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This “Psychic Robot” Can Read Your Mind
Researchers have created an algorithm that understands what movement you meant to make, even if you’re interrupted
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These Soccer Balls and Jump Ropes Can Generate Power
Uncharted Play, a New York City-based startup, enables children in developing countries to build reserves of energy through play
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This Giant Contraption Can Print a House
Inspired by wasps’ nests, an Italian company is printing inexpensive houses for the developing world
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This Wearable Device Translates Sign Language To English
The prototype detects hand and finger movements and turns them into words on a screen
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Ask Smithsonian: How Does Night Vision Work?
The ability to see in the dark is becoming more accurate and more portable
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This Concrete Can Absorb a Flood
A UK company has developed a permeable pavement that can drink 1,000 liters of water per square meter in a minute
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Scientists Are Recording 24-Hour Soundtracks of Rainforests
The bioacoustic data gives Nature Conservancy researchers clues about the health of an ecosystem
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These X-rays Can See Exactly What’s In Your Luggage
A new kind of X-ray machine, poised to improve airport security, can identify the material of an object passing through it
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Can a Video Game Teach You to Manage Stress?
“Nevermind,” a video game controlled by a player’s heart rate, aims to help people deal with trauma
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The Smithsonian’s Innovation Festival Demystifies the Invention Process
Inventors of a number of new technologies shared their stories at a two-day event at the National Museum of American History
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Can You Guess the Invention Based on These Patent Illustrations?
Hint: They are all part of the National Museum of American History’s collection
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The Smithsonian Spotlights American Invention at This Weekend’s Innovation Festival
Universities, federal agencies, companies and independent inventors will give visitors a glimpse of the future
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Inventor Joe Woodland drew the first bar code in sand in Miami Beach, decades before technology could bring his vision to life
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This Interactive Installation Rains a Poem Down on Viewers
Artists Camille Utterback and Romy Achituv wrote the software that drives an artwork, in which onlookers catch letters falling on a large screen
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This Digital Library Contains Every Phrase That Could Ever Be Uttered
Inspired by an essay by Jorge Luis Borges, computer programmer Jonathan Basile has created a “Library” of Babel
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This Skateboard-Like Device Helps At-Risk Infants Learn to Crawl
An innovative physical therapy device boosts babies’ movement efforts and helps their brains make critical connections
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Meet the 13-Year-Old Who Invented a Low-Cost Braille Printer
One California teen has a vision to make Braille materials more widely available—and more affordable
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How Is Brain Surgery Like Flying? Put On a Headset to Find Out
A device made for gaming helps brain surgeons plan and execute delicate surgeries with extreme precision
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A New Efficient Filter Helps Astronauts Drink Their Own Urine
Recycling water is key to getting humans to Mars
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