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Nine Inventions Whose Time Has Come
Some are ingenious, some long overdue and some a bit strange. But all provide a glimpse of a different future
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Can Crowdsourcing Really Spark Innovation?
Companies and scientists are using games and competitions to bring in fresh thinking from outsiders
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3D Printers Are Building the Future, One Part at a Time
Don’t just download music. Download sculpture. Or a bicycle. That’s the promise of 3D printing
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Seven Reasons to Believe Electric Cars Are Getting in Gear
They’re not ready for prime time, but electric cars are starting to pick up speed
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Pop-Up Relief in Kenya’s Slums
Solar-powered huts built by a Montana-based construction company provide two big needs: water and cellphone power
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Everyone talks about innovation, but most people seem uncomfortable with the creative forces that make it happen
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Experts think it’s only a matter of time before cities are being run by sensors connected to powerful computers
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Five Historic Female Mathematicians You Should Know
Albert Einstein called Emmy Noether a “creative mathematical genius”
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Space Travel in the 22nd Century
NASA and the Defense Department want scientists to start dreaming the next impossible dream: Exploring another solar system
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Pet products are already a huge business. Innovations like pet GPS and remote feeding devices are making it even bigger
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Scaling the Washington Monument
Mountaineering park ranger Brandon Latham talks about how engineers investigated the monument from hundreds of feet above the ground
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We’re moving closer to the day when flying robots will make decisions on their own
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Opening Strange Portals in Physics
Physicist Lisa Randall explores the mind-stretching realms that new experiments soon may expose
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The idea that technology is causing us to lose our mental edge won’t go away
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Can Solar Survive the Solyndra Swirl?
Following the collapse of the ballyhooed solar firm, these are dark times for renewable energy. But big players are betting it’s treehugger fantasy
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Drooling Over That Car? It’s Not Just A Metaphor
Our mouths can water over non-food items, a new study finds
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Biologist Rob Dunn: Why I Like Science
Because in biology most of what is knowable is still unknown
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Patents supposed to turn ideas into inventions. But in the tech world, they’ve become the weapons of choice when companies like Google and Apple face off
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Football Tech to Protect Players
From “smart helmets” to “intelligent mouthguards,” football tackles the challenge of high technology to reduce injury and improve the game
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