Some inventions are thanks to one eureka moment, but most of our most pioneering inventions were the work of several innovative thinkers who made incremental improvements over many years.

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

Inventors shape the world we live in with their ... It can't just look great on paper. England boasts a proud history of inventions from Robert Stephenson's Rocket steam engine to Joseph Swan's ...

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All told, he played a vital role in shaping the modern world. Citing both the Thomas ... we have compiled an official list of Edison's greatest inventions.

Instead, they were a happy accident. Read on to see how society-shaping inventions - from Coca-Cola to penicillin and the microwave oven - came about by chance.

However, while a great idea is one thing ... that’s not powered by batteries but by the heat of your hand. Getting inventions from paper to production is often the hardest part.

We've been inventing things since prehistory, via people who lived thousands of years ago. Many of these inventions helped ...

Explore groundbreaking and accidental inventions! The BBC Gladiators micro:bit challenge inspires 7–11-year-olds to design ...

Modern inventions tend more toward improving than transforming: an app that connects the world in a better way ... “There will be more great leaps,” says Hayden. “We have a momentum and ...

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.