Many inventors dream of changing the world for the better. Some later wished they had never startedNobel’s explosive legacyIn ...

Madam C.J. Walker, who was born Sarah Breedlove in 1867, invented a hair care treatment for Black women. She traveled around the country demonstrating the "Walker Method," which involved a pomade that ...

There’s a rich history of Black inventors in the United States that likely begins before our current historical record—but there’s plenty of noteworthy individuals we know of who changed the world ...

Henry Ford’s car made of soybeans and Thomas Edison’s ghost-detecting telephone are just two little-known creations of history’s most famous inventors. Bell wasn’t the only person involved in the ...

Percy L. Julian, an African American inventor, once said, “I have had one goal in my life, that of playing some role in making life a little easier for the persons who come after me.” As the holder of ...

Lonnie Johnson, NASA engineer and inventor of the best-selling water toy the Super Soaker, sits with his prototype and his patent. A curiosity of the innovation ecosystem is that while inventors are ...

James Howard is using the past to inspire the future. He knows you've heard all about the Garden State's most famous inventor, the great Thomas Edison. But what about the number of innovators whose ...