Innovation Archives - Page 9 of 29

Stanford Ovshinsky Might Be the Most Prolific Inventor You’ve Never Heard Of

(via Smithsonian) It’s hard to look around in today’s technology-driven world and not see something that exists because of inventor

(via Great Big Story) We’ve only got one life to live, but thanks to three simple keystrokes, at least we

(via Wired) Patents for ballpoint pens go back to the late 1800s, but it took half a century to develop

(via Popular Mechanics) It appears that Voyager 2 will be following its sibling through one of the ultimate barriers in

(via Mental Floss) In 1938, the Philadelphia Athletics third-base coach Russell “Lena” Blackburne waded into a tidal tributary in the

(via Great Big Story) In the early 1900s, Florence Lawrence was one of the most recognizable women in America. She

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(via Mental Floss) Situated on a rocky outcrop above Athens, Greece, the Acropolis is a citadel featuring some of the

(via Listverse) Today, Vikings are known mostly for their ferocity as barbaric raiders who lived to loot, pillage, and burn.

(via Atlas Obscura) The tower went 187 feet up into the sky. The base was framed with wood, but the

(via Great Big Story) For the past 175 years, organ builders Henry Willis & Sons have been preserving sacred sounds.

(via Atlas Obscura) Underwater combat dates back to the American Revolution.

(via Atlas Obscura) It’s the year 1900 and you need a photograph 8 feet long. Impossible? Not to photographer George