Dick Schirado has created motion-activated watering systems for cattle and other gadgets to make farm/ranch life easier, but says the real challenge is convincing others to bring his work to market.

PITTSBURGH , Sept. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there should be a way to immediately seal a hole if a tire is punctured while driving," said an inventor, from Newark, N.J., "so I invented the ...

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create an automatic way to keep ice cubes separated within a freezer ice bin," said an inventor, from South Palm Beach, Fla., "so I invented the ...

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PITTSBURGH, April 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I'm a transportation manager with 7 years experience in the industry and very familiar with the hardships and dangers faced by truck drivers on a daily ...

YouTuber Shane Wighton from the channel “Stuff Made Here” has created a terrifying bow that aims itself and never misses. The bow is so sophisticated that Wighton doesn’t even have to look at the ...

Russ Cohn believes the world can eliminate half of its trash, and he’s created an odor-free, fully automatic home composter to help do it. His new NatureMill, which was developed at his San Francisco ...

So, there you are, minding your own business, doing, say, 20 or 30 over the speed limit, when, all of a sudden — whomp! — you hit a bone-jarring speed bump that seemingly came up out of nowhere. Of ...

Sometimes, a multitude of technologies is the best way to track assets or individuals within facilities or in the field. RFID tags or Bluetooth beacons alone, for instance, might not enable a company ...

Weil writes for the Washington Post, where this obituary first appeared. WASHINGTON — Carl D. Keith, who as a principal inventor of the three-way catalytic converter made major contributions to ...