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Meetings: 7:00pm - 9:00pm - 2nd and 4th Wednesday each month (No meetings in Dec.)
Networking - 6:15 - 7:00pm and after the speaker.
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Scheduled Speakers and Topics
TIME TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP for 2012 ($50) Bring your checkbook
or to pay online with a credit card, check transfer, or PayPal, Click Here
To print a mail-in Membership Form Click Here (requires Adobe Acrobat)
Wednesday May 9, 2012 7:00 P.M.
"Toy Design and Marketing", presented by David Ayers. Ayers Concepts
David is a
longtime toy inventor. He regularly attends the annual New York Toy Fair, and has successfully licensed toys to Mattel (Fisher-Price) and AquaLeisure.
David will discuss toy inventing, brainstorming for good ideas, and building prototypes.
Volunteers Needed For The Children's Museum of Houston
Annual Young Inventors Showcase
The Children's Museum of Houston is seeking individual or a team of judges and other volunteers to help with the 2012 Young Inventors’ Showcases.
Judges and volunteers are needed for the final city-wide Showcase hosted at the Children's Museum of Houston Saturday, May 19th.
If you would like to volunteer, Click Here For Time and Contact Information
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Wednesday May 23, 2012 7:00 P.M.
Daniel Hashim with the Rice University Smalley Institute, will discuss and demonstrate his Nanosponges that soak up oil again and again,
and John Marsh, Director of the nanotechnology department, will explain basic nano technology and how nanos can be used commercially.
Greg Micek, Founder of HIA and Young Inventor's Association of America, Inc., and owner of FACES, the world's leading police sketch software has created a Petition on Change.org offering FACES software to any community free of charge, if it is sponsored by a funding source from within the community.
A portion of the proceeds will be devoted to assist in starting a Young Inventor's Showcase in that local community.
For more information, or to sign the Petition. Click Here
(Please note that you have the option to uncheck the box "Display my signature publicly")
VIDEO CONFERENCING?
We are investigating the possibility of video conferencing, webinars, and having guest speakers make presentations to our group from remote locations, and are seeking assistance from anyone having experience with setting up programs that may be used for such purposes.
Please contact Otto Glaser 713-896-9935.
Video Clips Of Inventors on Deborah Duncan Great Day Houston Show
Several of our members and other local inventors were featured on the "Great Day Houston Show" with Deborah Duncan that aired January 13, 2012
Also clips from December 2010, February 2010 and Steve Greenberg's "Green Gadgets".
Click Here to See The Video Clips
Video Clips Of Inventors on Fox 26 Morning News Show
Several of our members and other local inventors were featured on the "Fox 26 Morning News Extra" show (Channel 26) with Natalie Bomke on July 18, 2011, also clips from January 2011 and November 2010.
Click Here to See The Video Clips
SHARKTANK TV Show
The "Shark Tank" TV show on ABC Friday evenings at 7 PM is an interesting and entertaining reality show about entrepreneurs and inventors
pitching and selling their innovative ideas to wealthy investors (the sharks) and trying to convince them to invest their money.
It is interesting to watch the negotiations between the entrepreneurs and investors. Their casting department is looking for participants.
Read the agreement carefully, it is a non-confidential disclosure, so if you have a product, it is best to have a patent pending situation.
Click Here to See The Video Clips
HIA Featured In Patent Office Publication
The HIA was recently featured in an article titled "Houston Inventors Association Helps Members Bring Inventions to Reality",
written by John Calvert, head of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Inventors Assistance Program following his visit to Houston in August, 2010.
The article was published online in the "Inventors Eye" -a bi-monthly newsletter for the independent inventor community that covers topics of interest
to independent inventors; and stories about people who have become successful inventors. It also includes tips on working with the USPTO; information on events, organizations and meetings of interest to the inventor community.
If you would like to subscribe to the "Inventors Eye", Click Here
RANDALLS and KROGER Programs
Do you shop at Randall’s or Kroger's? Did you know you can support the HIA for free while you shop using your Randalls Remarkable Card or Kroger Plus Card?
Click Here to Find Out How
With the Kroger Program, you have to renew your enrollment each year. If you were previously enrolled, you will need to enroll again between July 1, 2010 and April 30, 2011
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Online Trade Show For Buyers of New
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Manufacturers, retail store buyers, product scouts, investors, direct response television companies, and potential licensees....
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Online Tradeshow For New Inventions
Inventors...If you have a website, we will provide a link to it, or if you need a webpage we can set up a simple one for you. The other organizations also provide webpages, and you can get a webpage on their site as an alternative to (or in addition to) a webpage on our site.
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