I’ve always found patents fascinating. Not just because they protect ideas but because they often reveal the odd, innovative, and sometimes downright quirky side of human creativity. When I started ...

Coffee is a staple for countless office workers, truck drivers, and busy CEOs. Humans have been drinking it for centuries, and we’re unlikely to stop. The only things that have changed are the methods ...

The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History holds this patent model for a Gorrie ice machine, the first mechanical refrigeration or ice-making machine the U.S. Patent Office patented.

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One of the most important inventions of modern times and in all of human history has been air conditioning, letting us cool the air as required instead of just heating it. Build a fire when it's cold, ...

Time just ran out for Pebble. The smartwatch that has been able to claim most-funded Kickstarter project ever status has lost those bragging rights to a cooler project, literally. With hours to go ...

Inventions, usually, change the world for the better by filling up gaps between our expectations and the available products. Since time unclocked, curiosity-driven humans have invented innumerable ...