The decade that embraced the weird The 1970s were an experimental playground where tech optimism mingled with countercultural quirkiness to yield strange inventions. Some were innovative, … ...

Without inventions, we wouldn’t have many of the modern luxuries we have today. But not all inventions are major wins like cellphones, stoplights, or washing machines. Many more are in the category of ...

These are strange inventions we didn't know we needed. In 2021, a prototype making it possible to taste food on television was tested in Japan. In 2024, a life-saving device that helped police during ...

An AI-powered toilet seat has been named by Time Magazine as one of the top 200 inventions of 2024. It optically scans a user’s stool and urine, to detect any concerning changes that might indicate a ...

After 7,000 years of "drinking tubes" across many civilizations, two men reinvented the straw in the last 150 years. The first made it modern. The second made it bend. sketch bendy straw.jpg Image ...

Some games become legendary not just for being great, but because of how much their inspiration is felt in the games that come after them. Just think of how much Demon’s Souls has influenced the ...