The early 2000s produced inventions that felt less like practical tools and more like props from a slightly awkward sci-fi movie. You watched familiar analog staples vanish almost overnight, replaced ...

First Invention of the World: The story of human progress begins with invention—the creation of tools and technologies that transformed survival and daily life. The first known invention dates back to ...

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is looking for donors who appreciate a gamble. As part of a campuswide capital campaign, the university’s Office of Technology Development is hoping to ...

We recently featured a gallery of horrifying electrical inventions designed to keep human and horse libidos in check. John Ptak, the curator of that previous gallery of terrors, has shown us more ...