It is estimated that the tower will create 1,200,000 kilowatt-hours of energy every year from solar panels and wind turbines generating 10 times more energy than required to power it.

Almost all of these inventions are only funny. No one needs them, but it's funny to see how creative some people can be!

Informational video produced by the oldest non-profit organization formed to help inventors protect and market their inventions. The founder of the Inventor's Assistance League (IAL), Ted De Boer, tells about his organization that he started in the 60's. IAL teaches inventors how to a technique knowns as "pre-patent protection" so the inventor can discuss his/her ideas with the market under controlled conditions to determine if the idea has market value. Thereby saving the expense of a patent until the time is right.

Arizona State University student invented new type of electric station - "Parasitic Cataclyst":"The highway system that dissects Phoenix is expansive. While connecting 515 square miles of the Sonoran desert to support our sprawling culture, the valley freeways divide communities. My catalyst proposes to retroactively collect royalties on the land taken from social interaction. The design is a retrofitting replacement of the horizontal steel tube that currently holds freeway signage. The replacement will house two horizontal axis wind turbines (Quiet Revolution designs) that will be powered