Maker Strange Inventions has built a water-based digital clock in which 60 small bottles act as individual pixels, ...

Many of these odd items can be found online. If they aren't online, many people share them when they see them in person. So, ...

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Some of the most transformative inventions in history were created by accident, dismissed as useless, or invented centuries ...

This house-museum in Pittsburgh is a quirky Victorian gem packed with strange items and fascinating oddities worth exploring.

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The device, described in a recent Physical Review Letters paper, generates phonons—a quantum mechanical description of ...

You’re part of a new industrial revolution in this class; what’s something that you want to create?” These eighth-graders ...

Sometimes, significant inventions aren’t always a result of planned action. Surprisingly, many things that people use daily came into being due to accidents. In most cases, scientists working on ...

Season 1, Episode 9, “Something Ricked This Way Comes,” is a parody of Stephen King’s Needful Things, centered on a charming shop owner who is literally the Devil and dispenses antiques that fulfill ...

Hundreds of thousands of patents are issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for new inventions every year. Some of these creations, such as the lightbulb, personal computer, and automobile, ...