Innovations

Scissors That Cut Perfectly Straight Lines—Every Time!

An industrial design major has made it possible to make precise cuts without rulers or a heavy-duty guillotine

Checking the Claim: FiberFix is 100 Times Stronger Than Duct Tape

A company shows how its new product can make a broken shovel as good as new

Behold! The World’s First One-Handed Zipper

After a lot of trial and error, inventor Scott Peters has made a no-fuss magnetic zipper

Follow the Glow-in-the-Dark Road

Durable, long lasting material can be painted onto streets and sidewalks to eliminate the need for lamp posts

Nest Protect, the latest product to come from Nest Labs, reimagines the lowly household smoke detector.

For $129, Nest’s New Smoke Detector Talks to You

Tony Fadell's startup unveils the Protect, a smoke detector far less annoying than others on the market

The National Museum building, now known as the Arts and Industries building, wouldn’t open to the public until October 1881, but made an exception for a big debut: President James A. Garfield’s inaugural ball on March 4, 1881. The building’s West Hall, which faces the central Rotunda, was decorated with “festive buntings, state flags and seals.” Workers constructed a temporary wooden floor for the event’s 7,000 guests (and 10,000 bins for their hats and coats).

The Arts and Industries Building: Innovation Through The Years

A look at the evolution of the second-oldest building on the National Mall

Scuba diving with sharks is an increasingly popular tourist activity in Australia and South Africa.

Chainmail, Metal Spikes and Unbreakable Material: Can We Design a ‘Shark-Proof’ Wetsuit?

For years, inventors have tried to create a wetsuit capable of withstanding a shark's deadly bite

One day, these will be laughably large.

Batteries Are Now Unbelievably Tiny

A group from Harvard and the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana figured out how to print tiny batteries, no bigger than a grain of sand

Points interactive directional signpost

A Sign For the Times: Digital Wayfinding Adapts to Your Needs

Design agency BREAKFAST is creating the street sign of the future

The Solar Impulse flying over San Francisco at night.

Look Ma, No Fuel! Flying Cross Country on Sun Power

This week one of the strangest flying machines you've ever seen will start its journey across America--without a drop of fuel

The Stealth Wear hoodie in thermal IR

Drone Couture: Designing Invisibility

While scientists work toward perfecting the invisibility cloak, one designer has already developed a line of clothing that makes people invisible to robots

The doctor shows George his “Peek-A-Boo Prober Capsule” (1962)

George Jetson Gets A Check-Up

Medical diagnostics in the paleofuture

This stealth tank can change its surface temperature at will, making it invisible to infrared cameras.

Five Ways Science Can Make Something Invisible

Stealth tanks, invisibility cloaks, mirages and other invisible innovations could be closer than you'd think

You could improve your aim, or you could improve your trash can.

Kinect Hack Lets You Sink Every Shot, Every Time

For those who can never hit the trash can with their little wads of paper, never fear, Kinect can help

A new device could force drivers to hang up their phones.

New RFID Device Could Jam Your Cell Phone While Your Car is Moving

A system developed by engineers in India automatically detects when a driver's phone is in use and uses low-range mobile jammer to prevent calls and texts

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Ultra Antifreeze Prevents Ice From Even Forming

A new nano-technology can be applied to metals and causes ice and frost to slide off before they have a chance to stick

10 Innovators to Watch

The Geobulb LED light bulb

Don’t Curse the Darkness, Get One of the Bright New Lights

It's time to say good-bye to the iconic, but inefficient incandescent bulb and welcome in LEDs

In 1912, as the HMS Titanic was going down, Sarnoff was involved with using early radio equipment to transmit information about the ship’s demise.

Before Steve Jobs: 5 Corporate Innovators Who Shaped Our World

The former head of Apple comes from a long line of American innovators who changed society

Steve Jobs -- no longer the CEO at Apple

Steve Jobs Gets a Standing O

The Apple CEO's resignation has prompted an outpouring of tributes you rarely, if ever, see for corporate executives

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