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Fun With Office Supplies

Makes you want to go out and buy some Post-It notes? BTW, these are the same two guys who did the Diet Coke/Mentos geysers.
Original post by Rich and software by Elliott Back

Niche Biz: World’s Smallest Postal Service

Leafcutter Designs:
Lea Redmond runs the World’s Smallest Postal Service, a teeny tiny letter transcription service.
She sets up shop in cafes and stores, and is now available online. Here’s how it works: You write a letter (up to 12 whole sentences!) and Lea transcribes it onto tiny stationary (1 x 1.5 inches) with a magical transcription […]

Home Biz Is Child’s Play

Northside Chronicle:
Tapping into the inner child is important for every adult, just ask Florence Forrest.
For about four years Ms Forrest has been manufacturing soft designer toys through her home business Flying Star Toys.
“I make my products for the inner child in everyone, they are not necessarily for children who want to play with toys,’’ Ms […]

Carpet Skate Bizop: Video

Fun Slide Skates are like sliding in socks on a hardwood floor. These carpet skates have a friction-resistant plastic base and foam foot grip with adjustable Velcro® closure.
Retail opportunities are available at the website.
Original post by Dane and software by Elliott Back

Paying To Break Stuff

Springwise:
Demonstrating that it’s possible to profit from any human desire, Sarah’s Smash Shack was conceived to relieve people who are stressed-out.
Customers in San Diego can choose fragile tableware from the Smash Shack Menu—for example a set of three glass flowers for USD 10, or the House Special, which consists of 15 plates at a cost […]

Rubber Band Contest Challenges Youngsters

The Suburbanite:
Middle-school students nationwide are challenged to stretch their imaginations to design and create an invention made with rubber bands for the first Rubber Band Contest for Young Inventors.
Fifteen semifinalists will be chosen in this national competition. From this group, three finalists will be honored at The University of Akron on Feb. 14, 2009, when […]

Entrepreneur Hopes Golf Game Rings Up Sales

Daily News:
Sometimes inspiration for starting a business venture just shows up where you might least expect it.
For Randy Herron, what he developed into a lawn game known as “Ring It! Golf” started with a visit to Greenville, N.C., eight years ago.
As so often happens in college towns, the Herrons found themselves in a neighborhood of […]

Her Prized Invention - The “Dripstik”

KPVI6.com:
It started out as a simple idea, and has received a huge response. Mecinna Price is an inventor responsible for several inventions, including the popular Dripstik.
Dripstik is a device that holds your ice cream cone or popsicle, and keeps it from making a sticky mess. Mecinna says she came up with the idea because of […]

Inventions That Make Life Easier… or Not

Daily Cognition:
Lock Cup - Anti-Theft Coffee Cup
Are you tired of others stealing your coffee cup? Well now there’s a solution. The Lock - Cup has a hole which prevents most people from using it. Only the owner of the cup can use his/hers shaped key to close the hole.
“The Zaky” - Infant Pillow
An ergonomic infant […]

Plastic Playhouses A Hit For Entrepreneur

Great Falls Tribune:
Candy Maxwell manufactures and markets Candy’s Colorland products from her Cascade home. The products are made of lightweight plastic, which can be colored on and then erased.
The products are manufactured using laser-cutters and silk-screen machines.
All of the playhouses are different, but they also can be hooked together.
“Kids can add on to it and […]