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Deneille Guiseppi: The GOSQAS Project and Creativity in Tech

Leave a Comment / About Us, Philosophy, Project / By Mairin Ogrady

Public Inventor Deneille Guiseppi is a software developer working on the Global Open Source Quality Assurance (GOSQAS) website, a project headed by Invention Coaches Victoria Jaqua, Christina Cole, Robert Read, and Vincent Erdos. The GOSQAS system allows procurers of medical devices to record the received state of their devices before shipping them to the next […]

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Prajwal Shah and the NanoCap Table Project

Leave a Comment / Philosophy, Project / By Mairin Ogrady

The NanoCap Table: Open-Source in Equity Shares and Technology As a student at Purdue University studying computer science, Public Inventor Prajwal Shah became interested in broadening his professional horizons through volunteer work. He was motivated to gain hands-on experience working on active projects that were both relevant to his skillset, and impactful to those who

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Alison Gilpatrick: One Year in Open-Source Engineering

Leave a Comment / About Us, Philosophy / By Mairin Ogrady

July 20, 2025 When first beginning their positions with Public Invention, volunteers are advised that the original commitment is five to six hours per week for a period of six months. This allows for volunteers to truly engage with a project, learn new skills, and immerse themselves in the organization without making a long term

Postdoc Bridge Funding Initiative (PBFI)

Leave a Comment / Call to Action, Philosophy, Project / By Robert Read

Postdoc Bridge Funding Initiative (PBFI) – Robert L. Read, PhD, Public Invention, April 2025 Note: This work is now obsolete; it was a prelude to a workshop. The project has evolved, we suggest you look here. In early 2025, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Science Foundation (NSF)’s normal funding processes were disrupted.

Public Invention Continuity Plan (2024)

Leave a Comment / About Us, Philosophy / By Robert Read

Scenario: The Head Invention Coach is Incapacitated In 2024, the President is Robert L. Read, who is also the Founder and Head Invention Coach, and the only Public Inventor working full time (although he is unpaid). If he were incapacitated, it would seriously harm the viability of Public Invention. However, the board would still have

Recognition by RecognizedGood, Public Infrastructure, and Public Invention

Leave a Comment / About Us, Call to Action, Philosophy / By Megan Cadena

What is Public Infrastructure? Why is it important? Who is impacted by it or involved in it? All of these questions are valid and crucial to understanding the limitations of current supply chains and enterprise-based innovation. More specifically, a critical weakness of production, manufacture, or supply of commodities by corporations is the lack of modularization

Did you know your support carries a 3-fold impact??

Leave a Comment / About Us, Call to Action, People, Philosophy, Products, Project / By Megan Cadena

Have you ever wondered where all those individuals that take part in humanitarian efforts come from? Like how do they get initial funding and grow? Even if a group like this existed and took off, how could I contribute to something like this? Well look no further because we are a membership who seeks out

Progress for the Glia Tourniquet Project

Leave a Comment / News, Philosophy, Project / By Robert Read

Public Invention has raised $37,000 for a project run by Glia of Canada to make a completely open source desktop injection molded tourniquet, most immediately for Ukraine but usable by anyone. I’m proud of Glia and our support for them, and want to report a little on what they have done. One of our requirements

Glia builds tourniquets for Ukraine and Public Invention Helps

Leave a Comment / Call to Action, News, Philosophy, Project / By Robert Read

Invention is not exactly the same as engineering, but both require problem solving and innovation. Public Invention is proud to assist Glia, a Canadian firm, in its “Stop the Bleed” project making an open-source tourniquet for the terrible conflict in Ukraine. Not being a first responder, I only recently learned how important these devices are,

Our Deepest Need: Invention Coaches

Leave a Comment / Call to Action, Philosophy / By Robert Read

When I began Public Invention six years ago on my 50th birthday, I wanted to create a movement. Creating the non-profit also called Public Invention was a tool for doing that, but I always imagined it would be much smaller than a global movement to create open source hardware inventions by “Inventing in the public,

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Deneille Guiseppi: The GOSQAS Project and Creativity in Tech

Prajwal Shah and the NanoCap Table Project

Alison Gilpatrick: One Year in Open-Source Engineering

Postdoc Bridge Funding Initiative (PBFI)

Public Invention Continuity Plan (2024)

Recognition by RecognizedGood, Public Infrastructure, and Public Invention

Did you know your support carries a 3-fold impact??

Progress for the Glia Tourniquet Project

Glia builds tourniquets for Ukraine and Public Invention Helps

Our Deepest Need: Invention Coaches

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