Charles Hires was a Philadelphia pharmacist who according to his biography discovered a recipe for a delicious herbal tea while on his honeymoon.

In 1899, after Wilbur Wright had written a letter of request to the Smithsonian Institution for information about flight experiments, the Wright Brothers designed their first aircraft: a small, biplane ... Read More

All about Christmas inventions including: candy canes, Christmas tree lights and trees, and snowman trademarks.

The history and timeline of transportation innovations - cars, bikes, planes, and more.

The history of our clothes - blue jeans, the bikini, the tuxedo, fabrics, fasteners and more. Learn how specific items of clothing developed.

It may startle some reader to be told that the foundations of modern electrical science were definitely established in the Elizabethan Age.

In 1933, Ralph Wiley, a Dow Chemical lab worker, accidentally discovered polyvinylidene chloride or Saran. Ralph, a college student who cleaned glassware in a Dow Chemical lab, came across a ... Read More

Though necessity may be the mother of invention, perhaps it is frustration that fuels the fire.

Research and develop your ideas as if your life depended on it.

The story of the pioneers of machine shop technology also tells us about the history of firearms and the birth of standardization. Pioneers of the Machine Shop written in ... Read More

The original Playstation was designed as a multi-media and multi-purpose entertainment unit. Besides being able to play Super Nintendo games, the Playstation could play audio CDs and could read CDs ... Read More