by tmw2010 | Sep 6, 2013 | Entrepreneurship, inventors, Science
“To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.” -Thomas A. Edison You can find that wonderful quote on the homepage of the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame website. You didn’t know there was a Florida Inventors Hall of Fame? We...
by tmw2010 | Jul 29, 2013 | DIY, Entrepreneurship, Fairs, Festivals, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, inventors, Makers Festival, Science, Young Makers
The Tampa Bay Business Journal ran a piece earlier this month titled, “Tampa tech industry is healthy, but local inventors are needed.” Clearly TBBJ hasn’t been to one of our Maker Fairs, but more to the heart of the matter, TBBJ says what’s...
by tmw2010 | Jul 14, 2013 | Contests, DIY, Entrepreneurship, inventors, Science
A couple of years ago the America Competes Reauthorization Act was approved granting federal agencies broad authority to host contests to spur innovation. In How Contests Spur Innovation, Inventors Daily reported, at the time, that this signature event was critical to...