Each Sunday we do a round up of all the news related to the inventing world.

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News

• 5 Year old inventor - Is this the youngest ever inventor, 5 year old Sam Houghton has patented his broom. He was just three when he invented this.
• Inventor Questions TV Show “Coincidence” - Troubles brewing between two inventions, centred around a finalist on The Next American Inventor, over claims that an invention was copied. Shows producers proclaim “phenomenal coincidence”.
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I thought it would be interested if each week we shared with you some of the cool inventions we’ve found on our travels through the web.

Cool Invention 1 - Baggers Restaurant

Baggers restaurant is the first automated restaurant in the world, meaning no waiting service. See the video below

I cant decide if this is a good or bad thing. There’s no need for a tip at the end of your meal but who do you see when you have a problem with your food?

See the video - BBC

Makers of the technology

Baggers restaurant

Cool Invention 2 - Photo Wallpaper

Maybe not an invention but certainly innovation. This company offers to blow up your digital pictures and then print them on wallpaper. According to them it doesn’t have any special requirements to put up. Here’s some examples, » Read the rest of the entry..

You WILL Have Problems

From the moment your idea for an invention is conceived you’ll hope to sail through the invention process as quickly and easily as possible.

But as I’m sure you know, you WILL run into problems.

There are so many stages in creating a successful product that you’re guaranteed to have a problem or two at some stage.

Some of these problems will be small and can be fixed easily but others threaten to completely destroy your invention.

Problems such as not being able to turn your idea into a working prototype, the manufacturing cost being too high or companies and investors not being interested.

It’s how you, as the inventor, respond to these problems that will determine the fate of your invention. » Read the rest of the entry..

The website for this product is - Cord Order 

Problem

I think this is a problem we all know only to well.

We all have cables plugged into out PC’s, TV’s and other devices, they can be impossible to hide or stop from getting tangled up as seen in this picture.

Product

Cord Order is the solution to the tangled and messy cable problem. The inventor, Brian Gates, actually created this when he was unhappy that another invention of his was being let down by ugly and tangled cables.

So Cord Order was born. Cord Order enables you to secure your cables and hold them in place which eliminates the mess and knotted cables.

I personally in the past have used cable ties buy when you need to get access to the cables you have to cut them and then put on a new one, which I’m normally too lazy to do.

The Market

This has mass market appeal as it’s a problem all homes face and can be very  frustrating when you have to untangle all your cables, not to mention how unsightly it can make your property look. » Read the rest of the entry..

Article by Kim Babjak, Visit Kim’s website at http://www.kimcoaz.com

Find Your Hidden Millions by Overcoming Your Nay-Sayers

Imagine yourself on the CNBC show Big Idea with host Donny Deutsch saying  “Bite Me Charlotte” to millions of his viewers. Donny then fires the question, “Kim, how did you overcome your nay-sayer Charlotte to achieve great success?”

The answer starts when my family experienced a financial hardship and I needed to seek employment to get us through a rough patch.Without a formal education, I was forced to seek anything that had a paycheck.

That job came in the form of being the French fry girl at my local Mc Donald’s.After graduating up to the prestigious cashier position, my nay-sayer appeared one day. Her name was Charlotte, an old grade school mate of mine.

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We’ve previously covered why you need to be an expert in your own product, and areas we think you should be an expert in, now we’re going to explain how to become an expert.

What Makes Someone An Expert?

Experts are the people that, while they may not know everything, they know more then anyone else. They’re the best source of information on their chosen subject.

If you ask them a question they can give you the best and most in depth answer available. » Read the rest of the entry..

Each week I let you in on some of the best the web has to offer with regards to inventing.

If you have or know of a site that should be featured in next weeks article Contact Us and will take a look.

Big Idea Group (BIG)

Our first site this week is for those inventors who have great ideas but who don’t like the rest of the inventing process.

There are two main sections of BIG that will be of interest to you,

Agent

BIG acts as an agent for inventors. Most of the inventions they represent are in the early stages of development.

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We’ve previously covered why you need to be an expert in your own product, now we’re going to let you in all the different areas we think you should be an expert in to be able to create the best product you can create and to help in getting your product sold.

Problem

• What is the problem you’re trying to solve?
• Why is it a problem?
• Who does the problem affect?
• Why hasn’t the problem been solved before?
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Selling To Big Companies

When trying to sell your invention it can be so tempting to go straight to the major companies, the multi-chain stores that have millions of customers, after all if they take your product you know you’re going to be reaching a big audience and hopefully make good money.

But to get your product in front of a big company you’re going to have to either, have the right connections, be going to a company that is openly inviting inventions, have a previous working relationship with the company or be very lucky.

Even when they do see you there’s still a good chance they will turn you away.

I say resist the urge of trying to go for that killer sale straight away, build up your profile and then make big companies fight over your product.

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