Category: Time Tested
The 45 at 70
The 45 RPM single reflects a simpler time in technology and the world. The 70th anniversary of its release reveals some detailed and surprising origins.
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Death by Inventing: The Mystery of Flight
We focus on accomplished and would-be innovators who were unable to achieve what Orville and Wilbur Wright eventually mastered: flight.
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Cool As Ice
Zamboni resurfacing machine rolls on as an iconic invention.
It has been 70 years since Frank J. Zamboni applied for, and later received, a patent for the Model A Zamboni Ice Resurfacer.
Glass Backboards: A Smashing Success
Basketball innovation has evolved in its 100-plus years.
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Time Tested Candy Corn
It’s an iconic Halloween treat, but candy corn gets little respect.
Candy corn is said to have been invented by George Renninger of the Wunderle Candy Co. in the 1880s.
‘TV Miracles’: Eugene Polley’s Wireless Remote
Eugene Polley’s wireless remote control is a modern-era institution. The Zenith Flash-Matic “makes me think maybe my life wasn’t wasted. Maybe I did something for humanity—like the guy who invented the flush toilet.” —Eugene Polley
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First in Disc Flight
Fred Morrison’s inventiveness, salesmanship launched the Frisbee “We worked fairs,...
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Changing the Phone Forever
Push-button format added convenience, enabled today’s high-tech communication devices. Although...
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Innovation Was Powel Crosley’s Field
Powel Crosley Jr. left an indelible mark in myriad other businesses that included radio,...
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Brothers in Arm: How George Devol and Joseph Engelberger Developed the First Industrial Robot
“To try to get a normal businessman to understand a robot, they thought you were talking about...
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Diversity in Innovation: African-Americans’ Impact is Forever Reaching
Noteworthy inventions by African-Americans range from the potato chip to the 1-gigahertz chip....
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Whose ‘Monopoly’ is it, Anyway?
Anti-monopolist had patented forerunner to iconic U.S. game: Lizzie Magie sold her patent for “The Landlord’s Game” to Parker Brothers for $500 and no royalties.
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