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This Self-Rinsing Bowl Cleans and Refills Your Pet's Water While You're at Work

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This Self-Rinsing Bowl Cleans and Refills Your Pet's Water While You're at Work

Keep Reading All Night Long With This Unobtrusive Book Light

BOWIO/Indiegogo

Keep Reading All Night Long With This Unobtrusive Book Light

8 Creative Ways People Kept Cool Before Air Conditioning

Air conditioning—and lighter clothing—have made summer days a bit more bearable.

8 Creative Ways People Kept Cool Before Air Conditioning

Amazon Will Give You $10 to Use During Prime Day for Supporting Small Businesses

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Amazon Will Give You $10 to Use During Prime Day for Supporting Small Businesses

Who's the Mason of Mason Jar Fame?

Mason jars solved a food storage problem.

20 of the Weirdest Inventions From the Past 20 Years

Not every invention has to change the world.

Organize Your Ingredients and Make Cooking Simpler With This Kitchen Prep Helper

Prepdeck/Amazon

10 African American Inventors Who Changed the World

President Barack Obama presents George Carruthers with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation in February 2013.

Bolwoningen: The Golf Ball-Shaped Homes of Den Bosch, Netherlands

From some angles the bolwoningen appear to be caught in open-mouthed surprise.

ColdSnap Wants to Be the Keurig of Ice Cream for Your Countertop

The ColdSnap will transform both your kitchen and your waistline.

9 Things Invented By Accident

These sugary summer treats were an accidental invention.

Philadelphia Is Now Home to a Yarn Vending Machine

Emani Outterbridge with her yarn vending machine in Philadelphia.

The Evolution of the Presidential State Car

FDR's Lincoln K Sunshine Special at the now-closed Walter P. Chrysler Museum in Michigan.

LG’s New Wearable Air Purifier Is the Face Mask of the Future

So many breaths of fresh air.

Fried Beer Exists—and We Have Texas to Thank (or Blame) for It

You can have your beer and eat it, too.

13 Inventors Killed By Their Own Inventions

Would you fly in this?