Inventions

Invented by an IBM engineer, the floppy disk is a storage medium first introduced in the 1960s. The medium utilizes a magnetic disc that is encased in a plastic rectangle,…

Whenever someone talks about a vehicle that was significantly less invincible than advertised, the Titanic is often the first analogy made. But while the Titanic was the…

Predictably, it was harder than Whitener thought. It took him two years to persuade AT&T, which hadn’t made a tube since 1988 but still owned Western Electric, to license the brand and…

When we envision the future, there are almost always flying cars. That's probably why we keep trying to make them work, even after so many failed attempts. This is the story…

As IEEE Spectrum reports, NASA has developed what it calls the Modular Robotic Vehicle (MRV) using Mars rover tech in its design. It takes Mars rover mobility and control…

Throughout the industrial age and now in the information age, the Amish have adhered to the long-standing tradition of making as a primary form of work.The fact that the Amish have also…

Paper is generally seen as a greener material than plastic, largely because plastic is seen as artificial while paper feels more natural. Certainly, paper is more easily…