National Inventors' Month
May is National Inventors’ Month. Established in 1998, this celebration of inventors and their contributions to the world had been celebrated in August until this year. The sponsors of the event – Inventors Digest, the Academy of Applied Science, and the United Inventors Association of the USA – decided that May would better coincide with the National Inventors Hall of Fame induction ceremonies and also to occur within the school year to reach out to students to increase awareness and interest. A senate resolution earlier this year officially recognized the change.
Although May is almost over, you still can recognize the accomplishments of inventors. For some quick and amusing insights into inventors and inventions, visit Inventors Digest’s Fun Facts , About.com’s May Calendar of Famous Inventions, Trademarks, Copyrights, and Patents, and BrainyHistory.com, which lists these milestones of invention on this date in history:
- 1930 Richard Drew invents masking tape
- 1919 Charles Strite patents pop-up toaster
- 1895 Birt Acres patents film camera/projector
- 1844 Samuel F.B. Morse completes the first telegraph line
- 1796 James S. McLean patents a piano
If you are an inventor, thank you. Please consider sharing what you invented in the comments, and be recognized for your achievements.
