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Nature has always been a powerful source of inspiration, with inventors diving into the world around them for new ideas. From the anatomy of animals to the behavior of plants, some of our most ...
Design for a hand woodblock printed textile, showing the complexity of the blocks used to make repeating patterns in the later 19th century. Tulip and Willow by William Morris, 1873. Woodblock printing on textiles is the process of printing patterns on fabrics, typically linen, cotton, or silk, by means of carved wooden blocks.
This Halloween 2024, use these printable pumpkin stencils and free, easy carving patterns for the scariest, silliest, most unique, and cutest jack-o’-lanterns.
Systematic inventive thinking (SIT) is a thinking method developed in Israel in the mid-1990s.Derived from Genrich Altshuller's TRIZ engineering discipline, SIT is a practical approach to creativity, innovation and problem solving, which has become a well known methodology for innovation.
500-1000 – Spinning wheel invented in the Indian subcontinent. [19] 1000s – Finely decorated examples of cotton socks made by true knitting using continuous thread appear in Egypt. [14] 1000s – The earliest clear illustrations of the spinning wheel come from the Islamic world. [20] 1100s-1300s – Dual-roller cotton gins appear in India ...
William Brownie Garden (December 2, 1869 – 1960) was a Scottish inventor and entrepreneur. He is probably best known for his invention of the "revolving blackboard". Up until his death at age 90, in 1960, the ‘Inventor’ still worked at his own bench in the factory, from which came innovations like an improved saw which cut ten times quicker than any other, and an eight-wheeled car for ...
1928: Frank Whittle formally submitted his ideas for a turbo-jet engine. In October 1929, he developed his ideas further. [466] On 16 January 1930, Whittle submitted his first patent (granted in 1932). [467] 1928: Philo Farnsworth demonstrates the first practical electronic television to the press. 1929: The ball screw is invented by Rudolph G ...
Among those inventions that are credited with passing into general practical use are the strut bridge, the automated bobbin winder, the rolling mill, the machine for testing the tensile strength of wire and the lens-grinding machine pictured at right. In the lens-grinding machine, the hand rotation of the grinding wheel operates an angle-gear ...