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Browsing Archive: February, 2012

Accelerate Your Patent Review with Humanitarian Patents

Posted by Paul Royal on Thursday, February 9, 2012, In : News

USPTO Director’s Forum Blog

Patents for Humanity

Sweeping revolutions in technology continue to fundamentally redefine the way we connect with one another and interact with the world. Today, an entrepreneur can do business with a remote village across an ocean just as quickly as a student in Boston can video-conference with a professor in Beijing. Political rallies can be organized by the click of a button, while gripping images of that rally can be shared across continents with a single tw...

Mini Maker Faire - Opportunity for Inventors

Posted by David Woods on Monday, February 6, 2012, In : Events

Orlando Mini Maker Faire is a family-friendly celebration featuring DIY science and technology, rockets, robots, crafts, music, and local food. The event will be held on May 26th, 2012 at FamiLAB, Orlando’s Hackerspace (Community Lab) and the surrounding area.

To exhibit you have to apply. It is sort of like an art festival. They are looking for participants who will be willing to describe how they developed their project and encourage others to become makers too.

FAmiLAB Offers a Builder's Scholarship

Posted by David Woods on Monday, February 6, 2012, In : Contests

This is your opportunity to learn how to build your invention and get money to do it.

Orlando Mini Maker Faire and FamiLAB, Orlando’s Hackerspace (Community Lab) have partnered to create “Makerships” to help 3 deserving recipients create (or finish) amazing projects to be displayed & demonstrated at Orlando Mini Maker Faire 2012, held on May 26th at FamiLAB in Longwood, FL.

Makership Award Recipients will receive $CASH$ and three months of FamiLAB “Maker” level membership in order...