Greetings inventors, friends and supporters, Here is the jeopardy game from our July Inventor Gathering. This was created by our Outreach Coordinator, Megan Cadena. Please enjoy this slide deck and share it with others! It’s already available for you to use at your next virtual game night. Link to Game: invention-qs Sincerely, The Public Invention …
Authored by: Miriam Castillo and Megan Cadena Public Invention is a non-profit organization located in Austin, Texas, USA. It was formed in 2016 through the vision and philosophy of Robert L. Read (PhD) who is the founder and leader of invention projects. Why is there a Public Invention? Born from a child whose books, comics …
Escrito por: Miriam Castillo y Megan Cadena Public Invention es una organizacion sin fines de lucro localizada en Austin, Texas, USA. La cual se forma en 2016 a traves de la visión y filosofia de PHD Robert L. Read quien es el fundador y lider de proyectos de invención. ¿Por qué existe Public Invention? Nace …
Since its inception, we have known that VentMon has the capacity to save lives. We are excited to report that we’ve received tangible proof of this from Ajit Lahori and his team from Taurus Medical Corporation in India. After sending Ajit Lahori a VentMon, Public Invention received this testimonial highlighting how VentMon is making an …
Impact of VentMon in India, from Taurus Medical Corporation Read More »
This past week, Public Invention President Robert L. Read was featured on the Fashionably Late podcast. In it, Rob talks about his journey from computer programmer to Presidental Innovation Fellow to founder and president of Public Invention. He discusses feeling unfulfilled in his corporate job and how his passions led him to Public Invention, and …
Catch Robert Read on the Fashionably Late Podcast! Read More »
A New Kind of FDA Approval: Design Clearance —Robert L. Read 50-Word Summary By creating a new process for clearing tested device designs independently from manufacturing plans as a prelude to full approval to market a medical device, the FDA can allow medical devices to come to market more safely and spur cooperative innovation. 50-Word …
Meet David Jeschke. David has partnered with Dr. Robert Read to work on his Euler Notebook project, which is a computer-based math program with a stylus that acts like a good old fashion pen and pencil. David is the founder of XtraMath, a nonprofit offering a free online supplementary math education program, and prior to …
Introduction This is the final report for grant: #MOSS-2004-07366 to Public Invention from the Mozilla Open Source Software Foundation. Although the grant seems to be closed, based perhaps on our interim report, a final report is worthwhile. Executive Summary In fulfillment of the grant, we spent almost all ($19,795.40) of the $20,000 by Jan. …
On January 9, 2021, Public Invention hosted our virtual “year in review” conference titled PubInvCon 2021: Work To Be Done. The conference was a coming together of dedicated inventors, volunteers, scientists, students, and more interested in humanitarian inventing “in the public, for the public.” We discussed our successes of 2020 and outlined the hard work …
By Ben Coombs “As to diseases, make a habit of two things – to help, or at least to do no harm.” written by Hippocrates in Epidemics. A Diagram of Major Humanitarian Engineering Efforts (Link allows zooming) Early in 2020 the alarm bells rang out. All across the world people tuned into news about …
The Humanitarian Engineering Response to the Pandemic: The New Year’s Mid-game Read More »
