PITTSBURGH , Sept. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a new interlocking block option for a variety of landscaping and construction jobs like firepits, borders, walls, or flowerbeds," said ...

Everybody invents differently. Some people spend months, years or even an entire lifetime researching, developing and perfecting one great idea. Others are able to conjure up ideas in response to ...

Monday's Google Doodle is celebrating the work of Japanese inventor Seiichi Miyake. Miyake's tactile blocks, or "Tenji blocks" as they were originally called, are the raised bumps and bars on pavement ...

Ever notice those bumpy tiles at the crosswalk? These "Tenji squares" were designed by Japanese inventor Seichii Miyake, whose simple idea "drastically improved the way those who are visually impaired ...

The Ubuntu-Blox machine, which operates by human power, sits beside a home made from the blocks it produces. A Wylie inventor has developed a machine that transforms trash into homes for the needy in ...

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I'm a bricklayer and was tired of scraping my hands and struggling to carry and lay heavy blocks," said an inventor, from Kokomo, Ind., "so I invented the ...

Google has a pretty cool looking Doodle, special logo, on their home page to celebrate the life and contributions of the Japanese inventor Seiichi Miyake. The logo shows of his invention, the tactile ...