Paul Schmidt's invention has been shining for almost 120 years. With his batteries for flashlights and bicycle lights, the Berlin entrepreneur made energy mobile and light transportable. From a tinkerer who was once at the top and at the bottom again. Paul Schmidt had the brilliant idea on a cosy Sunday morning, at home in the kitchen of all places. His wife Henriette Auguste Franziska Laura was pouring milk onto flour. Immediately the liquid is absorbed, a solid mass is formed. Paul sees this,…

Out of sheer necessity, an Italian confectioner replaced chocolate with nuts after World War II. The enthusiasm for his Supercrema was the basis for the success of a company that today ensures that people all over the world give their chérie a little kiss. Creativity often arises from simple need. This is probably why Pietro Ferrero, a confectioner and chocolatier from Alba, was so lucky that chocolate was in short supply in post-war Italy. There was only one thing in abundance: nuts, which…