Last month the USPTO presented their prestigious Patents for Humanity Award to three scientists – Prof Ingo Potrykus, Prof Peter Beyer...

The British Female Inventor and Innovator the Year (BFIIN) is now in its 13th year. Entry is now open and nominations are sought. ...

John Harrison is world famous for winning the Longitude Prize by inventing clocks of unparalleled accuracy. In his later years he left...

The finalists for the European Inventor Awards 2015 have been announced and you now have the chance to vote for your favourite in the...

Alan Dower Blumlein was one of the great inventors you may well have never heard of. His inventive genius was compared to that of both...

18 year old Sanjay Puri, from Nottingham High School, has scooped the Duke of York’s Award for Creative Use of Technology. Sanjay’s ‘Fall...

Over the years I’ve met many inventors who have proudly shown me their safety inventions and then uttered the dread words: “All we have...

If you, like me, are fascinated by the stories of inventors and their wonderful inventions then you're in for a treat on BBC2 (and BBC...

My hat’s off to the European Patent Office for managing to do ‘cool’! Who would have thought that a fusty old Patent Office had it in...

“One of the reasons that the QEPrize was founded was to make clear the contribution of engineering to everybody’s lives… He[Dr Robert...