The Zipper: Who invented it, when?
Although Whitcomb Judson is seen as the inventor of the zipper, Gideon Sundback developed the closest design to today's zipper.
Although Whitcomb Judson is seen as the inventor of the zipper, Gideon Sundback developed the closest design to today's zipper.
Are you stuck in the dark? No lighting devices around? Well, did you know that the source of the light you need is yourself? Discovering the potential of our own body heat, Canadian young inventor Ann Makosinski came to our rescue with an invention that could easily bring darkness to light.
The first person to produce a real submarine by turning the submarine design into practice was the Dutch inventor Cornelius Drebbel, who worked in the palace of King James I of England in the early 1600s.
Italian immigrant Ettore Steccone (1896-1984) liked to keep the windows in his house clean. When it moved to America in 1922, heavy and cumbersome tools were used to clean glass.
Let's get to know the German inventor Artur Fischer, who has more than 1,100 patents...
The history of the screw dates back to BC. But it was necessary to wait for the 1930s to open the head of the screw in the form of a cross and in this way to make the screw work more easily.
Percy Shaw, OBE (15 April 1890 – 1 September 1976) was an English inventor and businessman. He patented the reflective road stud or "cat's eye" in 1934, and set up a company to manufacture his invention in 1935.
Wi-Fi is a wireless local computer network that allows electronic devices to communicate with each other wirelessly. It typically operates in the 2.4 gigahertz (12 cm) UHF or 5 gigahertz (6 cm) SHF ISM radio bands.
The invention of the roll-on deodorant is a demonstration of how one completely unrelated invention can lead to another. The so-called "mother" deodorant—which dates back to the nineteenth century—was sticky and hard to apply.
The self-cleaning window may at first be seen as a useless, futile invention. Although the innovative technologies used behind this invention are important, how many of us wonder how clean our windows are?