After about 45 minutes at the museum, I'd say the experience is best done in a multi-generational group to spark conversations about the past, present, and future.The Museum of Failure The Museum of ...

Ever sipped on a refreshing Coca-Cola BlāK while eating some frozen beef lasagna by Colgate (yes, the toothpaste brand)? Probably not. Coca-Cola BlāK (a coffee-flavored soda) and Colgate lasagna are ...

Putting failure front and center, an exhibition has opened in Washington D.C that showcases products and inventions from around the world that have flopped. The Museum of Failure puts more than 150 ...

1. Invention and innovation : a long history and modern infatuation -- 2. Inventions that turned from welcome to undesirable. Leaded gasoline ; DDT ; Chlorofluorocarbons -- 3. Inventions that were to ...

A post by guest blogger, Tim Eyre, on learning from failure. "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill Failure. The word conjures up ...

Without inventions, we wouldn’t have many of the modern luxuries we have today. But not all inventions are major wins like cellphones, stoplights, or washing machines. Many more are in the category of ...

The man behind the iconic vacuum and appliance brand got his start for one simple reason: he was annoyed.

History loves a winner, but car culture has always had a soft spot for glorious losers. The kind of cars that sold like warm beer at an ice hockey game, yet somehow managed to leave fingerprints all ...

"And words. Words and pictures." "Do you look at the words first or the pictures first?" "You kind of do both together." "How?" "It kind of comes naturally. Just try it." "No thanks. Too confusing.

February 13th, 2023 —The world is never finished catching up with Vaclav Smil. In his latest and perhaps most readable book, Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure, the prolific ...