Soon to celebrate its 100th birthday, the cotton swab is a seemingly small innovation that had a massive impact.
Learn With Elaine: Inventing Post-it Notes
An accidental innovation, Post-it Notes had a massive economic impact through the private and social returns that they created.
An Innovation That Stuck
Accidentally inventing the Post-it Note, two scientists and one large corporation demonstrated where an innovation can take us.
The Trouble That Is Brewing for Tea Drinkers
A small innovation that made a big difference, the teabag has remained pretty much the same for more than a century.
The One Way That Apple and Pizza Hut Are Alike
Propelled by Apple and Pizza Hut, new pizza box design could bring us takeout pizza whose taste and temperature weather a journey.
The New Food Technology That Could Change What We Eat
Whether about cows or chicken nuggets, sometimes seemingly insignificant new food technology can have an unexpectedly massive impact.
McDonald’s Soggy French Fries Problem
Because of their new delivery partnership with UberEats, McDonald’s has a soggy French fries problem that they need to solve.
How the Movies Became Cool
An August release, The Shape of Water could be in theaters during hot summer weather because of the invention of air conditioning.
What It Means to be Cool
As a technological innovation, air conditioning led to a ripple of positive externalities. Affecting how we live and work, it had private and social return.
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