Shigeichi Negishi, the entrepreneur who invented the world’s first karaoke machine, has died aged 100. Negishi, whose 1967 “Sparko Box” prototype is among several devices credited with ushering in ...

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 -- ...

The first electronic computer was built during the 1940s by John Vincent Atanasoff, a professor of physics and mathematics at Iowa State University, and one of his students, Clifford E. Berry. But the ...

FUTURE. A LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT’S IMPRESSIVE INVENTION IS HELPING CLEAN UP PLASTIC IN THE OCEAN. ANNA DU OF ANDOVER SAYS SHE WAS INSPIRED AT THE AGE OF 11 BY HER LOVE OF MAKING JEWELRY OUT OF SEA ...

In 1816, the “year without a summer,” ash from a distant volcanic explosion renders the sky dark and cold, “from Beijing to Brussels, Naples to New York.” Digitally finished multimedia spreads in ...

A Massachusetts teenager's impressive invention is helping to clean up small pieces of plastic from the ocean.Anna Du, 17, said she was inspired to create her machine at the age of 11 when she found ...