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Could These College Inventors Tackle the Global Pesticide Problem?
Developed by a team of University of Virgnia students, AgroSpheres break down pesticide residues on crops hours after they are applied
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Did You Know That the Designs On Some White House China Are Patented?
Two, possibly three, of the 19 china services that have been made for 17 U.S. presidents are covered by design patents
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Using Math to Build the Ultimate Taffy Machine
A mathematician dives into taffy-pulling patents to achieve optimum confection creation
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This Startup Is Harvesting Wild Algae to Make Your Next Pair of Sneakers
Co-founder Rob Falken found a way to turn algae into a foam that can be used in sneaker soles and on surfboards
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North America Is Crazy For Lego Toys and the Manufacturer Can’t Keep Up
The bricks keep kids and adults coming back for more
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How Chuck Taylor Taught America How to Play Basketball
A shoe-in for the first ever basketball game in the Olympics, Converse All Stars have a long history both in and out of sport
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The Brain-Freezing Science of the Slurpee
More than 60 years ago, a broken soda fountain led to this cool invention
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Meet Mary Kies, America’s First Woman to Become a Patent Holder
Brains plus bonnets equal a historic first
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10 Bizarre, Vision-Enhancing Technologies From the Last 1,000 Years
Before Oculus Rift, there were lorgnettes, TV glasses and eyborgs
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After 36 Years, Archivists Finally Found the Wright Brothers’ Airplane Patent
The missing patent was found safe and sound in a Kansas storage facility
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How a High School Senior Won $150,000 By Inventing a $35 Medical Device
When Maya Varma learned an expensive diagnostic tool is rare in the developing world, she decided to build her own
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Melt-Proof Chocolate, 3D Printed Gummies and Other Fascinating Candy Patents
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, a quick look at some of the world’s most fascinating confectionery innovations
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A Detachable Airplane Cabin and Other Strange Aviation Ideas
A recently unveiled concept for a removable, parachute-equipped airplane cabin is only the latest in a long line of far-out designs
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This Powerful Metal Glue Sets at Room Temperature
MesoGlue uses nanorod technology to fuse items together without heat, potentially replacing soldering
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The Unceasing American Quest to Build a Better Mousetrap
There has always been some truth to the apocryphal Emerson quote
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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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