“Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door,” so goes the saying, but VHS beat Betamax and the world hasn’t been the same since. In any case, you might not get rich building ...

The designs of certain household items seem to work well anywhere at any time. Susan Spencer of "48 Hours" takes a look at one that is timeless: At Tom Parr's Trap History Museum outside Columbus, ...

"Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door." This famous (mis)quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson is used to describe the value in improving a basic product. His advice has also ...

Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door, but what about a smarter mousetrap? [Alain] decided to find out by making a Raspberry Pi-powered, Internet-connected smart trap.

Fully automated, Victor says the trap has the ability to eliminate your rodent problem in just one night. A built-in safety switch automatically deactivates the trap when the door is open and the ...

You don't want a mouse in the house. But maybe you don't want to kill your rodent intruder, either. That's why there are so-called humane mouse traps that ensnare the creature alive, and here YouTuber ...

A farmer got more than he bargained for after going to check on the contents of a mousetrap he'd set up to deal with a rodent problem. Luke, who runs a farm in Kentucky with his wife, Lindsey, took to ...

In 1894, William C. Hooker was awarded a patent for a mouse trap that killed a mouse with a single loaded trap upon contact. While some may argue it is more humane to trap and release a mouse versus ...