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Elon Musk, the Rocket Man With a Sweet Ride
The winner of the Smithsonian Ingenuity Award for technology hopes to launch a revolution with his spaceship and electric car
December 2012 |
By Carl Hoffman
How Biomimicry is Inspiring Human Innovation
Creative minds are increasingly turning to nature—banyan tree leaves, butterfly wings, a bird's beak— for fresh design solutions
September 2012 |
By Tom Vanderbilt
How the Pogo Stick Leapt From Classic Toy to Extreme Sport
Three lone inventors took the gadget that had changed little since it was invented more than 80 years ago and transformed it into a gnarly, big air machine
September 2012 |
By Ariel Sabar
The Best Science Visualizations of the Year
Browse through the winning images that turn scientific exploration into art
February 15, 2012 |
By Laura Helmuth and Sarah Zielinski
Charging Ahead With a New Electric Car
An entrepreneur hits the road with a new approach for an all-electric car that overcomes its biggest shortcoming
August 2010 |
By Joshua Hammer
Catching a Wave, Powering an Electrical Grid?
Electrical engineer Annette von Jouanne is pioneering an ingenious way to generate clean, renewable electricity from the sea
July 2009 |
By Elizabeth Rusch
Under the Radar with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
The five-pound RQ-14A takes high-tech reconnaissance to new heights
March 2009 |
By Owen Edwards
Diamonds on Demand
Lab-grown gemstones are now practically indistinguishable from mined diamonds. Scientists and engineers see a world of possibilities
June 2008 |
By Ulrich Boser
The Shadow Knows
Why a leading expert on the history of timekeeping set out to create a sundial unlike anything the world has ever seen
January 2007 |
By Dava Sobel
Interview: Amy Smith, Inventor
Amy Smith, a practitioner of humanitarian engineering, wants to solve everyday problems for rural families in the developing world.
September 2006 |
By Amy Crawford
Peewee Power
The invention of a gas-fueled generator the size of a quarter heralds a future of ever-smaller machines
July 2002 |
By Fred Hapgood
Reaching Toward Space
His 1935 rocket was a technological tour de force, but Robert H. Goddard hid it from history.
February 2001 |
By Tom D. Crouch
Othmar Ammann's Glory
Genius, willpower and thousands of miles of steel wire went into the George Washington Bridge
October 1999 |
By Valerie Jablow
