Inventions News

An inventor's romantic proposal idea has come to happy fruition. It took months of work, but Ben Kokes crafted an engagement ring for his girlfriend, Julie, that would light up from within - but only after he put it on her finger and took her by the hand.

The Bare Conductive paint pen contains a non-toxic electrically conductive paint.

In this era of ever-accelerating technological development, we all tend to be so fixated on the gizmos of the future that we rarely take the time to think about the glorious technology of the past.

In this era of ever-accelerating technological development, we all tend to be so fixated on the gizmos of the future that we rarely take the time to think about the glorious technology of the past.

A patent application published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday reveals Apple is actively researching methods to ensure a video's multi-channel audio is always played back correctly, no matter how a user holds the device.

Most people probably associate Ethernet with a simple cable cinched with phone-like jacks.

Tech manufacturers that boast how fast their devices can juice up might want to listen up: A California teen has developed a super-capacitor that could lead to a 20- to 30-second phone charge.

When the windows are closed that vehicle becomes like a greenhouse and a pet or person can die of heatstroke.

There is a new device to keep young children out of hot cars. Two seniors at John Hopkins University have invented a sensor that alerts parents if there is any motion in their car after they walk away.

The debate over the proper pronunciation of GIF, always a hot topic in the world of Internet nerds, was front and center at last night's 17th Annual Webby Awards at Cipriani Wall Street.

Velcro uses tiny hooks and loops to bind the two strips. Velcro is a combination of the words 'velvet' and 'crochet.' Velcro, the "zipperless zipper," exists on a variety of products from children's shoes to laptop bags to blood pressure gauges to airplane flotation devices.

The creator of the Gif graphics format has said that his invention should be pronounced so it starts with a "j" rather than with a hard "g". Steve Wilhite told the New York Times that he was "annoyed" there was still a debate over how to say the acronym.

Jon Snover thought he'd found his dream job at a fuel-cell company in 2001 - and that, as lead chemist for the company, he was going to change the world by developing advanced technology to solve society's energy crisis.

Twitter announced today that they have been granted a patent for the popular pull-to-refresh gesture that you see in many mobile apps.

The problem of batteries draining out has been intensified with the arrival of smartphones as these phones come loaded with hundreds of applications that consume lot of battery.

Hellmann's, which is celebrating its centennial birthday, remains the country's top-selling mayonnaise with a formula almost identical to the one its inventor, Richard Hellmann, started selling at his New York deli in 1905.

While there are plenty of important components and accessories that are mounted on a bike's handlebars, the bars themselves are just empty hollow tubes that don't really do anything ... right? Well, that isn't the case with Helios Bars.

With the help of their community, the InvenTeam cohort, which is comprised of 14 members, was able to fundraise $17,000 to cover additional expenses such as travel and accommodations.

A few years ago, a playwright, a director, and seven actors sheltered together in a disused bank vault far below Wall Street.

Bifacial points recovered from Blombos Cave, South Africa. The tools were manufactured during the Middle Stone Age by anatomically modern humans and are made of silcrete and finished by pressure flaking.