(Image: Illustration of a futuristic aircraft on a landing pad by David Revoy. Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported.) The Philosophy Behind Public Invention “Even from an early age, I believed that inventing things is one of the best ways you can help other people.” – Robert L. Read Beginning in 2015 as a team in an […]
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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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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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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
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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.
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Scenario: The Head Invention Coach is Incapacitated In 2024, the President of Public Invention is Robert L. Read, who is also the Founder and Head Invention Coach. He is also 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,
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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
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Support Public Invention and Humanitarian Engineering 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
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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
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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,
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