Everybody invents differently. Some people spend months, years or even an entire lifetime researching, developing and perfecting one great idea. Others are able to conjure up ideas in response to ...

Monday's Google Doodle is celebrating the work of Japanese inventor Seiichi Miyake. Miyake's tactile blocks, or "Tenji blocks" as they were originally called, are the raised bumps and bars on pavement ...

PITTSBURGH , Sept. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a new interlocking block option for a variety of landscaping and construction jobs like firepits, borders, walls, or flowerbeds," said ...

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a stackable yoga block to accommodate varying flexibility needs," said an inventor, from Tacoma, Wash., "so I invented the YOGA STAX. My ...

The Ubuntu-Blox machine, which operates by human power, sits beside a home made from the blocks it produces. A Wylie inventor has developed a machine that transforms trash into homes for the needy in ...

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- "I've been a power lineman for 20 years and I thought there could be a lighter, safer stringing block," said an inventor, from Kuna, Idaho. "With new advances ...