Technology and Innovation

Forum on Technology and Innovation. Sponsored by The Council on Technology and Innovation, the form is a website addressing policy issues concerning  U.S. economic competitiveness and leadership in world markets through innovation, upgrading the workforce and benchmarking national economic performance. Our members are corporate chief executives, university presidents and labor leaders. Our national affiliates include nonprofit research organizations, professional societies and trade associations. Technology & Innovation Management Division of the Academy of Management provides this website to support academic management scholarship and teaching.

The Tech: Museum of Innovation. An interesting site to see and learn about historical invetions.

IndustryWeek showcases its Technology and Innovation Awards. IW honors the creativity of visionary winners who are seizing opportunities offered by technology with hopes of demonstrating economic leadership. They are the contributors and winners in the wealth creation process that could be called the Innovation Economy.

The Division of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) is dedicated to support needs to get new products to market. As the California's lead organization for technology-based development, DSII helps inventors and entrpreneurs with business services, resources and grants.

MIT Enterprise Technology Review, an on-line magazine on technology isses.

SBA Office of Technology. Site for small business innovation and technology transfer.

GLOBAL TECHNOSCAN. This site contains a Weekly Magazine on New Technology, Business Opportunities on Technology Transfer, Licensing, Financing of Research etc., Sections on Intellectual Property and Patents,   Trade Shows and Conferences, Science and Technology Policy, Venture Capital & Finance, with VC funding opportunities. The link section provides several useful links to International Technology and Professional Contacts in many areas.

DaVinci-Online Technology and Innovation Management has the objective to enable independent inventors, firms and R&D institutions to protect, promote and commercialize their intellectual property (technologies, patents, brands, trademarks and digital content).

Creativity at Work is a rich resource for developing personal creativity and organizational innovation in the workplace. Explore the thinking and perceiving skills of artists, scientists, inventors, leaders and visionaries through the articles on this site.

EnchantedLearning.com Zoom Inventors and Inventions offers a quick look up of who invented what, includes mundane products.

American Inventors and Inventions. This Smithsonian site shows some of the thousands of models that inventors were required to submit with patent applications before 1880.

Smith College Museum of Ancient Inventions. As the same suggests: really old inventions in the history of man.

Totally Absurd Inventions. America's Goofiest Patents. Updated Weekly. All Inventions Have Patents Issued by the United States or Other Governments. ...Description: From the tricycle lawn mower to the diaper alarm, read about some of the strangest patents ever applied for

Historical Inventions : A to Z From About.com

Famous Black Inventors. From About.com