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Horror’s Hidden Genius: What Special Effects Can Teach Us About Innovation

In theory, a patent is the best way to legally protect your innovation. A patent grants you exclusive rights to your invention for a period of time, preventing others from making, using, or selling it without your per...

In 1953, on his wedding night, Robert Kearns popped a celebratory bottle of champagne in his hotel room. The cork flew into his left eye, leaving him legally blind in that eye. A decade later, this unfortunate acciden...

The Curious Case of the Segway: A Visionary’s Ride to Reality (and Back Down Again)

For more than one hundred years, a war has been waged. You may have never heard of its name, but you have almost undoubtedly been an unwitting participant. The war began in the United States but has since spread acros...

In 1946, Genrikh Altshuller was working in the inventions-inspection department of the Caspian Sea flotilla of the Soviet Navy. As he reviewed countless patents, a question started to nag at him: What makes inventions...

Carson Freeman is our intern. He is currently pursuing a materials science and engineering degree at Texas A&M University. He’s a quick learner and has accomplished a lot for a young intern. In particular, he has prov...

Meet the Team: Irene Ramirez

Engineers have lots of strengths, but usually, project management is not one of them. If you let them manage their own project, it can quickly turn into a runaway train careening off the tracks. Work will creep out of...

The Shinkansen, known colloquially as the “bullet train” in English, is a masterclass in innovation.

Scott is our machinist. You can do hand sketches and draw pictures in CAD until your fingers ache, but it takes a machinist to turn your ideas into something real.