Articles tagged as Inventions

New Research

Inflatable Origami Structures Could Someday Offer Emergency Shelter

The Surprising Success Story of Fish Sticks

This Ultra-White Paint May Someday Replace Air Conditioning

This High Schooler Invented Color-Changing Sutures to Detect Infection

A Brief History of the Harmonica

Eight of Literature's Most Powerful Inventions—and the Neuroscience Behind How They Work

How Scientist Jennifer Doudna Is Leading the Next Technological Revolution

Virtual Travel

Take a Virtual Tour of Failed Designs, From the DeLorean to Google Glass

Women Who Shaped History

A Brief History of the Invention of the Home Security Alarm

Futures Exhibition

From Floating Cities to Biodegradable Burial Pods and Flying Cars, the Smithsonian Envisions a Multitude of Futures