Inventors December 2004 Archive

Shoes with computers, translucent concrete, flowers that sing, these are few of the best inventions of 2004.

In the history of the innovations surrounding earthquake study, we have to look at two things: the devices that recorded earthquake activity and the measurement systems written to help interpret ... Read More

Champagne and corkscrews are two inventions no New Year's Eve could do without. Did you know that corkscrew inventors were inspired by a tool called the bulletscrew or gun worm, ... Read More

In America, barbecue (or BBQ) originated in the late 1800's during Western cattle drives. The cowboys were fed the less than perfect cuts of meat, often brisket, a tough and ... Read More

Stephanie wrote in asking if she could use an item (invention) that already exists and repackage and sell it. A fictious example of this would be that someone has a ... Read More

Many people will swear that store merchants did when we observe cash registers singing and shopping malls filling up with happy shoppers during the days before Christmas. However, Christmas is ... Read More

Yes, everything under the sun does get invented including closed captions. Closed captions are captions that are hidden in the video signal of a televison broadcast and are invisible without ... Read More

Nearly everybody has heard about Thomas Edison, however, few people have heard about Edison's muckers. The muckers were a large group of inventors that worked for Thomas Edison. Unlike most ... Read More

Norm Shepard wrote to me asking who invented the third brake light on automobiles. Norm according to the American Psychological Association's online website: "In 1974, psychologist John Voevodsky tested a ... Read More

Our most popular famous inventions as researched by our readers in one handy place including: telephones, computers, televisions, cars, cotton gins, cameras, stream engines, sewing machines, lightbulbs, and penicillin. ... Read More

Pronounced "ask-key" ASCII is an acronym for the American Standard Code for Information Interchange. The purpose of ASCII was to allow compatibility between different types of data processing equipment including ... Read More

Yes, there is an invention history behind all musical instruments. From accordions to xylophones learn the sweet sounding history behind many musical instruments. And by popular demand, we have added ... Read More