In 2000 TIME’s editors sat down to select three inventions of the year, one each in consumer technology, medical science, and ...

Accidental inventions like microwaves, Post-it notes, and penicillin prove that scientific mistakes can create world-changing ...

I’ve always found patents fascinating. Not just because they protect ideas but because they often reveal the odd, innovative, ...

The Virtual Museum of Ancient Inventions is a project that was begun by students in the course Ancient Inventions, first taught by Marjorie Senechal, which was offered at Smith from 1997 through 2004.

All of us experienced the most unexpected events. Empty streets in large cities, social distancing, and the dawn of digital ...

Children have always been a source of fresh ideas and creativity, often coming up with inventions that change the way we live ...

Innovation has always played a defining role in sports. From new types of equipment to advanced training methods and performance-tracking technologies, inventors are continually reshaping the way ...

Cognixion's non-invasive brain-computer interface powered by conversational AI, has been honored by TIME Magazine as one of the Best Inventions of 2025, celebrated for "giving voice to the voiceless." ...

There are a lot of fictional inventions in movies and TV shows, mostly in the sci-fi genre, that have since become real things. Often, it's not exactly what we saw in the movie or television show, but ...