History is littered with brilliant ideas that arrived too early for their own good. Some were buried by economic constraints, ...

From 18th century automatons that could write a full letter to the player pianos featured in every saloon, mechanical inventions have fascinated us for centuries. Yet the smallest pieces can garner ...

An underwater ship -- A siphon for raising water -- Lifting weights by water, and a portable siphon -- Construction of sluices to raise ships to any height -- A machine worked by fire which can throw ...

The US Navy and Army this week talked up new laboratories they are opening that promise to develop all manner of cutting edge technologies for the future. In the Navy’s case, the service today cut the ...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently issued its Inventorship Guidance for AI-assisted Inventions for determining inventorship where artificial intelligence (AI) is used ...

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