"Invent Help" Invention Newsletter - December 2010

The Top 10 Gadget Invention Gifts for the 2010 Holiday Season

Have the folks on your Christmas list been naughty or nice this year? InventHelp hopes they’ve been exceptionally nice, as we’ve put together a list of our favorite gadget inventions of 2010. Here’s our list, we checked it twice; our favorite gadget inventions for those who’ve been nice

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Significant December Dates in Invention History

A number of significant events occurred in the month of December that greatly affected the state of invention and innovation. InventHelp has put together a list of some of the most prominent events in history for you to enjoy.

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A toy still popular today was invented at Yale University, on the East coast in the Forties, modified by a space enthusiast from the West coast in the Fifties and renamed by a California manufacturing company president in the Sixties. What is the name of this toy?

The Frisbee. A flying-saucer enthusiast named Walter Frederick Morrison designed a saucer-like disk for playing catch. It was produced by a company named Wham-O. On a promotional tour of college campuses, the president of Wham-O encountered the pie-plate-tossing craze at Yale. And so the flying saucer from California was renamed after the pie plate from Connecticut. Of course the name was changed from Frisbie to Frisbee to avoid any legal problems.

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