art "Mad inventor" Tim Hunkin explains how electro-mechanical games are made Bob Knetzger

makers Master maker Simone Giertz spent three years designing a better coat hanger David Pescovitz

design E. Bryant Crutchfield, inventor of the Trapper Keeper, RIP David Pescovitz

Games Eddy Goldfarb invented chattering teeth and 800 other legendary toys Andrea James

Kids Time names its first "Kid of the Year" Mark Frauenfelder

makers Meet the rocket scientist who invented the Super Soaker David Pescovitz

Funny Clever inventor designs sock removal device Xeni Jardin

makers See the magic of a Tesla Valve David Pescovitz

Games The game Operation was born as a test of desert survival skills David Pescovitz

makers Young woman invents ingenious bioplastic made from fish scales and red algae David Pescovitz

makers The Slinky was invented by accident David Pescovitz

inventors The inventor of cruise control was blind Mark Frauenfelder

makers Watch this excellent 1977 documentary about makers and mad inventors David Pescovitz

happy mutants Profile of a whimsical arcade machine maker Mark Frauenfelder

Comics The real story of Sea Monkeys David Pescovitz

inventors List of inventors killed by their own inventions Mark Frauenfelder

gadgets Doughnut-dunking machines: 1956 inventor's gadgets Ellsworth Toohey