As promised, here is the interview with Carlos Owens, inventor and creator of the Neo Mecha, the world's first true mech exo. The following is the text of that interview.

The Lone Inventor: Where did you get your inspiration to create the Neo Mecha?
Carlos Owens: Well, as most have speculated, my inspiration comes from my childhood viewings of mech related movies, anime, toys, and video games, which I still play, mostly mech warrior, and Xeno Gears. My ideas have had my whole life to evolve from the fantasy world into the real world. Most people only dream of doing such a thing, I decided to stop dreaming and start doing.

The Lone Inventor: When did you decide that you would take on the project and why?
Carlos Owens: I began this project back in October of 2003. I decided to take this thing head on because I knew I was more than capable of achieving it. I belive that anyone can build just about anything provided they have the funds, willpower, proper research, and most of all, common sense.

I got the chance a few days ago to do an InventorView with Frank Weyer, the inventor of the Multi-Colored Illumination Panel, more commonly known as part of the "My Color" option in the 2005 Ford Mustang.

What follows is the text of that InventorView:

The Lone Inventor: You filed your patent application for "Method and Apparatus for Providing User Selectable Multi-Color Automobile Instrument Panel Illumination." in November of 1997, which was later issued in November of 1999 as Patent No. No. 5,975,728, correct?
Frank Weyer: Correct.

The Lone Inventor: Did you file the patent application yourself, or did you use a patent attorney?
Frank Weyer: I did it myself, but I am a patent attorney (one of the reasons I went to law school is so that I could do my own patent work).

The Lone Inventor: Did the choice you made about filing the patent come into play as you were negotiating with the Ford Motor Company?
Frank Weyer: No, but again, because I am a patent attorney, its sort of a special case.

I recently read a press release about a company. 2Virtues started my a "Mom Inventor" named Heather Allard. She invented a product called the "Swaddleaze" which is used to help your very young child get to sleep at night. I contacted her to set up an interview, and she agreed. The interview was conducted via e-mail, and I just received it back today. The following is that interview.

TheLoneInventor: What's the story behind the Swaddleaze?

Heather Allard: My daughter Grace suffered terribly from the newborn startle reflex. She wasn't able to fall asleep or stay asleep because she'd just keep "startling". My husband and I tried everything--traditional swaddling, sleep sacks, etc. but NOTHING helped. I couldn't find any products in Babies-R-Us or BabyCenter.com that I thought would help. I would lie beside her and literally WATCH her startling/waking up. It was so frustrating--the normal sleep deprivation that comes with new parenthood is bad enough, but Grace was still startling/not sleeping at 4-5 months old!!!! I was desperate, and initially, I kind of joked about creating a "baby straight jacket" that would hold her arms down to keep them from flailing, startling & waking her up. Then one night, a lightbulb went off in my head, I took out a notebook and drew a very primitive sketch of what is now the Swaddleaze.