"Someone asked me," Benjamin Franklin once said, "what's the use of a balloon?" They don't do much. They just float. What are they good for? And... Ask a great inventor to invent, and that's exactly ...

AVIATION PIONEER Paul "Ed" Yost, the inventor of the modern hot-air balloon and a long-time proponent of manned balloon flights, died May 25 at his home in Taos, N.M. of natural causes. He was 87.

The latest episode of the Clause 8 podcast features an interview with Josh Malone – the inventor of Bunch O Balloons and America’s foremost advocate for reliable patent rights. Josh came up with the ...

Ask a great inventor to invent, and that's exactly what he'll do. Sometimes the ideas pop out like cannon bursts: "consider this ... " or "maybe this?" or "Wait! How about THIS!" Ben Franklin did that ...