How do inventions happen? NPR's Planet Money's team brings us the history of one underappreciated invention that has enabled countless other inventions, from the Phillips screwdriver to Bluetooth. You ...

There have been days recently when I would have liked to have been taken out of the present. Anywhere would have done. Greece 2012. The moon 2034. The entrails of a whale, to chat with Jonah, the ...

"I wanted to create a new type of vending machine that would allow women to purchase pads, tampons, panty liners, and other ...

Finding himself "bored" one day, Joan Manuel Hidalgo devised a hands-free, but margarinally complex machine that toasts and butters bread. Jam Press/@thehacklifeyt Finding himself “bored” one day, ...

Matter Industries founder Adam Root has developed a filter to trap microfibres at home and on an industrial scale. But is it just a drop in the ocean?

A number of countries have now issued decisions on whether a patent can be granted to Dr. Stephen Thaler for an invention made by a machine named DABUS. In response to a request by the United Kingdom ...

Early efforts -- Elements of a successful machine -- The "Sewing-Machine Combination" -- Less expensive machines -- Appendixes: Notes on the development and commercial use of the sewing machine -- ...

An invention at the heart of our modern world helped create radios, cars and smartphones. The team from Planet Money traces the origins back to a fight over who invented the sewing machine. KUOW is ...