On a rainy day in Detroit, a Ford engineer got confused, then soaked—and inspired. It took decades before he got any credit.
James Moylan of Plymouth, Michigan, passed away at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit on December 11, 2025 at the age of 80. You ...
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 ...
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That little black thing on the image is a button that plugs into your Android phone’s headphone jack. It’s called Pressy and with it you can make your phone do really useful things by clicking it in a ...
If time-travel were possible and I could pick a moment, I'd choose Menlo Park, New Jersey, for my destination on New Year's Eve in 1879. As a historian of technology, I am fascinated when an inventor ...
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A simple invention by a Michigan entrepreneur in 1947 led to millions of Americans bringing pet cats into their homes. The man was Ed Lowe and his product was Kitty Litter. Five years later, a Chicago ...
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