This story appears in the June 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Thomas Edison liked to say that he never failed. He succeeded every now and again with an invention that would change the ...

This realization led to the pacemaker in 1951. What he was trying to make: During World War II, the US government needed rubber for airplane tires, boots for soldiers, and the like. Wright was ...

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fundamentally changed this landscape. In 1969, she founded Data Corporation, the first company dedicated to manufacturing and selling computerised typewriters. Her invention, the ‘Data Secretary ...

From science to playthings and everything in between, these are the inventions by women that have changed the world.

But other fields, like engineering and computer science — which tend to be more lucrative, and have more opportunity for invention — remain disproportionately male. Part of the problem ...

Inventors shape the world we live in with their scientific discoveries and technological innovations. Over the last century they have transformed our lives with inventions ranging from the humble ...

It was a moment that changed the way we recorded the world. For what could be the first American selfie, Philadelphian Robert Cornelius took this self-portrait in 1839 using a box fitted with a lens.

From life-saving devices to modern conveniences, this eight-part series reveals a raft of great Australian inventors who turned game-changing ideas into a reality and forever changed how we live.

How did it change the world? The Gutenberg press “is widely considered to be one of humanity’s defining inventions”, said the BBC. “Few single inventions have had such far-reaching ...

This realization led to the pacemaker in 1951. What he was trying to make: During World War II, the US government needed rubber for airplane tires, boots for soldiers, and the like. Wright was ...