"Invent Help" Invention Newsletter - July 2009

Pitch Your Invention at the ERA D2C Convention in Las Vegas

At the InventHelp-INPEX New Product Showcase at the Electronic Retailing Association's (ERA) D2C Convention in Las Vegas, inventors will get the chance to pitch their products directly to industry marketers. Held at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas, September 13 - 15, 2009, the ERA is the only trade show dedicated to direct response retail sales and product development on TV, radio and online.

Learn more about the ERA New Product Showcase

Public Transit Inventions Make Riding Easier

Gone are the days when Americans hopped into their gas-guzzling luxury SUVs just for a simple trip to the corner store. For many of us at InventHelp, stretching our transportation dollars is quickly becoming one of our favorite ways to cut back and save money. With the development of new public transportation inventions, bussing it around town has never been easier!

Read more about innovations in public transit

Which automobiles were the first to include air conditioning?

Air conditioning in automobiles began as a luxury and was originally introduced in luxury cars. The first car that offered an optional air conditioning system was the 1940 Packard. Car buyers would have to wait another seventeen years before Cadillac made it a standard feature in its 1957 Eldorado Brougham.

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