Inventor of Coston Flares If inventors know one thing it’s how to make lemons out of lemonade. History is full of stories about inventors who have succeeded despite failure and tragedy. The inventor of Coston Flares Martha Coston dealt with both. She married a...
As a woman inventor, I love being able to encourage other women to invent. Fewer than 15% of all women in the world are inventors. At least that’s better than 1977 when only 3% of women even had their name on a patent. Even fewer, around 4%, are sole patent...
Women Inventors Do you know how many women inventors have changed the world? As you sip your morning coffee you probably don’t give any thought as to how the actual process of coffee brewing came to be. If it wasn’t for a frustrated housewife in Dresden, Germany, you...
Inventors are problem solvers. They can’t help themselves. They help us save time, save lives, and save us from tedious or dangerous work. Many inventions are disruptive, but most are an improvement on something that has been around, such as the iron, a...
Diversity in Manufacturing I’ve worked in many male dominated industries, from being an innovation keynote speaker to being an inventor to being a manufacturer. Quite often I’m the only woman in the room, but I’ve never felt left out of the...
