Take the school backpack, for example. Its invention can be traced to one man, Murray McCory, who died last month. McCory ...

Sometimes, we come across mysterious objects that leave us scratching our heads. Whether it's something found in a new home ...

Photographs by Jo Whaley for TIME; Inventions from left: On Cloudboom Strike LightSpray, Medical Microinstruments Symani Surgical System, Agility Robotics Digit holding Light Bio Firefly Petunias ...

Imagine, then, how precious centuries-old manuscripts are, those like the Archimedes palimpsest that were hand-written on parchment and other materials long before the invention of the printing ...

Phillips electronics has been around as long as electricity has been used, but since then, the company has expanded greatly ...

1509 - Invention of wheel lock (rose lock ... the pistols are made until dueling falls out of favor in the mid-1800s. This pair of 1786 flintlock pistols was made with ivory stocks and unusually ...

By the mid-19th Century, medical minds had begun to focus ... She subsequently went into a deep sleep but later recovered. Wood's invention coincided in the same year, by all accounts completely ...

Our Future Chronicles column explores an imagined history of inventions and developments yet to come. In our latest glimpse into the near future, Rowan Hooper tells how seaweed was a game changer when ...

Imagine your company is suddenly inundated with dozens of baseless patent infringement lawsuits. This scenario is becoming all too common as ...

Architecture Sarasota will host Sarasota MOD Weekend 2024 from November 14 through 17 under the banner of “Restoring a Sense ...