Many "modern" inventions actually have precedents dating back more than 1000 years, to ancient Greek and Roman times.

Douglas Engelbart invented the computer mouse in 1964 at the Stanford Research Institute (SRI), which is now called SRI International. His one of the colleague Bill English, who was the chief engineer ...

Explore the history of modern home essentials, from ovens and microwaves to TVs and air conditioning, and see how they ...

A retinal implant invented by a Stanford scientist is restoring limited vision to people with advanced macular degeneration, helping some read and recognize faces again.

The United States has spent its quarter millennium of existence creating tools that reshaped the modern world. As the country ...

This commonplace car feature was first introduced on a production model by an American brand with a long history.

Photos and videos of Americans who put up with record heat and rain to celebrate the nation's 250th birthday with massive ...

IBM's NanoStack architecture has led to transistors that deliver 50% better performance and 70% less energy versus today's ...

Walt Disney's iconic quote, "If you can dream it, you can do it," transcends simple optimism. It emphasizes dreaming as the crucial first step, providing direction for effort and courage. Disney's own ...

Things you didn’t know were invented by women Although they might not receive the same accolades and recognition as male ...

The personal computers of today are slick and savvy, performing countless operations seemingly at ease. Given the way in which technology has progressed, it seems unfathomable that early computers ...

IBM has unveiled what it calls the world’s first sub-1-nanometer chip technology, a 0.7nm (7-angstrom) architecture called ...