The early 1900s was a period of many inventions. These were a few of New Jersey's inventors besides Thomas Edison who were successful. Robert H. Ingersoll started out on a cattle train from the family ...

First Invention of the World: The story of human progress begins with invention—the creation of tools and technologies that transformed survival and daily life. The first known invention dates back to ...

Chainsaw accidents are not a rare occurrence. On the contrary, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that over 36,000 people receive hospital treatment for chainsaw injuries each year ...

We recently featured a gallery of horrifying electrical inventions designed to keep human and horse libidos in check. John Ptak, the curator of that previous gallery of terrors, has shown us more ...

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is looking for donors who appreciate a gamble. As part of a campuswide capital campaign, the university’s Office of Technology Development is hoping to ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in collaboration with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will open the exhibition “Inventing in America” July 1 in the ...

Mosque and hospital of Divriği in modern day Turkey. It was built in the 13th century and you can still visit its remains today. During the Abbasid Caliphate (AD750 -1258), Baghdad became the centre ...

Strange Inventions From the Early 1900s | RealClearScienceFrom the compressed air bugle to the geophone, discover the photos from the innovation archives established by Jean Perrin, the physicist who ...