RubberBuzz || Akron Unleashed: Inventors Hall of Fame

10.14.2005

Inventors Hall of Fame

The first time I went to the National Inventors Hall of Fame I was in seventh grade. It was fun but definitely made for people younger then I was. Then I went there a few years ago and had a much better time. Maybe I could finally appreciate the subtleties of interactive experiments. More likely though, I think my mind had digressed to that of a 7 year old. Unfortunately, the Hall is usually pretty dead, but the NIHF is trying something new to get some attention.

The Akron institution announced a joint project with the History Channel to search for America's next great invention.

It starts this fall with a national competition and ends next spring with a television presence.[...]

The competition marries Modern Marvels, a television series on man-made wonders, with Invent Now, a hall program that led to a 2004 national exposition of amateur inventors.

Their offspring is ``The Modern Marvels Invent Now Challenge,'' which intends to name a 2006 Modern Marvel of the Year.

From now through Dec. 31, people can submit their inventions, which will be judged on originality and ingenuity.

The winner will get a $25,000 grant to help them develop or market their idea.

This is an awesome opportunity for inventors who are out there, but it's a better opportunity for the city to increase it's geek appeal. First the psychology archives and now an invention contest, that's some high quality geekage.

And for the record, I use "geek" as a very loving term. I am a geek and I'm very proud of that fact.

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