10. Pilot communications Before World War One, pilots had no way of talking to each other and to people on the ground.

London, 29 January 1915 - The number of inventions applied for in 1914 is down by more than 5,000, according to figures released by the British Patent Office.

First World War Centenary: Invention of Plastic Surgery, Blood Banks and Other Lesser-Known WW1 Facts By Lydia Smith Published 28 July 2014, 12:46 PM BST ...

As Allied offensives stalled, American ingenuity led to a groundbreaking solution: the Rhino tank. This part tells the story of Sergeant Curtis G. Culin and the invention of the hedgerow cutter ...

Robert Wood helped perfect one invention. That invention made a lot of creepy science photos, gave a distinctive character to raves, and, oh yeah, helped the Allies win World War I.

War necessities may, and often do, stimulate invention, but they rarely favour, and indeed commonly retard, scientific discovery and the advance of knowledge.

But the mother of all military inventions is what one Pentagon official dubbed the "Intergalactic Network." That wild idea became the Internet -- undoubtedly the one military invention that ...