JVC walked away with all the glory for developing Super VHS (S-VHS). After all, the VHS video system was mostly developed by JVC, and JVC does control the licensing of it. But remember, it takes two ...

Heritage Auctions, one of the largest auction houses in the world, has sold many valuable VHS tapes over the years. Using ...

Despite the name, Scotch tape wasn’t invented by the Scottish. It was invented by a college dropout named Richard Drew from Minnesota who worked for a small sandpaper company founded in 1902 called ...

… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. When 3M began in 1902, they made sandpaper. Soon the sandpaper company invented a ...

One of the most recognized products in the world—Scotch Tape—was invented by Richard G. Drew (1899–1980), a banjo-playing, engineering school dropout who had the good sense to apply for a job at 3M ...