and innovation, tapped a panel of famed inventors, technologists and industry experts to determine the top 25 inventions submitted from nearly 2,500 of the nation’s most innovative independent inventors. This spring, the Challenge will ultimately name the invention of one of these 25 Semi-Finalists as the 2007 Modern Marvel of the Year during Modern Marvels: Great Inventions Week on The History Channel May 15 – 17. Check your local listings for times.

The top 25 inventors hail from 17 states across the

U.S. and their inventions cover a breadth of categories, ranging from medical advancements to environmental  breakthroughs, but all were chosen for being true modern marvels with potential to have universal implications if brought to fruition. The Semi-Finalists range from an engineer who created a protective shield designed to guard windows from the devastating
destruction of hurricanes to a mechanic who found a way to force a diesel engine to re-breathe its own exhaust, dramatically reducing the amount of pollution it creates (see “Meet the Semi- Finalists” below for details of all 25 inventions).
“The Modern Marvels Invent Now Challenge answers the call of the nation’s unrecognized independent inventors whose breakthrough ideas are real-life modern marvels,” said Judy Klein-Frimer, Co-Creator of the Challenge for The History Channel. “These 25 Semi-Finalists were chosen because of their tenacity to pursue their ideas in order to make an impact on the way we live, just like the inventors of our past who we profile on Modern Marvels.”Starting March 16th, the top 25 inventions of the year will hit the road to kick-off this year’s Modern Marvels Invent Now Challenge national traveling exhibition. The exhibition will first visit The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, CA (March 16 – 28th), then the Saint Louis Science Center in Saint Louis, MO (April 5 – 15th), the Orlando Science Center in Orlando, FL (April 21st – May 3rd) and culminate at the Citigroup Center in New York City (May 10 – 25th), where four Finalists will receive a cash prize and the Grand Prize Winner will be revealed and receive a $25,000
grant. The top five winners will be featured on The History Channel during Modern Marvels: Great Inventions Week. All 25 Semi-Finalists, the brains behind the top 25 inventions of the year, will also be invited to attend a two-day Independent Inventors Conference presented by the National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation and the United States Patent and Trademark Office while in New York to help further develop their invention ideas (May 11 – 12th). The exhibition will then travel to the National
Inventors Hall of Fame museum in

Alexandria, VA where it will be on display
in June 2007.

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