The Most Mass-Produced Invention In The World Isn't What You Think

From wheels to smartphones, humanity has created billions of things. But one invention dwarfs them all in sheer numbers. And you use it every single day.
Yahoo

How was the wheel invented? Computer simulations reveal the unlikely birth of a world-changing technology nearly 6,000 years ago

Imagine you’re a copper miner in southeastern Europe in the year 3900 B.C.E. Day after day you haul copper ore through the mine’s sweltering tunnels. You’ve resigned yourself to the grueling monotony ...
New Atlas

Direct-push wheel design would replace the whole drivetrain

The earliest evidence of the invention of the wheel pops up around 5,500 years ago in Uruk, ancient Mesopotamia, which has to go down as the most innovative society in human history. These guys, best ...
New Scientist

Letter: Women probably invented the wheel

Having given birth to a daughter whose size and weight increased over the years, necessitating the use of a pram, stroller, trolley, cart and motor vehicle, I have always suspected that women invented ...
Houston Chronicle

How was the wheel invented? Computer simulations reveal the unlikely birth of a world-changing technology nearly 6,000 years ago

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Kai James, Georgia Institute of Technology (THE CONVERSATION) Imagine you’re a copper ...
Singularity Hub

How Was the Wheel Invented? Computer Simulations Reveal Its Unlikely Birth Nearly 6,000 Years Ago

Imagine you’re a copper miner in southeastern Europe in the year 3900 BCE. Day after day, you haul copper ore through the mine’s sweltering tunnels. You’ve resigned yourself to the grueling monotony ...