by Julie Austin | Mar 22, 2025 | Innovation
Innovation often arrives when you least expect it. Few stories capture the magic of unexpected discovery as vividly as the tale of Super Glue. This revolutionary adhesive was born from what appeared to be a failed experiment—yet it transformed entire industries and...
by Julie Austin | Nov 2, 2024 | Innovation, inventions, Uncategorized
In the world of innovation, some of the most transformative inventions come not from careful planning but from pure accident. The microwave oven is one of those surprising inventions—discovered entirely by chance, yet it went on to reshape modern kitchens and...
by Julie Austin | Nov 1, 2017 | Innovation
Updated September 2025 From the paint bays of 1920s body shops to the kitchen junk drawer, Scotch® Tape is the tiny invention that changed how we fix, build, and improvise. This is the surprisingly human story of Richard Gurley Drew—and how a curious promise, a lot of...
by Julie Austin | Aug 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
If inventors know one thing it’s how to make lemons out of lemonade. History is full of stories about inventors who have succeeded despite failure and tragedy, and inventor Martha Coston dealt with both. She married a man, Benjamin Coston, a scientist who...
by Julie Austin | Sep 18, 2016 | Intellectual Property, Inventors
Since necessity is the mother of invention it’s no surprise that the bra inventor was a woman. A debutante and art patron named Caresse Crosby. Caresse Crosby grew up the very definition of an upper-class debutante, moving between New York and Connecticut in a...
