Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:00:25 +0200 Wilson Greatbatch, whose invention of the implantable cardiac pacemaker has kept millions of hearts beating in rhythm, died Tuesday. He was 92. (Source: AP)
Fact file on a spherical spy-drone invented by a Japanese defence ...
Sun, 29 May 2011 13:10:11 +0200 (AFP/File) - Britons have invented "ridiculous" excuses to swindle money out of the welfare system, from pretending their identity was stolen to saying an identical twin claimed the payments, according to a list of excuses published by the government.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)
Steven J. Sasson, who invented the digital camera at Eastman ...
Thu, 18 Nov 2010 02:50:09 +0100 (AP) - Steven J. Sasson, who invented the digital camera at Eastman Kodak, smiles as he departs a ceremony hosted by President Barack Obama for recipients of the National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the highest honors bestowed by the United States government on scientists, engineers, and inventors, at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010. Earlier, Obama pointed out all of the news photographers putting Sasson’s invention to work. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
A South Korean medical professor who invented a digital device ...
Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:50:03 +0200 (AFP/File) - A South Korean medical professor who invented a digital device he claimed could transform tap water into holy water is facing fraud charges, Seoul police said Thursday.(AFP/File/Noel Celis)