Humanity has produced some truly elite ideas. The snooze button, read receipts, and trash bags with drawstrings that actually ...

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See vintage photos of totally useless inventions from LIFE magazine's archives. Thursday is random day. At least it is today, on this blog. So here are some random and useless -- and in some cases ...

Useless tech is all around us, and they can easily make us wonder, "what's the point?" But then again, some people have a lot of time on their hands. And with that much time, they can think of almost ...

JACKSONVILLE, Ill. (AP) -- The professor who dreamed up MacMurray College's Chindogu project admits there might well be a comparison with the "Seinfeld" television shows that had Jerry and George ...

Inventions have changed the world many times over. How much do you known about these and the people who invented them? 1. Which inventor brought about the use of alternating current throughout the ...

TOKYO — “Three, two, one, dobatto!” With a push, a large amount of ichimi-togarashi spicy red chili powder dropped out from the belly of a plastic seal on top of a machine. The amount of the powder ...