Tag Archives: invention

President Obama Awards Inventor of LASIK, Gholam Peyman, MD, With National Medal of Technology and Innovation.

When it comes to inventions that no one needs, there are a lot of things in the world, some of these inventions are unique to the culture that they serve. Some inventions are exclusively American and some are German, European or even Canadian.

  ull disclosure: there’s really no substitute for Google Maps when it comes to making your way around an unfamiliar city, or even your own hometown. However, if you’re looking for a low-tech alternative that doesn’t require a data plan, won’t be stolen, and looks like a cross between a hard boiled egg and a stress ball, a Hungarian designer named Denes ...

We all know the primary purpose of shoes is to help protect our feet and let us travel farther than if we were barefoot. Well, many different people have taken this transportation function of shoes to the next level. And so we have a plethora of shoe cars!

Colin Furze, the mad engineer who created a brilliant set of retractable working Wolverine claws, has come up with a new invention that is equal parts brilliant and insane. When it’s time to wake up, his High Voltage Ejector Bed won’t take no (or “5 more minutes”) for an answer – it will literally throw you out of bed to ...