In the late 1800s inventors everywhere were trying to figure out how to make engines more reliable and efficient. One of the most important steps happened … ...

The breakthrough is often credited to Scottish inventor John Logie Baird—but the real history is far more complicated and collaborative.

The world's most famous inventors are household names. As we all know, Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, Alexander Graham Bell invented the phone, and Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. Except ...

You probably don't think twice when stepping into an elevator. It's just there, ready to whisk you up to your hotel room on the 30th floor of a Vegas casino or down to the underground parking garage.

Introduction -- Industrial copies -- Recollection and possession -- The principle of a machine -- Mechanical jurisprudence -- Reissues -- Textual machines -- Organisms as manufactures -- Cultures, ...

The era between 1901 and 1920 saw an influx of Black inventors in realms including science and engineering. While some of these inventors have become household names—George Washington Carver, for ...

The disposable razor -- Vaseline -- Hair straightener -- Frozen food -- The blender -- Breakfast cereal -- The intercom -- Bank notes -- Locks and keys -- Muzak ...