In recent years, there have been some incredible new inventions that use state-of-the-art technology and the latest innovations. However, there have also been some very simple inventions that have ...

More than 60 years ago, an unfortunate picnic set Ohioan Ermal C. Fraze on a path to inventing the first pop-top tab opener for canned beverages Leo DeLuca - Freelance writer “Pshhh!” “Tsssk!” ...

The Battle of Britain was one of the great turning points of WWII. The air battle -- fought largely over Southern England -- was a vital victory for the Allies. From a morale point of view, it proved ...

That little black thing on the image is a button that plugs into your Android phone’s headphone jack. It’s called Pressy and with it you can make your phone do really useful things by clicking it in a ...

If time-travel were possible and I could pick a moment, I'd choose Menlo Park, New Jersey, for my destination on New Year's Eve in 1879. As a historian of technology, I am fascinated when an inventor ...

A simple invention by a Michigan entrepreneur in 1947 led to millions of Americans bringing pet cats into their homes. The man was Ed Lowe and his product was Kitty Litter. Five years later, a Chicago ...

Poet Roger McGough narrates the story of how a simple invention - the shipping container - changed the world forever and forced Britain into the modern era of globalisation.

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