The Sewing Machine's Invention and Its Impact on Modern Technology

NPR's Planet Money explores the origins of the sewing machine, including a dispute over its invention, and its foundational role in the development of modern technologies like radios, cars, and smartphones.

3 Apr, 08:44 — 3 Apr, 08:44

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How the invention of the sewing machine led to other modern marvels

An invention at the heart of our modern world helped create radios, cars and smartphones. The team from Planet Money traces the origins back to a fight over who invented the sewing machine.

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