But they will certainly gain US consumers' attention," he once stated. Although the mission failed commercially, it set the course for Sony's global future. From Trinitron to Walkman, Sony products ...

The rise of the automatic transmission led to a change in automobile manufacturing as more and more drivers chose to leave manual transmission vehicles behind. The convenience and smoother driving ...

When most people think of rockets, they likely imagine something like SpaceX's Raptor engine, or they might recall the Apollo 11 Saturn V rocket that took astronauts to the Moon. Rockets aren't ...

As almost everyone knows, sequoia is the name given to a giant tree typical of California’s Sierra Nevada that can exceed one hundred meters in height and ten meters in diameter. However, one of its ...

Sticking with only one team can be a special thing, with players such as Cal Ripken Jr. (Baltimore), Tony Gwynn (San Diego), Chipper Jones (Atlanta) and Derek Jeter (New York) spending their entire ...

The president says import taxes will bring jobs and factories back to US shores US President Donald Trump has urged Americans to trust in his sweeping tariffs, which have spooked markets and ...

We are talking about the Austrian Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000) who, in addition to standing out in her artistic facet, invented with the American pianist and painter George Antheil a first version of the ...

The "torpedo" bat used by several players on the New York Yankees was created by Aaron Leanhardt, an MIT physicist who now coaches for the Miami Marlins. Leanhardt developed the torpedo bat from ...

The Miami Marlins have a secret weapon on their coaching staff: the man behind the torpedo bat, the early sensation of the 2025 Major League Baseball season. It's not often a field coordinator is ...

less are aware that the modern concept of changing the clocks was invented by a local nature-lover named George Hudson. Moving from London to New Zealand as a bug-obsessed teen in 1881 ...

I had a Walkman like that in 1985. Also somewhat retro are the tiny buttons on the sticks that you squeeze to control volume, playback and other functions. You hear satisfying clicks in your ear ...