This amazing innovation is a great example of the adage, "necessity is the mother of invention".

The Weevac 6, invented by Wendy Murphy in 1985, is a stretcher specifically designed for transporting babies. The name is derived from it's function,...(read more)

When introduced and through it's early years, this weeks innovation was a game changer for mobile communications.

The BlackBerry was invented by Canadian university students Mike Lazaridis and Doug Fregin, who founded Research in Motion (RIM) in Waterloo,...(read more)