While automatic transmissions are so common now that they've largely supplanted stick shifts. When was the first automatic ...

You might think that an invention as simple as the bicycle would have an uncomplicated past. But as it turns out, this highly popular invention has a history fraught with controversy and ...

Every day, you click and tap on devices, most likely using the internet to answer questions you have, stay up to date with current events and stay connected with people in the world around you. The ...

The invention of the transistor is one of the most important inventions of the 20th century. The transistor was invented in ...

Victor Hayes gets the credit for inventing Wi-Fi, but like many inventions, more than one person is involved. This article explains the origins of Wi-Fi and describes the people and tech that made it ...

On May 5, 1809, Mary Kies became the first woman to receive a patent in the United States. (It was for her technique of weaving straw with silk.) Of course, women inventors existed before this time, ...