The Math and Physics of Breaking Spaghetti

It's a little known fact, but spaghetti has been mystifying physicists for decades. The reason why has to do with a puzzle about why the...

Ten Million Inventions in Everything!

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued its 10,000,000th utility patent! To mark the occasion, the USPTO also introduced a new pat...

Inventions in Everything: Shoes for Defying the Laws of Physics

Michael Jackson was many things. One of the most popular entertainers of all time, with a career that spanned over four decades until his ...

Inventions in Everything: Treadmills Inside Your Shoes

We're counting down to the issuance of U.S. Patent Number 10,000,000, which if the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office continues to follow ...

Building the Death Star

Since being sworn in as President of the United States, Donald Trump has devoted considerable energy to reversing many of his predecessor i...

Inventions in Everything: Makeup Applicator for Cat Eyes

Sometimes, we here at the Inventions in Everything team are surprised by what's lurking behind the title of a patent. Usually, the titl...

Inventions in Everything: Optical Illusions to Enhance Safety

How can you get cars to slow down in areas where there can be a lot of pedestrian traffic? A depressingly common solution to that problem in...

Inventions in Everything: The Future of Ironing

It's not often that we're wowed by a marketing pitch introducing new technology, but the problems solved by a device named Effie ha...

Inventions in Everything: The Sock Slider

Sometimes, you just have to see something on TV to believe that it exists. The Sock Slider is just such an invention: And yes, you can buy ...

Inventions in Everything: A Cold, Refreshing, CRISPR Beer

The basic process of making beer goes back hundreds, if not thousands , of years. It starts when brewers add yeast to wort, which is a mixt...

Inventions in Everything: World's Brightest Flashlight and Glow-in-the-Dark Paint

Every now and again, we're amazed by the potential utility of the inventions that we come across. Today is no different, where we have t...