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2012 Invention Awards: Augmented-Reality Contact Lenses
iOptik: How It Works Ollie Bland After two decades as an electrical engineer, Randy Sprague quit his job in 2008 to start a solar power company. He had been planning the venture for years, saving up,...
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2012 Invention Awards: A Recovery-Accelerating Modular Cast
Six Easy Pieces The PuzzleCast is made from a low-cost heat-moldable plastic that is also used in custom splints. When Kelly Anderson shed her arm cast two months after a wrist operation, her joints...
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2012 Invention Awards: A Better Lobster Trap
Bait Savour Riley Smith During a regular fishing season, most lobstermen can afford to check and rebait their traps only every three or four days. Each run to the traps can cost as much as $600 for...
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2012 Invention Awards: A Spring-Loaded Ice Skate
Quick Blades Andrej Kopac David Blois manages condominium properties near Toronto, but at any given time he's usually also working on several inventions—a solar-powered smoke detector, say, or an...
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2012 Invention Awards: A Recirculating Shower
Recycling Shower Ollie Bland Taking a shower draws more water and more energy than any other daily household activity. Low-flow showerheads save only a little of both, typically at the expense of...
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2012 Invention Awards: A Higher-Efficiency, Lower-Emission Engine System
Over7 For the better part of Frank Will's life, he has been consumed with improving engine performance. He started racing motorcycles as a teenager in Germany in the 1970s, winning a world...
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2012 Invention Awards: An Inflatable Abdominal Tourniquet
Soldier Saver While serving as an army medic during Operation Desert Storm, Richard Schwartz became all too familiar with gunshot wounds, particularly shots to the pelvis and upper legs. Enemies would...
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2012 Invention Awards: A Powerful, Affordable Mister to Save Overheated...
Quick Fix Michael Robinson's original mister prototype took him only 30 minutes to make. Hollis Bennett One evening last fall in Heiskell, Tennessee, Michael Robinson was battling a house fire when he...
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2012 Invention Awards: A Simple Helicopter Engine
The NorEaster Webb Chappell When James O'Neill, a retired marketing executive, first learned how helicopter powertrains worked a decade ago, he immediately started redesigning them. Most helicopters...
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2012 Invention Awards: An Assisted-Walking Device That Senses Your Step
Sensastep Peter Brewin Long before he became an inventor, Jon Christiansen was a sea captain. In 1985 he was hired to sail a replica of the Godspeed, the ship that landed at Jamestown, Virginia, in...
View Article2012 Invention Awards: Augmented-Reality Contact Lenses
After two decades as an electrical engineer, Randy Sprague quit his job in 2008 to start a solar power company. He had been planning the venture for years, saving up, getting…
View Article2012 Invention Awards: A Recovery-Accelerating Modular Cast
When Kelly Anderson shed her arm cast two months after a wrist operation, her joints were so stiff she couldn't turn a doorknob. She didn't fully recover for another four months. Daniel Amante...
View Article2012 Invention Awards: A Better Lobster Trap
During a regular fishing season, most lobstermen can afford to check and rebait their traps only every three or four days. Each run to the traps can cost as much as $600 for…
View Article2012 Invention Awards: A Spring-Loaded Ice Skate
David Blois manages condominium properties near Toronto, but at any given time he's usually also working on several inventions—a solar-powered smoke detector, say, or an…
View Article2012 Invention Awards: A Recirculating Shower
Taking a shower draws more water and more energy than any other daily household activity. Low-flow showerheads save only a little of both, typically at the expense of…
View Article2012 Invention Awards: A Higher-Efficiency, Lower-Emission Engine System
For the better part of Frank Will’s life, he has been consumed with improving engine performance. He started racing motorcycles as a teenager in Germany in the 1970s, winning…
View Article2012 Invention Awards: An Inflatable Abdominal Tourniquet
While serving as an army medic during Operation Desert Storm, Richard Schwartz became all too familiar with gunshot wounds, particularly shots to the pelvis and upper legs.
View Article2012 Invention Awards: A Powerful, Affordable Mister to Save Overheated...
One evening last fall in Heiskell, Tennessee, Michael Robinson was battling a house fire when he saw a fellow firefighter struggling to pick himself up off the ground. The…
View Article2012 Invention Awards: A Simple Helicopter Engine
When James O'Neill, a retired marketing executive, first learned how helicopter powertrains worked a decade ago, he immediately started redesigning them. Most helicopters…
View Article2012 Invention Awards: An Assisted-Walking Device That Senses Your Step
Long before he became an inventor, Jon Christiansen was a sea captain. In 1985 he was hired to sail a replica of the Godspeed, the ship that landed at Jamestown, Virginia, in…
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