As it turns out, most inventors, including the most groundbreaking, don't achieve success with every creation they devise. Curious? Click on for some lesser-known inventions by famous inventors.

As schoolchildren, we learned the names of famous inventors from history: Alexander Graham Bell, Eli Whitney, Thomas Edison. Ask someone to name a famous modern-day inventor, though, and you’ll ...

You can thank risk-taking inventors for their numerous contributions to modern living. But behind many of these inventions were fantastic flops - things that either worked and didn't make succeed ...

In the 1930's, Nikola Tesla, who is known for creating the induction motor and refining AC currents, imagined a machine that would allow you to project a mental image in real life and play back ...

In this entertaining collection of clips for primary schools, Dick and Dom explore the work of some of the most important inventors and ... who designed famous bridges. Discovering the work ...

Thomas Edison was Henry Ford's hero. In 1896, shortly after building his quadricycle, Henry Ford had the chance to meet the famous inventor at a convention in New York. Edison, who was ...