Innovation Festival | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/innovation-festival/RSS feed for Innovation FestivalenThu, 24 Sep 2015 16:07:18 +0000The Smithsonian Spotlights American Invention at This Weekend’s Innovation Festivalhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/smithsonian-spotlights-american-invention-weekends-innovation-festival-180956734/Universities, federal agencies, companies and independent inventors will give visitors a glimpse of the futureThu, 24 Sep 2015 16:07:18 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/smithsonian-spotlights-american-invention-weekends-innovation-festival-180956734/Meet the 13-Year-Old Who Invented a Low-Cost Braille Printerhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/meet-13-year-old-who-invented-low-cost-braille-printer-180956659/One California teen has a vision to make Braille materials more widely available—and more affordableFri, 18 Sep 2015 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/meet-13-year-old-who-invented-low-cost-braille-printer-180956659/This Exoskeleton Is Actually Controlled by the Wearer's Thoughtshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/this-exoskeleton-actually-controlled-by-wearers-thoughts-180956567/Engineer Jose Contreras-Vidal's "brain-machine interface" uses electrical activity in a person's brain to move a robotic exoskeletonMon, 14 Sep 2015 15:53:57 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/this-exoskeleton-actually-controlled-by-wearers-thoughts-180956567/