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A pair of high-tech cooking spoons.

My mom makes the best mashed potatoes. The best. I’m sure your mom’s are good, but not this good. (Ok, I guess I can admit that I’m probably a little...

Lemelson Lightbulb Graphic Identity

While I can’t remember the first great cup of coffee that I ever had, I can certainly remember the last. It was brewed here in our offices earlier...

Fresh Paper inventor Kavita Shukla

Note: “Try It” refers to a step in the invention process – testing your product. This post is not an endorsement of any product. A few weeks ago, I...

Eskimo Pie box.

I don’t know about where you are, but Washington, DC, has been in the middle of a heat wave. Temps were in the 100s this weekend (105 to be exact)...

Pencil sketch of a flexible drinking straw.

With Father’s Day coming up this weekend, I’ve been thinking a lot about how being a parent requires you to be inventive. I thought I’d share with you...

Lemelson Lightbulb Graphic Identity

When it comes to food-related collections at the National Museum of American History, it's a veritable feast. From tableware to kitchen tools, farm...

Series of pencil sketches illustrating the bending of a flexible drinking straw

Grasping Legend has it that Marvin Stone invented the first paper drinking straw while sipping a mint julep after work. Stone, a manufacturer of paper...