Lock up your flywheels, folks, an American inventor is coming after them. Randy Moore of RK Transportation is working on an idea that replaces an engine's flywheel with a lightweight rotor with ...

Microsoft founder Bill Gates appears as a principal applicant on a patent published last week by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, but the concept in question isn’t computer-based; it’s an ...

This article on the early history of electromagnetic research discusses Joseph Henry's development of the first reciprocating motor in 1831. Discussion of Henry's work and an illustration of his ...