Engineering & inventions

The first stories in this field are being written.

Coming up

• A Baghdad Flute That Played Itself in the 800s 9th century · House of Wisdom era, Baghdad
• A Sheep, a Duck and a Rooster Flew First 19 Sep 1783 · Versailles
• A Steam Plane Flew in a Lace Factory in 1848 1848 · Chard, Somerset
• Bubble Wrap Was Meant to Be Wallpaper 1957 · Hawthorne, New Jersey, USA
• Burrs on a Dog Gave the World Velcro 1941–1955 · near Geneva, Switzerland, and Lyon, France
• China Built a Robot Clock Tower in 1088 1088–1094 · Kaifeng, China
• Did a Melted Chocolate Bar Really Invent the Microwave? 1945 · Raytheon, Waltham, Massachusetts
• Digging a Glacial Lake Down by Hand c. 2008–2012 (summer seasons) · Thorthormi Lake, Lunana, Bhutan (4,200 m)
• Harrods Served Brandy After the First Escalator Ride 16 November 1898 · Harrods, Knightsbridge, London
• His Wife's Hair Burned Twice Before the First Perm 8 Oct 1906 · London, England
• Instant Noodles Were Born in a Backyard Shed 25 Aug 1958 · Osaka, Japan
• Lindbergh Flew to Paris Without a Front Window 20–21 May 1927 · New York to Paris