It shows Haider Ali, the sultan of the kingdom of Mysore, and his son, Tipu, defeating Company forces ... cavalry was better prepared in terms of inventions and tactics. They were able to fire ...

Tipu Sultan, taken from Alexander Beatson's A View of the Origin and Conduct of the War with Tippoo Sultan, 1800) Tipu Sultan, known as the dreaded 'Tiger of Mysore', was a legend during his ...

An Indian princess and a British spy, Noor Inayat Khan was a direct descendant of Tipu Sultan, the 18th Century ... but elements of her pioneering inventions can be seen in today's Bluetooth ...

The integrated chip greatly improved the use for transistors, but it could only do what it was originally programmed to do. It couldn't change programs, and it certainly couldn't remember anything ...

Some of Needham's work has been condensed in a well-illustrated and informative book by Robert Temple (The Genius of China: 3,000 Years of Science, Discovery, and Invention. Simon and Schuster, New ...

This story appears in the June 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Thomas Edison liked to say that he never failed. He succeeded every now and again with an invention that would change the ...

Audience editors: Samantha Cooney, Annabel Gutterman, Soo Jin Kim, Kat Moon, and Kimberly Tal Copy editors: Helen Eisenbach, Mark Hokoda, Anny Kim, Silvija Ozols, Sarah Rutledge, and Jennifer ...

And, just as my reader described, “After seeing their ad, you phone, they send you a form to fill out giving a brief description of your invention, and within days they call you back ...

The Sword of Tipu Sultan was an Indian historical drama that was first broadcast on the DD National in 1990. Based on a novel by Bhagwan Gidwani, this drama was a portrayal of the life and times ...

Forget the light bulb. Thomas Edison’s greatest invention was a two-story house in rural New Jersey. In March 1876, Edison set up his famous Menlo Park laboratory—the world’s first research ...

It's like giving your vehicle a superpower! Unfortunately, there's a catch to this incredible invention: while they're ...