“It is the outsiders, the innovators and creative minds who found the startups and take on huge risks, while investing enormous time and money to bring the next step to the market…. But the patent ...

Nikola Tesla, the brilliant inventor behind alternating current, suffered from an overwhelming aversion to jewelry, ...

Companies are increasingly soliciting and engaging the crowd for new ideas, but they’re making a fatal mistake by offering up crumbs in exchange. On the one hand, it’s fascinating to see corporations ...

DeepSeek’s blockbuster release of its R1 reasoning model on Jan. 20 unleashed a firestorm of discussion about the U.S./China technological rivalry and the wisdom of AI infrastructure spending, ...

The Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday issued its 10-millionth patent since President George Washington signed the first patent in 1791. But a passel of inventors seized on the occasion to ...

The Motorola Solutions Foundation packs a tremendous punch between giving away more than $12 million annually and organizing a number of expansive global volunteer initiatives. As the philanthropic ...

Some of the most famous people in the world have endured trials and tribulations that ultimately helped carve their character — and in some cases, a pivotal person in their lives then helped them make ...

Back in 1983, John Picone had an inventive idea. If the electric screwdriver was such a big hit, why not an electric wrench? At the time, Picone was working as a machinist, a major plus in creating ...

For most inventors a patent search should be the first step in the patent application process. The reason is simple. A patent search is used to determine whether the time and expense of moving forward ...