American inventors have transformed the world with innovations like the light bulb, the transistor and the pacemaker. But they also dreamed up the dog umbrella, Silly Putty and the Pet Rock.

Often, an invention is the solution to a specific problem. Though that doesn’t mean it’s the only problem it solves. Sometimes, it ends up being exactly what was needed in a wholly different area, ...

Since 2024, a video has circulated online allegedly showing an "anti-cheating bra" invented in Japan. The bra is said to remain locked unless it detects a registered fingerprint, supposedly that of ...

Robots, artificial intelligence and the good old-fashioned light bulb were some of the inventions explored by students of ...