The breakthrough is often credited to Scottish inventor John Logie Baird—but the real history is far more complicated and ...
The world's most famous inventors are household names. As we all know, Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, Alexander Graham Bell invented the phone, and Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. Except ...
February 13th, 2023 —The world is never finished catching up with Vaclav Smil. In his latest and perhaps most readable book, Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure, the prolific ...
New Jersey has a rich history of innovation and invention that will be celebrated at an upcoming event at the Shady Rest Golf & Country Club in Scotch Plains. “A History of Inventing In New Jersey: ...
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Forgotten Inventions Ahead of Their Time
History is littered with brilliant ideas that arrived too early for their own good. Some were buried by economic constraints, others by technological limitations, and a few simply because the world ...
In their new book Poplorica: A Popular History of the Fads, Mavericks, Inventions, and Lore That Shaped Modern America (HarperResource), Martin Smith and co-author Patrick Kiger have brought together ...
The disposable razor -- Vaseline -- Hair straightener -- Frozen food -- The blender -- Breakfast cereal -- The intercom -- Bank notes -- Locks and keys -- Muzak ...
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