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Encarta has an interesting online quiz about paleo-futuristic products. The quiz was produced by the Discovery Channel and asks questions about jet packs, nuclear-powered cars, meal-in-a-pill, ...

How many other cities the size of Cambridge lay claim to so many world-changing inventions? Once called Newtown, the place had a decent shot at becoming the capital of Massachusetts in the 1600s. It ...

In recent years, there have been some incredible new inventions that use state-of-the-art technology and the latest innovations. However, there have also been some very simple inventions that have ...

Smithsonian’s Eric S. Hintz, a historian of invention, details how scholars are envisioning a more inclusive ecosystem for the innovators of tomorrow Scholars say that Afrocentric notions of invention ...

One of the ways in which InventHelp can assist new inventors is because of its huge database of companies that are eager to review new invention ideas. As some new inventors might know from experience ...