The first steam engine ship, Diana, was launched on July 12, 1863, and became one of the earliest instances of a ...

Signaling the end of an era for the British monarchy, King Charles is planning to end a tradition that's been around since ...

Piston engines are the heart of many machines we use today, from cars and airplanes to industrial machinery and motorcycles. Their history is one of innovation, experimentation, and continuous ...

John Ericsson believed the sun's power could make nations wealthy without fossil fuels. The American Swedish Historical Museum houses his prototype.

In the early 1970s, Spanish inventor Arturo Estévez Varela introduced a pioneering engine powered by water — a concept that ...

Adopted Black Countryman John 'Iron Mad' Wilkinson, who ran an ironworks in Bradley, near Bilston, invented the precision ...

The first Black Country Day celebrations actually took place on March 30, 2013, with the date later changing to July 14 to ...

Henry Bessemer's seasickness-proof vessel shows how even great inventors sometimes become fixated on crackpot ideas.

A new documentary film tells the story of Ralph Teetor, whose vision for innovation produced dozens of inventions.

Generative AI (GenAI) is no longer an emerging technology—it's here, it's powerful and it’s reshaping industries. In ...

From agriculture's dawn to the digital age, revolutions have consistently reshaped power dynamics. Ownership of land, ...