January 9, 2024 On this day in history, January 9, 2007, Steve Jobs introduces Apple iPhone at Macworld in San Francisco Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone, Apple's first smartphone, at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco on this day in history, Jan. 9, 2007. The product changed society and Apple's bottom line.
November 18, 2023 On this day in history, November 18, 1883, North American railroads create time zones, reshape global life North American railroads created time zones to bring sanity to scheduling transcontinental travel on this day in history, Nov. 18, 1883. The system was quickly adopted around the world.
September 8, 2023 Meet the American who patented the drinking straw, Marvin Stone, Civil War veteran and mint julep enthusiast Marvin Stone, a Civil War veteran who survived combat wounds, patented the paper drinking straw in 1888. His invention has enjoyed a rebirth in the 21st century.
February 10, 2023 Meet the American who invented the zipper, one of the world's most useful devices: Whitcomb Judson Whitcomb Judson of Chicago invented the clasp-locker in 1893, now known today as the zipper. It revolutionized fashion and is now one of the most common devices in the world.
January 13, 2023 Meet the American who invented Band-Aids: cotton buyer and devoted husband Earle Dickson Earle Dickson invented the Band-Aid in 1921. A cotton buyer for Johnson & Johnson, he was inspired to create the new product to treat's wife household wounds.
November 28, 2022 Global population hits 8 billion and we need to keep growing. Here's why The world's population is still expanding but fertility rates in many of the world's advance nations are collapsing. That's a problem because economic growth is tied to population growth.
November 13, 2020 Patents reveal how Rivian and Ford might make electric pickups go farther Rivan and Ford have filed similar patents for a way to provide backup electric power for their battery-powered pickups. Both involve a similarly shaped device that slips into the bed.
May 3, 2016 How IBM's Watson supercomputer is battling cancer with advanced genomics Back in 2003, when he was a fourth year medical student at Washington University in St. Louis looking at a career in oncology, Lukas Wartman was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. For Wartman, the diagnosis was bleak – while this type of leukemia, which affects the blood and bone marrow, is very treatable for children, it often proves fatal for adults. Two years of chemotherapy followed and Wartman went into remission and completed his medical studies. The reprieve was short-lived. By 2008, he relapsed again.
May 3, 2016 Want to control a swarm of robots? Georgia Tech has the answer Researchers at Georgia Tech have built a tablet-based system that lets people control a fleet of robots with just the swipe of a finger.
May 3, 2016 NASA’s ‘Greased Lightning’ drone merges helicopter and plane technology Is it a helicopter? Is it a plane? NASA has developed a 10-engine electric vehicle that can take off like a helicopter but fly a plane.
