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 ...

Discover the top 9 most influential ancient inventors. Learn about their groundbreaking innovations in science & engineering ...

Few mechanical inventions inspire the same devotion as the bicycle derailleur — a small but ingenious device that has shaped cycling performance for more than a century. In The Dérailleur Project ...

Lost in Time has created a really cool 3D animation that breathes life into some of Leonardo da Vinci’s most genius creations ...

It surprises us that mechanical inventions, like the motor car and the airplane, take so long to work themselves into literature. We can’t remember ever having read anything that quite gave us the ...