Inventor Archive

Edward Goodrich Acheson (1856-1931), inventor of carborundum, was born in Washington, Pennsylvania on March 9, 1856.

Robert Adler held 180 patents for electronic devices, whose applications run from the esoteric to the everyday.

In 1903, it rarely occurred to anyone that rain on a moving vehicle’s windshield was a problem that could be eliminated.&n

You’d be hard-pressed to find a college student or an office worker who hasn’t enjoyed a quick, easy, and tasty meal of in

Many of us have a sweet tooth but may not be able to enjoy the foods we like too often because of the effects on our blood

It's in our homes. It's the most common material in the workplace. Sometimes it's even in our bodies.

Leondard Bailey was a tool designer in the 19th century. Working on his own and later for Stanley Rule and Level Co.

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Benjamin Banneker, one of the nation's best-known African American inventors, was born on November 9, 1731 in Marylan

Alfred Ely Beach was born on September 1, 1826 in Springfield, Massachusetts.  During his lifetime, he b

Patricia Billings of Kansas City, Missouri has invented one of the most revolutionary – and potentially profitab

Young children express their creativity more than anything else with their box of crayons.

Long-lasting lipstick was one of the first modern cosmetics of its kind, one that took advantage of advances in chemistry

Workplace fires cause billions of dollars in damage each year.

Gail Borden, Jr., creator of the first commercial process of condensing milk, was born in Norwich, New York on November 9,