Do you know who Walter Hunt was? I am guessing you probably do not recognize the name, but he made a significant contribution that we all have used. In 1849 he invented the safety pin. He received his ...

Technology and textiles have always been joined at the hip, from the invention of the loom around 5000 BC to IBM’s first ...

If your arm doesn’t hurt after pounding nails, thank Kurt Schroder ’90. And while you’re at it, thank him for the low-cost ...

A new, interdisciplinary course at the Carlsen Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship has students teaming up to solve problems in their communities with their own ingenuity and inventions.

NASA have got big plans when it comes to long-duration human space travel but they also have a big problem needing solved. If ...

For a long time, the toaster has been attributed to a Brit named Alan MacMasters. But recent evidence contradicts that claim.

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I want my old life back, the one where I didn’t kill anybody and I could still afford sushi,” moans ambitious, buttoned-up ...

Between the invention of the self starter and the end of the 20th Century, the best portable car jump starters weren’t ...

The U.S. patent system feels to me an awful lot like the Titanic right now. The Trump Administration is withdrawing employment offers to patent examiners and firing examiners still within their ...

If there's anything Americans love, it's convenient and handheld food — so naturally, we've created a wide variety of ...