Microsoft founder Bill Gates appears as a principal applicant on a patent published last week by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, but the concept in question isn’t computer-based; it’s an ...

Lock up your flywheels, folks, an American inventor is coming after them. Randy Moore of RK Transportation is working on an idea that replaces an engine's flywheel with a lightweight rotor with ...

This article on the early history of electromagnetic research discusses Joseph Henry's development of the first reciprocating motor in 1831. Discussion of Henry's work and an illustration of his ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory recently reached a significant achievement in space travel technology. They successfully ...