Invention Ideas

Spark your imagination with collections of invention ideas, problem-solving techniques, and inspiration from everyday challenges. Explore how successful inventors identify gaps in the market and turn observations into innovations.

Experimentation

Experimenting can be one of the most pleasing aspects of the invention process: the feeling of achievement is significant and the exhilaration of creating so...

Improving Old Products

Many inventors get their initial inspiration from noticing some failure or defect in an existing product and thinking ‘I could do better than that.’ Impr...

Inventing Board Games

In theory, inventing board games is fun. In practice, the process can involve a great deal of hard work. It’s not enough to come up with a good idea. Board...

Inventing Eco-friendly Devices

A large market has grown for eco-friendly inventions. Many inventors are therefore turning their skills to producing devices that benefit the environment. Th...

Inventing Medical Devices

Improvements in medical treatment, patient care and life expectancy rely heavily on medical devices. Each year, dozens more such devices appear in hospitals....

Inventing Scents

It’s unwise to pretend that inventing scents is easy. It can be hard. But if an inventor has a passion for creating perfumes, then success may well come. O...

Inventing Toys

Inventing toys is fun but an inventor has to be tenacious, patient and objective. Success doesn’t always come easily. Ideas The starting point, of course,...

Researching The Market

While inventions created for your own or others’ use with no thought of marketing them are a large part of hobbyist culture for an invention to become a bu...

The Best Inventions of the Next Few Years

The best inventions of the next few years are already in the research and development stage. The following are a sample of those that may well become part of...

Time Travel: An Inventor’s Fantasy?

Storytellers have used the idea of time travel as a fictional device for hundreds of years. But some scientists and inventors have taken the concept a stage...

Tips on Testing Your Invention Ideas

An inventor may put a lot of time, effort and money into developing an idea. So before an inventor makes too great a commitment, it’s worth ensuring the id...

What Makes Even The Simplest Idea Sell?

The world is now so intricate, many people mock an idea that’s simple. They fail to realise, however, that an uncomplicated idea can have a lot going for i...