In that spirit, the below devices and gadgets are commonly mistaken as modern day inventions, but actually go back hundreds or, in some cases, thousands, of years. Read more: Major PC Monitor ...

Ask someone to name a famous modern-day inventor, though ... and we owe them all a debt for making our lives easier. The best inventions make us wonder what we ever did without them.

But the U.S. Patent Office granted patent #473,653 to Boone for her novel and innovative invention. In fact, many consider it to be “the predecessor to our modern ironing board, containing many ...