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Hi Everyone:

I hope tonights whos is better than last week...as last week was really lame.

are for "The Urinator"--so they are still pissing around with stupid "inventions".

"I'm going to urinate in a funnel?"  Ha ha

you must come up with a toliet ide to get on the show I guess!

a funnel, a headband, and a Carrot Top impersonator?

the ballon ear plugs should be filled with a media which will reduce the sound heard

dont they already have strapless bras?

it is a "backless" bra with straps that go around the arms.  (Sounds uncomfortable?)

I think that's already on the market

The headband guy had a good idea but he needed to have a better prototype than just a headband. Only if he could have shown that it would actually work

I see a chomode......

I thought there was an inflatable playpin for kids which won tonight.

Does George ever say no? 

I don't think I've ever seen a completely backless bra. I've see one that the back straps are around the waist so when you wear a low back dress you can't see the straps. I could be wrong.  anyone seen a completely backless bra?

a completely backless and frontless bra:  it is called going "braless".

gps stalking - lol

well, they also have the pasties...so no back or sides

I mean Gay.

Peter is a little too rich for his own good.  I  can't belive he doesn't realiz how hard it is to lift a bicycle onto one of those hooks. 

what did I miss?  what does that mean?  (Sorry, I am ignorant.)

not the most comfortable or supportive  things for a lot of woman.   

so you think you can dance - without hearing the music?

GPS - global positioning system

I think the speaker vest is awesome. Imagine it replacing hearing aides? The Wingman might be on to something, but it might not pass the "cool" factor. I can't believe the bike rack won (like Peter said it's over invented). A conventional hook is simple and not complicated, the other one can fail to work (worn out spring/catch) and drop a bike. And the bra is not unique. I don't get it.

Bottle Sling - Invention Gallery .

Finally  a kid becomes a finalist and they blow it off!  Yeah, just because he is my kid.....no matter, we are so proud of how far he went!  As we told him going in, this is a TV show first.....the worst that they can say is No! 

The pre-judges continue with their fixation with toilet-related gadgets. Hello! There are already several pedal-operated seat raisers. The Wingman - nothing new. They've had something like that in Japan for years now. Jeez, Peter, you're supposed to know your field. The Claw - absolutely overengineered. Want something better and cheaper? Get a Delta Leonardo Wall Mount Bike Rack (Google it yourself; Inventorspot won't allow hyperlinks). You don't have to lift the bike. Just roll it up, tilt it onto its rear wheel, and hook the front wheel on the wall. A child could do it. And only $15. Want something a bit more complex? The Bike Hoist has a pulley system that can lift the bike up to the ceiling without much effort. It's been on the market for well over a decade. George Foreman is an unmitigated joke as a "judge." What the hell were they thinking when they hired him? Just toss him off the show and make it two out of three instead of three out of four and you'd get the same result. Oh, and Seth, to quote Perry White in Superman: The Movie, "There's no Z in brassiere."

They had to pick the bike claws because of the price of developnent. Peter know the bluetooth would work but the cost to build in a few weeks will never happen. You only get to spend around $39,000 of the 50 grand. I know from being a semi-finalist last year!

I'd like to see something NEW/DIFFERENT, not just a modification/adapation of an existing product.  They are obviously going for mass production of the winning product, but I don't think that should be the determining factor.  Maybe next week there will be something unique.

I thought I saw or read something about a device that enables the deaf (or "hearing impaired") to feel vibrations of music.  If so, and not surprisingly, this would be another "invention" that has already been invented.

Does anyone know offhand how many more weeks the show is on and when the final decision will be made?  You may have mentioned it previously, but I don't recall.

How do you find out when the next inventors show will take place. I live in Los Angeles and new to the website. I'm an inventor and would like to enter in the next show. Is this information available?

Thanks

I look forward to reading the recap and your input on the inventions each week.  I know that you were experiencing bad weather last night night....but you are missing 1 NY finalist.  Deryk Artioli, 11.  Yeah, he is my son and ABC's editing did a great job of cutting out a bunch of  what  the invention is about.  I know that you and others have been so down on kids appearing on this show, that I was interested to see your comments when a kid did make it as a finalist and didn't leave crying!

Shima:

Nothing has been announced for Season Three of American Inventor. As soon as we hear any word, we'll let everyone know. LAst year, we were able to scoop the published news by months.

Welcome to the site. 

The only reason they would even consider doing a third season is because the show is dirt cheap to produce for the summer season. One $1 million prize. Twelve $50,000 prizes. That's $1.6 million. Plus salaries for the judges, maybe another $100,000 per week. Renting out audition venues, another $30,000 or so per week. That fills up about 11 hours of programming. A decent drama would have cost $1 million per hour to produce. "Traveler" cost a lot more and isn't doing very well in the ratings.

Someone mentioned about the bad judges. Well I feel it has trickled it's way from bad pre-judges to the Non-American rich judge who can't see good and valuable products past the clouds of stupidity! I will bet that out of the thousands of people that went to these shows, the judges past up at least 20% of the people with good inventions because they didn't put on a good show for the pre-judges, or the pre-judges just don't know what the are doing, or maybe it is both. Either way fixing the show must start at the top and work it's way down.

This is not a new idea - I read a scifi book that had the same idea.

The user has a bracelet with their info and preference. When two bracelets match they let the wearers kown.

I agree!

At least on american Idol the judges know their stuff. Simon might be very blunt and forward....but the guy knows talent!

Maybe one of the judges should be an average joe off the street to represent the average american!

Good luck to everyone!

"You only get to spend around $39,000 of the 50 grand. I know from being a semi-finalist last year!" I thought I read on the forums that you don't get to spend any money at all. You get $50,000 of services rendered, done by a design company of Fremantle's choice. Not a penny of it goes into the inventor's sweaty little palms.

Contestants are allowed a clothing allowance--enough money for one new suit, in case you ruin one on the beach playing in the sand.

I thought the Claw was by far the best invention we've seen so far!  Its innovative and has broad market appeal.  I'm glad the judges finally chose someone for their invention and not because they have a sob story.

The Claw guys aren't gay, I know because I'm Craig's wife.  I was the redhead that hugged Craig after the announcement.  I know their dashing good looks and good sense of fashion can give off a different impression , but they are both definitely only into women.

They didn't look homosexual to me, just maybe a little bicyclual.

George Foreman is going to be on Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight--I guess he couldn't say "no" to him, either.

They don't have 12 finalists this year, do they? It's now just one winner from each of the six cities. Well, that knocks $300,000 off the show budget right there, so that's even cheaper to produce than I previously guessed.

I like HT Racers they look fun and my kids wish they could have them now.  Great to see a toy that lets kids build things and actually create them. http://youtube.com/watch?v=Njn77XqwMH8

The question is... hwo to post something online so they a contestant or show can get a public message.

This invention was the last to be on TV tonight, July 18th a Houson finalist. This person was a young deaf man that is trying to invent a portable device, that a person can talk into and it turns voice into text. Then the deaf person types into and it shows text so the hearing person understands what he wants to say.  It was a great way for the deaf world to start communicating with our world.

My comment to this is... It would be WONDERFUL for stroke patients also.

They are looking at it from a deaf world, where as stroke patients that cannot keep up with someone talking and doesn't understand or remember long enough to get home... and sometimes, the person can read well, but understanding verbal communications has slower processing times. it then becomes a personal assistant of sorts. It's a FABULOUS idea and I'd like to broaden thier horizons on all of who is could help.

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Fraud Judge!

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Tammy

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