In 1922, an inventor trying to improve a drink mixer created a machine that would become the modern blender

A 1922 innovation, initially for malted drinks in drugstores, marked the birth of the modern electric blender. This seemingly ...

The Inventor of the Thinking Machine Didn't Worry. Neither Should You

The machine was the object of the user’s will, a mere tool. The young inventor was Blaise Pascal, the 17th-century genius who ...
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How the invention of the sewing machine led to other modern marvels

How do inventions happen? NPR's Planet Money's team brings us the history of one underappreciated invention that has enabled countless other inventions, from the Phillips screwdriver to Bluetooth. You ...
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The invention of the sewing machine

Early efforts -- Elements of a successful machine -- The "Sewing-Machine Combination" -- Less expensive machines -- Appendixes: Notes on the development and commercial use of the sewing machine -- ...
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I invented a machine for perfectly buttered toast — people say it’s genius

Finding himself "bored" one day, Joan Manuel Hidalgo devised a hands-free, but margarinally complex machine that toasts and butters bread. Jam Press/@thehacklifeyt Finding himself “bored” one day, ...
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DABUS & AUKUS: A Tale of Three Approaches to the Question of Whether an Invention Created by a Machine Using Artificial Intelligence is Patentable

A number of countries have now issued decisions on whether a patent can be granted to Dr. Stephen Thaler for an invention made by a machine named DABUS. In response to a request by the United Kingdom ...