Some people just have a natural creative spark, they're constantly thinking of ways to solve problems and designing new contraptions to remedy the problems. When Robert Kerns, a loving father and ...

It's the first day of school and Greg Kinnear, as a college engineering professor, writes the word "ethics" on the blackboard for his students to ponder. Obviously, this will be important to this ...

When I first heard that Flash of Genius was the true story of the man who invented the intermittent windshield wiper, I wondered if there might be a picture about the man who invented silly putty.

It's the first day of school and Greg Kinnear, as a college engineering professor, writes the word "ethics" on the blackboard for his students to ponder. Obviously, this will be important to this ...

"Flash of Genius" is the true story of Kearns v. Ford Motor Co. At least for the last half-hour it is. It takes a full 90 minutes for the actual lawsuit -- the climax of nebbishy engineering professor ...