Tag: Holiday

The holiday season is upon us yet again! We’re ringing in the most wonderful time of the year by celebrating inventions of all types – even some of Emory’s. We polled members of our office for their favorite inventions of all time – and then had a week full of voting to narrow it down! It was a true team effort to decide on the final 12 inventions. Happy Holidays from all of us at the Office of Technology Transfer. We hope you enjoy our 12 Days of Invents! He knows if you’ve been bad or good… so be good Read More …

With the holidays quickly approaching, we found ourselves in search of a little extra holiday spirit. Cities around the world vary in their winter holiday traditions and decorations, from extravagant lights and Christmas markets to ice skating and Santa’s hometown. We rounded up ten of the most festive cities across the globe. Vienna, Austria: Do you love holiday markets and the smell of roasted almonds and spiced Christmas punch? Vienna might be your ideal holiday city. The extravagant holiday markets transport you back in time. Enchanting holiday lights, Christmas trees, classical music, and carousel rides mean joyful activities for all Read More …

The most wonderful time of the year is officially here! You may usually count down the days until Christmas with an Advent calendar, but why not count down with an “Invent” calendar, too? Happy Holidays from the Office of Technology Transfer and these twelve days of festive inventions. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… with all of those twinkly lights strung up around the house! Would you believe that Christmas lights were actually invented by Thomas Eddison and his business partner Edward Johnson in 1882? The duo hand-wired 80 lights around Johnson’s revolving Christmas tree, but it didn’t Read More …

It’s the holiday season and what better way to poke a little fun at an important part of our profession—patents. Here are five of our favorite interesting, unique but certainly creative. Here are some of our favorites. Feel free to tweet at us (@EmoryOTT) with some of yours. 1. “Underwater Christmas Tree”. US4130161A Abstract: An underwater Christmas tree for controlling flow from an offshore well is disclosed as having a master valve which is controlled by fluid pressure within a flow-line extending from a production bore of the tree, and means for receiving and releasably retaining a TFL tool in the Read More …