Hundreds of thousands of patents are issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for new inventions every year. Some of these creations, such as the lightbulb, personal computer, and automobile, ...

Many of the daily items we use today are the result of decades of research, perseverance and good 'ole trial and error. For ages, inventors have sought to improve our ...

Stacker has chronicled social, scientific, and business inventions that changed America over hundreds of years.

India has a rich history of innovation, and there have been several interesting inventions that have originated from the country. Here are 10 notable examples: Zero (0): The concept of zero as a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Dynasphere, an electronically gas-driven monowheel vehicle, being tested on Brean Sands by its inventor, John Archibald Purves ...

But despite the countless numbers of interesting, useful, and even groundbreaking inventions on the market, many other bizarre creations in history barely made it beyond their initial prototypes.