The inventor conversation
Inventor Underground was built around conversation: what makes an idea useful, what an audition feels like, and what happens after a prototype leaves the workshop.
The original site brought inventors together through a chat channel, a blog and contributions from readers. The written collection follows many of the same subjects.
Start with a discussion
The original blog and discussion topics →Firsthand accounts from auditions →Messages from the judges →Advice shared by inventors →
Meet the people behind the ideas
The inventor gallery introduces the people and projects at the heart of the community. For a longer account of how an invention developed, explore the invention stories.
This section brings together the community’s written material from 2006.
Inventor Underground · The 2006 collection
Contributors’ accounts and product descriptions reflect their original time.