Why Is There A Bobbin?
It's 1935, and the bobbin just ran out again. Most people learned to rewind it faster. Beulah Louise Henry asked why the bobbin was there at all, and she earned 49 patents asking questions like that one. This human innovation story looks at the workarounds we stop noticing.
Painting Over The Problem
A frustrated secretary who couldn't fix her typos invented Liquid Paper — not by becoming a better typist, but by borrowing a trick from oil painters. The story of Bette Nesmith Graham, and why the answer to your hardest problem is usually in another room.
Breathing Devices, Hair Care Products, Traffic Signals — One Inventor
A sewing machine repairman with a sixth-grade education invented a breathing device, a hair care line, and the traffic signal — and once walked into a gas-filled tunnel wearing his own invention to pull men out alive. The story of Garrett Morgan, and the mindset behind it.