Uplift, Inc. is hosting Catalyst of the Invention Revolution Play Date at Techshop

Sept. 29, 2013 - PRLog -- Uplift, Inc. is hosting Catalyst of the Invention Revolution Play Date at Techshop, an inventors lab, where prototypes for Square – instant credit card online system, Dodo –iPad case and Embrace - infant warmer, were invented.

Every major shift in society has been led by inventions and profitable businesses.  Steel, Autos, Trains, Planes, Door Knobs, Clothes Dryers, Trucks,  Internet  and Mobile phones have  radically activated social change that endures for generations. Risk seeking entrepreneurs initiated their vision and changed the world.

1.     Andrew  Carnegie  introduced steel as a lightweight competitor of iron to birth Pittsburgh.

2.     Henry Ford  introduced the horseless carriage to replace the horse and buggy to birth Detroit as the Automotive Capital of the World.

3.     Cornelius Vanderbilt introduced trains to replace the stage coach for faster travel to birth the West.

4.     Wilbur & Orville Wright introduced planes to replace ships for faster global transportation and birthed the entire aircraft industry.

5.     Osburn Dorsey, an African American, received a patent for the door knob in 1878, providing a mechanism to open doors.

6.     George T. Sampson, an African American,  received a patent on June 7, 1892 for the clothes dryer eliminating the time consuming clothes line drying forever.

7.     Fred Jones, an African American, introduced refrigerated truck trailers transporting perishable food items  across the country. birthing grocery stores with products from every point of the globe.

8.     J. C. R. Licklider created the ARPANET the predecessor of the internet in 1963 birthing a radical change in every facet of the world.

9.     Martin Cooper placed the first mobile phone call on April 3, 1973.  In a short twenty five years,   mobile phones have radically replaced home phones.

Inventions have changed the world even when people fought the change. Everyone desires the convenience that new inventions and ideas bring, hence inventing creates financial opportunity.

Ida knows this firsthand as she invented Fluke (http://www.upliftinc.org/fluke.aspx) – the wealth building game of accidental inventions. It is selling all over the world, opening doors she could never envisioned.  Yes, a simple board game has ushered opportunities in the innovation world into her life. Do you need a new opportunity?

MIT Technology Review reports an Oxford research study that 45 percent of America’s occupations will be automated within the next 20 years. Computers will start replacing people in transportation/logistics, production labor, administrative support, services, sales, and construction. Corporate America is seeking to drive this automation with innovation, which is defined as profitable invention. Invention is an act of creating or producing by exercise of the imagination. Dr. Stuart Brown states, “The advantage that countries like the United States … retain is the ability to invent – to dream up solutions to problems that people may not yet even know they have. Nations that remain economically strong are those that can create intellectual property – and the ability to innovate largely comes out of an ability to play.”

Come play, invent, tinker, make and create at the Catalyst of the Invention Revolution Play Date Saturday, October 5, 2013 2 pm -5 pm. at Techshop  192 Bakery Square Pittsburgh, PA 15206. Techshop is an inventors lab, where prototypes for  Square – instant credit card online system, Dodo –iPad case and Embrace - infant warmer, were invented. This interactive play date is best suited for families with students ages 10-14.

Ida Byrd-Hill is looking forward to meeting future inventors.  Space is limited. Register now for this FREE event at:    http://www.upliftinc.org/catalyst_of_the_invention_revolution.aspx

Unable to attend Catalyst of the Invention Revolution? Replicate the fun at home, school or work with family friends and colleagues. The scavenger hunt app will be posted at www.upliftinc.org October 6, 2013.