How Stuff Works contains hundreds of articles on the technology behind a wide variety of objects and techniques , from telecommunications to tatoos. Many articles have links to other appropriate sites.

The Inventure Place’s National Inventors Hall of Fame offers searchable information on a large number of inventors.

Search the Lemelson-MIT Invention Dimension’s Inventor of the Week Archives for information on inventors and their inventions.

The San Francisco Exporatorium offers additional information on the science behind bicycles and cycling.

The WWW Virtual Library, History of Science Technology and Medicine can be searched for information on inventions, inventors, and materials.