Old Inventions

Ancient Chinese Inventions

Inventions: Many

Inventors: ancient Chinese people

Sometimes, to invent things for the future, we need to look to the past. So, let us look back to the time when ancient Chinese inventors were inventing and designing prolifically.

First of all, ancient Chinese people were brilliant and versatile, they made significant contributions to science in the areas of physics, chemistry, engineering, maths, astronomy, seismology, meteorology and many others.
The golden period was roughly between Continue reading →

George Washington Carver’s Inventions

Inventions: Multiple
Inventor: George Washington Carver

Inventors and their inventions have usually nothing to do with comic heroes.
Superman and Batman are very popular, but the name “Peanut Man” may make some people pause and think. That was George Washington Carver‘s nickname – not surprising, considering he discovered around 300 uses for peanut.

No one knows the exact birth date of George Washington Carver. He was born in Missouri
to slave parents, around 1864. It is believed that a couple bought George and his mother Mary, and set them free. Along with that, they allowed George to use their last name, which was Carver. His father was a slave as well, and was killed in a Continue reading →