At times, the only thing needed to spur innovation is a little dare. Don Heide was visiting an out-of-state coworker who shared his love of radio-controlled aircraft. The man had just purchased a new ...

Quite a few years ago, NASA decided not to pursue an invention made by NASA Langley Research Center employee David Middleton of Yorktown. This invention provided a pilot with two parallel illuminated ...

Paper airplanes are something that kids all over the world are familiar with. After all, they are a toy that can be made almost anywhere as all you need is a piece of paper and the ability to fold it ...

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there should be a safe way to get up and exercise while traveling on an airplane," said an inventor, from Everett, Mass., "so I invented the ...

David Pogue looks at our nation's tradition of pioneering inventors, from Thomas Edison's R&D facility in Menlo Park, N.J., ...

Enter the Wrights -- Prophets with some honor -- Teachers and first lessons -- Hitting a wall -- "We now hold all the records!" -- Ambiguous success -- Return to Dayton -- Into the world -- Noon into ...