Innovation / Video
Manufacturing of bitumen-lined water bottles
Manufacturing of bitumen-lined water bottles in the traditional method of Native Californian Indians. Credit: Nicholas Radtkey, UC Davis & Sabrina Sholts
National Treasure: The History of the Lie Detector
Have you ever wondered whether lie detectors actually…work? Join us as we delve into the history and science behind these devices - from how they measure “deception” to the controversies …
Inside the Epic Artemis Moon Missions
The Artemis program represents the pinnacle of NASA’s mind-boggling technological capabilities. Learn about the groundbreaking achievements and breathtaking lunar landscapes that await us in this new era of space exploration. …
This British Castle Still Has a Functioning Flour Mill
In the 19th century, there was a watermill almost every mile of the river, such was the huge demand for flour and bread. Today, Eastnor castle’s own mill is still …
Smithsonian Curator Explains How Athletes Turn Social & Political Issues into National Conversations
Atlantic staff writer Frank Foer interviews Damion Thomas about athletes moving from a position of apathy to engagement
Jose Gomez-Marquez Wants to Turn Every Doctor and Nurse into a Maker
Kennedy Center president Deborah Rutter interviews the co-founder of MIT’s Little Devices Lab about democratizing health technology
Restaurateur José Andrés Dreams of Milking the Clouds
In a conversation with architect David Rockwell, the philanthropic chef urges an invested effort to create technology that could collect water from the clouds
Astrophysicist Michelle Thaller On Understanding Our Place in the Universe
Autodesk vice president Brian Mathews talks with the NASA science communicator about the search for life on other planets and why it’s important
The Future Is Bright If More Teens Think About High School the Way Kavya Kopparapu Does
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma talks with the founder of the Girls Computing League about the promise of her generation
Could 3D Printing Save Music Education?
DC chef Erik Bruner-Yang interviews Jill-of-all-trades Kaitlyn Hova about her plan to infuse STEM education with open source, 3D printable instruments.
Stephen Hawking Congratulates the LIGO Team | Smithsonian American Ingenuity Awards
“They have given mankind a completely new way of looking at the universe.” Stephen Hawking, congratulates Kip Thorne, Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish and Ronald Drever, the first scientists to detect …
Need a New Organ? Surgeon Anthony Atala Sees a Future Where You Can Simply Print It Out
Anthony Atala | Smithsonian Magazine’s 2016 American Ingenuity Award Winner for Life Sciences The director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Atala is a surgeon and leading expert …
At Smithsonian magazine’s 2015 Future is Here conference, the company Hendo showed off its hoverboard technology.
Arthur Molella on the Habits and Habitats of Inventors
The director of the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation explores how personality and environment help creativity flourish
SmartNews: Extinct Frog Resurrected
The gastric-brooding frog eats its young, well sort of - our Kelly Carnes explains
Zookeepers at the National Zoo keep orangutans mentally stimulated with an innovative use of iPads
SmartNews: Fight Crime with Water?
A new law enforcement tool is marking alleged criminals without their knowledge
But at speeds nearing 100 mph, there’s a fine line between helping and hurting
SmartNews: New Cars for Small Spaces
Researchers at MIT may have the solution for city traffic jams.
SmartNews: World’s Sharpest X-Ray
The world’s sharpest x-ray beam peers in at nanoscopic levels
SmartNews: 3D Printers in Space
If you need something while up in space, soon all you’ll have to do is print it.
The Homemade Rock Climbing Wall
Inspired by professional climbers, 8-year-old Kathrin Houston and her father constructed a wall for her to practice her passion
An Algorithm Predicts the Images in a Dream
A learning simulation, combined with fMRI readings, is able to predict the visualizations seen by a dreamer in real time
A New Miniature 3D Video Display
This compact 3D projection system could show up in the next generation of mobile devices
Helping Underprivileged Children Hear
By 2020, the Starkey Hearing Foundation plans to donate one million hearing aids to kids in the developing world
This battery can be stretched to 300% its original size
Sebastian Thrun on the Future of Learning
Why the American Ingenuity Award winner believes higher education should be a basic human right
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey recently released the largest ever 3-D map of the sky with some 540,000 galaxies
Take a look at the outrageous automobiles of the San Francisco ArtCar Festival
The Incredible Flying Car of the 1950s
Equipped with wings and a propeller, Moulton Taylor Aerocar aerobile was capable of taking off from a stoplight or the runway
Chris Melissinos, guest curator of an exhibit about video games at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, explains what makes the genre an art form
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