Invention Show

July 1, 2007

Looks like they are rolling out that invention show again this year.  Last year’s winner was the innovative new car seat.  I’l be interested to see what folks come up with this year.

Admittedly, I’ve only watched it briefly.  I saw a guy with a new sort of wheelchair which was actually pretty innovative and the first “real” invention of all the stuff I’d seen so far.  Its amazing what people show up with — to call these things “inventions” is really a stretch.

I’ll be interested to see how they avoid some of the pitfalls from last year (and something that the Mom Inventor’s group runs into as well): namely, the fact that some of these inventions already exist.  You’d think folks would be doing research on this stuff (especially the potential finalists) before putting it out there.  Ah well.  We’ll see what happens.

Thanks for reading!

Lorraine

Todays’ Baby O’Blog Quote:  “I invented the cordless extension cord.”  Stephen Wright, comedian