Inspired by dentures, Eddy Goldfarb invented the Yakity-Yak set of wind-up teeth that chattered their way into gift-wrapped boxes under Christmas trees everywhere. He came up with a toy gun that shot ...
PERTH, Australia – Australia attracted international attention in July when a Federal Court ruled that artificial intelligence can be named as the inventor of a patent. In Thaler v. Commissioner of ...
NEWARK – He’s an inventor. He looks at the world through different eyes. “The journey through an invention leads me down countless avenues,” explained Trace Johnson. “I love creating and then ...
Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee’s latest startup, Inrupt, has raised $30 million to further develop its data privacy technology, according to data from PitchBook. Venture capital firm Forte Ventures led ...
Like other high-level learners, Lucy Pater and Kaylie Smit understand some of the engineering behind nifty inventions. But these two fourth graders in Palos Elementary School District 118 also know ...
Woof, woof! Pet entrepreneur Allen Simon invented the so-called Wee-Wee Pad. Now he’s slashed close to $13 million off his own palatial pad, which is on the market for $27 million — down from its ...
ON THE 150th anniversary of the death of Charles Babbage, we retrace the footsteps of the brilliant but irascible British inventor, mathematician and engineer. Host Kenneth Cukier investigates why ...
Tom Morey’s lightweight invention allowed millions of people the thrill of wave riding. Morey, creator of the Boogie Board and one of the most influential inventors in the sport of surfing, died on ...