West's work on modeling the Earth's shape assisted with the development of GPS, today used by an estimated 4 billion people.

"I wanted to create a way to boldly display GPS directions on the front windshield while driving," said an inventor, from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Screenshot: Virginia Tech The Virginia native is credited with her work at the Naval Proving Ground, where she calculated ways to ...

Minnesotans have solved so many problems facing modern society that one article could not contain all these homegrown inventions. The Star Tribune's reader-powered reporting project, Curious Minnesota ...