We can thank these creators for video games, life-saving transportation devices, and more. We have a lot to thank history’s inventors for. Every time you turn on a TV, drive a car, style your hair, ...

Frustrated on the sporting field, they became “user innovators” when they used their ingenuity to improve the game Eric S. Hintz Who invents for sports and why? Specifically, what motivates so many ...

This is an opinion column. A chair was just a chair — until Miriam Elizabeth Benjamin put a light and a bell on one. Benjamin was a schoolteacher, composer and inventor, born in 1861 in Charleston, ...

Inventor Nikola Tesla was born on this day in history, July 10, 1856, in what is now Croatia. Tesla's father was a priest in the Serbian Orthodox Church, notes Encyclopedia Britannica. His mother, ...

PEOPLE chats with Disney Imagineer and inventor Lanny Smoot about his prolific career in honor of Black History Month and National Inventors' Day Lanny Smoot is not your average inventor — in fact, he ...

Dead leaves skittered across the grass as a cold wind blew through Glendale Cemetery. Rows of faded headstones jutted up from the ground at odd angles. A long search ended in frustration. Henry ...

Inventors are often remembered as brilliant, daring minds who changed the world. However, sometimes, that boldness came at a terrible price. History is full of stories about innovators who believed in ...

The Black Inventors Museum presents Black Inventors in AI: Shaping the Future of Technology – A Groundbreaking Black History Event at City Point Brooklyn “Our mission is to develop racial pride, ...

WEST FARGO, N.D.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bobcat Company, a global compact equipment, innovation and worksite solutions brand, has its history on display in a new exhibit within the National Inventors Hall ...

In 1853, George Crum, a Black chef in upstate New York, decided to teach a fussy restaurant customer a lesson. The diner complained that Crum’s fried potatoes were too thick and demanded he make ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract We assess the role of ethnic ties in the diffusion of technical knowledge using a database of patents filed by US-resident inventors of ...