Discover the tricks of the trade that helps ordinary people learn how to look at their world through the eyes of an inventor. You don’t have to be a mechanical genius to be an inventor. Chances are, you’re already at the all-important starting ground every inventor begins at--wishing you could find a clever solution to an everyday challenge. The far-too-complicated baby swing. Slick-soled running shoes. Computer cords constantly tangled up...there can’t be a solution unless there’s a problem. Author and inventor Patricia Nolan-Brown has turned many common annoyances into ingenious and money-making products, and she believes you can do the same. In Idea to Invention, you will learn the six simple steps it takes to go from idea to invention, and discover: Creativity habits that spark invention The power of tape-and-paper prototypes to refine their vision How to navigate the ins and outs of licensing and patenting their product The pros and cons of finding a licensed manufacturer vs. running a home-based assembly line How to promote their invention Product enhancements that add years to shelf life From the everyday challenge and your initial concept to resolve it, all the way to the explosion of your thriving business, Idea to Invention simplifies the invention process and gives creative thinkers the competitive edge they need to achieve the success their amazing ideas deserve.

Calling All Tinkerers, Experimenters & Inventors! Unleash Your Creative Powers with Exciting LEGO® Innovations Use science and engineering to transform your bin of LEGO® bricks into amazing, movable toys, machines and gadgets. Bestselling author Sarah Dees is back with an all-new collection of projects featuring ingenious designs and simple scientific principles that real engineers use every day. Make yourself a robot pal whose legs move as he rolls along, or a drummer who really plays the drums. Build a wind-up car complete with a flywheel that’ll send your minifigures zooming. Or challenge your friends to a game of pinball on a LEGO® pinball machine you built from scratch. Each project is cooler than the next! It’s easy and fun to build each of these awesome contraptions and games by following the clear step-by-step instructions and photographs. Think you have a different way to build something? Exercise your inventing muscles and tinker away! You’re in charge of your designs, so experiment and tweak to make your inventions personal to you. No matter what you end up creating, you’ll learn exciting new things about science, impress your family and have a blast along the way. Collect the whole series with Sarah Dees' other bestselling LEGO books: - The Big Book of LEGO Creations with Bricks You Already Have - Awesome LEGO Creations with Bricks You Already Have - Epic LEGO Adventures with Bricks You Already Have - Incredible LEGO Creations From Space with Bricks You Already Have

Today, one of the easiest ways to make money is to create and sell original ideas. Every year, more than 100,000 patents are granted in the U.S., creating a billion-dollar industry for those using intellectual property. With this book, would-be inventors can develop their ideas with low risk and a minimum of investment - without quitting their day jobs! Attorney and patent holder Steve Barbarich takes readers on an exciting journey through the patenting process. From concept to marketable product, there are step-by-step instructions that anyone can follow. This book features important information on: Choosing which ideas to pursue Taking your ideas into the marketplace Prototyping and test marketing Filing the proper forms Protecting your ideas And much more!

Ingenious and amusing illustrated inventions from the brilliant mind of Dominic Wilcox 'I love this book. Laugh-out-loud funny. I want a salty thumb lolly now!' Harry Hill As we go about our day-to-day business, we see the same stuff every day. The bath, the fridge, the lamp post, the bicycle, the tree... so far, so humdrum. But not if you are Dominic Wilcox. Dominic sees things a little differently. For him, inside each of these everyday things are hundreds of surprising ideas waiting to be discovered. The Portable Bottom Seat, the Sick Bag Beard, Wrist Nets for the Butterfingered – Dominic's unexpected inventions, conflations and modifications promise to make your life that little bit easier, or at least more amusing. Normal will never seem quite so normal again.

Believe it or not, there's a lot of inventing going on in the kitchen. Unless you only eat fruits and veggies right off the plant, you are using tools and techniques invented by humans to make food more tasty and easier to digest. When you cook food, you start to break it down into a form your body can absorb. When you add chemicals to make it thicker, gooey-er, or puffy-er, you turn a bunch of boring ingredients into a mouth-watering snack. Edible Inventions: Cooking Hacks and Yummy Recipes You Can Build, Mix, Bake, and Grow will show you some unusual ways to create a meal, and help you invent some of your own. Projects include: 3D printing with food Chemical cuisine and molecular gastronomy Prepared foods like jellies and pickles at home Growing your own ingredients Cooking off the grid

DIY Inventions by Richard Cromwell Guides an Inventor through ALL the Invention "Success Steps" to develop an initial idea into a new product which will earn an income. How to Evaluate your idea to see if it will earn money, How to select your best idea to start the Invention Success Steps, How to check to see if your Invention is in the market place, How to Check the Patents Office for your Inventions, How to Draw the Inventions, How to Write Technically about how your idea works, How to Protect the Inventions in the World Wide Patent System, How to find Manufacturers to produce & package your inventions, Author, Richard Cromwell, has been promoting inventions for 34 years and has been through all the combinations of inventions, ideas, promotion companies and manufacturers, as well as earning royalties. Not all ideas will make it in the market place. So how do you know if your idea is the one that will make it to market? THAT IS WHAT THIS BOOK IS ALL ABOUT. There are plenty of Invention Books quoting all the "Rules." This Invention Book does it differently. It is a practical guide with easy straight forward steps that show you "How To" and then instructs you in the fine detail. All written in layman's terms, with full illustrations. Remember you may have a great new invention but if it can't earn any money then put it on the shelf for a rainy day. Ask yourself: "Will anyone buy my idea," or "Will it sell 100,000 or a million items or more?" If your answer is NO to these questions then forget it. Invent another idea. GREAT IDEAS are great because they make a great heap of money. Make sure you fit into this category of "GREAT." START MARKETING YOUR OWN INVENTIONS TODAY

Yes, you can be an inventor too. But unlike real inventors that create inventions out of scratch, you will practice with set experiments. Follow the instructions listed in this book down to the T to create replicas of gadget, technology and inventions. Share the book with a friend and build projects together. Grab a copy today.