Discover ten innovative inventions that are transforming safety and emergency preparedness. From advanced avalanche airbags ...

Invented in the late 19th century as a means to contain cattle in the American West, barbed wire soon found military applications. Bettmann / Corbis Bayonet: In the early 17th century, sportsmen in ...

Some of America's most famous ideas didn't come from fancy labs or big cities. No, they appeared in small towns & garages. Here are ten inventions that began in tiny American towns and other places ...