American Inventor
First there was Modern Marvels and here comes another invention reality show, you know – I’ll watch these, I hope everyone gets excited about people making things and reality TV still attracts a lot of people. American Inventor is an exciting new primetime reality show for ABC from Simon Cowell and the producers of American Idol . Set to premiere in early 2006, the show will undertake the biggest search ever for America’s best new invention. An embodiment of the ultimate American dream, the show will uncover the hottest new product and make some struggling inventor’s dream come true. [via] Link. If anyone knows anyone at either Modern Marvels or American Inventor, we’d love to chat with them!
Mikey writes “The project describes how the average person can rip out a pocket from a pair of jeans and replace it with a cotton like fabric which contains enough conductive material to block most RFID tag frequencies. Watch the video.” 
A followup to 
Ok Makers, start your soldering irons – The History Channel announced they are in search of the nation’s next great invention idea. Inventors throughout time have shared one common attribute – a unique gift for seeing a reality that does not yet exist. The Modern Marvels Invent Now Challenge provides an opportunity for independent inventors to be discovered and to influence the ever-changing face of invention. 
I’ve pointed folks at the Linsay books as a great resource for a long time “Books for curious people – Highest quality books, new and old, for experimenters, inventors, tinkerers, mad scientists, and a very few normal people…” A Maker writes “The books cover the spectrum of DIY- machining, mechanics, electronics, wood working, cooking, and everything in between. The books range from excerpts of old technical manuals to new publications. There’s even a big mention of Make Magazine in there!” [
