Tag: Inventors
Douglas Engelbart, inventor of the computer mouse, dies aged 88
Douglas Engelbart, inventor of the early computer mouse and a web pioneer, has passed away aged 88. Englebart's early mouse was made of a wooden shell housing two metal wheels, patenting it so early in the 1960's that the patent…
Dyson's Top 10 Best Inventions: Bagless, 'Ballbarrow', boats and more!
James Dyson is a British engineering legend. A graduate of two of the UK's most prestigious design schools (Byam Shaw School of Art – now part of Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design – and The Royal College…
RIP: Super Glue inventor Harry W. Coover, aged 94
Harry W. Coover, the inventor of the ingenius adhesive Super Glue, has died aged 94 of congestive heart failure. Coover, who held over 460 patents, first discovered the recipe for the sticky substance in 1942 whilst working on plastic gun…
