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From glasses that fight jet lag to a plant that waters itself to a rocking chair that fires up the iPad, here are presents no one will forget
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In the future, your cell phone's accelerometer could help detect earthquakes
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Health and medical mobile apps are booming. But what happens when they shift from tracking data to diagnosing diseases?
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James Anderson, the winner of a Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award, has discovered the alarming link between climate change and ozone loss
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The winner of the Smithsonian Ingenuity Award for technology hopes to launch a revolution with his spaceship and electric car
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Meet the most famous inventor you’ve never heard of – whose greatest invention may be himself
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Combustion experiments conducted in zero gravity yield surprising results
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Pollutants from crude stoves are responsible for many deaths – a D.C.-based NGO has a solution
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Our editor-in-chief introduces the inaugural Smithsonian American Ingenuity Awards
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Born in desperation and long mocked, the social media platform has become a popular research and intelligence-gathering tool
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Follow along as we award the best innovators of the year
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Retailers are mining personal data to learn everything about you so they can help you help yourself to their products.
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Principles from the weather models that predicted Sandy a week ahead of time might be used to warn about the flu before it arrives
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Sure, it can get aggravating, but here are some innovations that are making it easier and more enjoyable to take a trip
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Only if utility companies are able to make their power grids smart enough to spot outages and "heal" themselves
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Get ready for the day when your big screen and your small screens work together to connect you with shows and products.
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Voting experts David Becker and Thad Hall discuss the technologies that could forever change the way we register and cast our votes
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Brain scans suggest Democrats and Republicans actually are different biologically. Welcome to the world of political neuroscience.
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Is the crippling of New York City enough to motivate other cities to protect themselves against extreme weather?
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Unprecedented images from space capture the Sun’s true beauty
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