WELCOME TO THE FIRST AND BEST AMERICAN INVENTOR BLOG AND WEBSITE IN THE UNIVERSE!

THE NEW SITE IS READY! GO TO: AMERICANINVENTORSPOT.COM

2006-03-12T22:12:00.000-08:00

AIREALITYTV.BLOGSPOT.COM has moved! THE NEW URL IS: http://www.americaninventorspot.com

http://www.americaninventorspot.com

The time has finally come to reveal what I've been up to these last few weeks. It's still a work in progress, but I think you all will like it.

AmericanInventorSpot.com is more than just a blog where AI fans have been interacting since early January. It's the defacto place to go for anyone into the new show American Inventor from ABC. Or anyone who has ever even dabbled with the idea of inventing.

You'll find the blog you've come to love. And you may even find a guest blog from one of the JUDGES. (I'm working on it, and he's into it.)

There's a really cool BOOM OR BUST feature, where every week I'll do my best to present you with the inventions that were telecast, and then let you vote on them. You'll see instantly how many votes each has, and it's ranking. Do you think you know more than the judges? This is the way to see.

There's a VIDEO TEASER, where inventor's inventions that are in the INVENTORS GALLERY will be featured and/or other cool video stuff will be seen.

There's a FORUM. Register, and you'll be able to create posts that people can interact with - just like on every other forum on the web.

There's an awesome INVENTION GALLERY where you can submit your inventions, get your invention photo posted and your website linked to. ALL FOR FREE! We can even ask people to vote on it if you like.

There's an inventor RESOURCE CENTER which is the perfect starting place for anyone who has ever thought about bringing an idea to life.

There's LINKS to stuff I WISH I HAD THUNK OF!. Links to simply cool websites and blogs I like, or you suggest. And lot's more.

Dive on in. AmericanInventorSpot.com
is waiting. And spread the word.

TOMORROW THIS SITE WILL HAVE A NEW URL!

2006-03-12T20:12:00.000-08:00

That's right. The time has come to go live with the new and improved AIREALITYTV.BLOGSPOT.COM

It's everything it is now, and a whole lot more. All the old blog info, and comments will be transfered over. But there will be much more fun stuff. I hope you like it. If your web is redirected, just go with the flow. This blog can't hold everything I've been working on, and there's a lot.

If it doesn't get redirected, don't worry. The new URL will be posted clearly so no one misses a beat.

See you tomorrow at the new URL. It may even get switched over tonight.

Thanks for everything. I've been inspired to do all this because of the huge amount of positive emails, and awesome comments in each of the blog posts. I did this for kicks at first... to keep the AI audition momentum going. It's become somewhat consuming, working into the wee hours after my very looong day job. And it's been worth it. Nearly 6000 hits, over 10000 page views, and that's since Feb 1. Just 40 days ago. I can't wait to see what happens when this show actually hits the airwaves.

So as I've been saying... keep on inventing.

GET LINKED HERE FOR FREE - BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE! LET'S KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING.

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If you have a webpage or a link you want me to link to, let me know and get linked ASAP.

What's your name? (if you want) _________________
What's your invention name? _________________
Did you audition? _________________
What's your patent status: _________________
What's your contact info? (phone, web, whatever)

You can post your info here, and I'll grab it and post it accordingly.

OR.... email me at: thinkoutsidethecircle@gmail.com

THE FIRST 50 INVENTOR SUBMISSIONS ARE FREE!
After that, we'll play it by ear.

If you currently submitted at IU and let me know you want to be linked to before March 12, you will automatically make the list for FREE.

Let's keep the momentum going.

TWO HOUR PREMIERE EPISODE - MARCH 16TH

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AMERICAN INVENTOR, THE GREATEST SEARCH FOR AMERICA'S NEXT BIG INVENTION, PREMIERES WITH A TWO-HOUR SPECIAL, THURSDAY, MARCH 16 AT 8 PM ET

From the Producers of American Idol

American Inventor, an exciting series from Simon Cowell and the producers of American Idol about the biggest search ever for America's best new invention, will premiere with a two-hour special, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, from 8:00-10:00 p.m., ET, and then move to 9:00 p.m., ET on Thursdays thereafter.

American Inventor, the embodiment of the ultimate American dream, will uncover the hottest new product and make one struggling inventor's dream come true. With one million dollars at stake, American Inventor will celebrate the best in homespun American ingenuity.

In "Episode 101," the series kicks off with coverage of open casting calls in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York. Viewers will see inventors all of all ages present their most prized inventions, featuring everything from the wacky to the heart warming.

National casting calls were held in seven major cities across the country. In addition to the cities already mentioned, producers visited Denver, Chicago, Washington DC and Atlanta, all of which will be featured in upcoming episodes. Thousands of inventors, tinkerers and entrepreneurs of all ages applied.

American Inventor is the biggest search for the next great invention with wide consumer appeal… Envision the Cabbage Patch Kids®, George Foreman Grill®, Post-It® or Rubik's Cube®. A panel of expert judges will narrow down the initial entries to a group of finalists, who will each be given $50,000 to develop their product, refine it and take it to the next level. This is a show that's going to make the American dream come true for one person -- taking his/her idea, vision and creativity and helping to turn it into a mass produced product that will be in every American home -- but in the end it will be up to America to call in and vote on which invention is worthy of the one million dollar prize.

American Inventor's panel of expert judges include Doug Hall, an inventor, bestselling author and radio host, and also the founder and CEO of Eureka! Ranch, an inventing, training and research firm; Ed Evangelista, an executive creative director at the New York headquarters of JWT; Mary Lou Quinlan, founder and CEO of Just Ask a Woman, one of the premiere women's marketing companies in the U.S.; and Peter Jones, one of the UK's brightest young entrepreneurs and venture capitalists.

Hosted by Matt Gallant, American Inventor is produced by Simon Cowell's Syco Television LLC and FremantleMedia North America, Inc. The executive producers are Simon Cowell, Liz Bronstein, Siobhan Greene, Nigel Hall, Cecile Frot-Coutaz and Peter Jones. Co-executive producer is Daniel Soiseth.

source: ABC.com

LINKS - Please post any cool inventor related links here for your fellow inventors

2006-01-29T19:08:00.000-08:00

The header says it all.

POST QUESTIONS and ask for advice from your fellow inventors here. Fellow inventors... unite and takeover.

2006-01-29T19:05:00.000-08:00

I'm going to start this Post so that those inventors or newbies who have inventing questions can ask them here and have their fellow inventors give them a little advice. Please do not post AI comments here. Save it for the other section. Thanks.

The New AI Forum

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Feel free to use this space to discuss the show American Inventor. I never had a chance to audition, but I know people who have and have been following the audition suspense on Mary's invention site. Now that it is closed, I hope this place can become the forum for you all to discuss your hopes and dreams. About making it on the show, and about your inventions in general.

Cheers.