The patents awarded ranged from a low-temperature lithium production to a shaped cutting tool and method of use to ...

On May 5, 1809, Mary Kies became the first woman to receive a patent in the United States. (It was for her technique of weaving straw with silk.) Of course, women inventors existed before this time, ...

Helen Blanchard's zigzag sewing patent was a fundamental breakthrough which continues to be widely used, over 120-years after its invention In the 1800s, American women could not vote and many of them ...

Frank Sprague, the engineer and inventor who is considered “The Father of Electric Traction,” is the subject of a new biography co-authored by William Middleton III, professor of ...

Panthers are innovators. The proof is in the patents. The university has become a leading patent producer. FIU is top 25 in U.S. utility patents granted among U.S. public universities, according to ...

Backed by InventHelp’s early services and a licensing deal with BrownMed, Waldon’s Intellinetix line has grown into a utility-patented range of wearable pain relief products celebrating ten years in ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Here at Popular Science, we love DIY projects and kid inventors. So ...

Madam C.J. Walker, nee Sarah Breedlove, was born on Dec. 23, 1867, near Delta, Louisiana. After suffering from a scalp ailment that resulted in her own hair loss, she invented a line of African ...