That's when Winton came up with a revolutionary idea: Why not haul the cars inside a bigger car? By 1899, Winton created and sold what is now recognized as the first semi-truck.

Rather, the mystery still plaguing the city is who invented the Petaluma Incubator – the innovative egg hatching machine that gave birth to its good fortune?

The automatic transmission may seem like it's been around forever, but it's the product of some hard work. And, of course, ...

The first mechanical lawn mower was an odd-looking contraption, with a small spiraling cylindrical component, large exposed gears, and a barrel-shaped drum.

Many "modern" inventions actually have precedents dating back more than 1000 years, to ancient Greek and Roman times.

An MIT scientist training to become a flight instructor died when his plane crashed in Massachusetts — just months before he was to become a dad for the first time, according to his family.

Who invented the ATM machine? The ATM was invented by John Shepherd-Barron, who was born in 1925 in Shillong, a city Meghalaya.

He's seeking to become the city's first Muslim and Indian American mayor, not to mention its youngest mayor in generations.

THIS gramophone is featured in the recently-opened Your Worcester exhibition at Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum.

While working at his family's brewery, J. Kemper Matt invented the 80s beer drinking fad.

Billionaire entrepreneur and startup investor Mark Cuban says artificial intelligence could help mint the world’s first trillionaire. Here’s why.