Increasingly, I’m convinced that the underappreciated challenges of implementation describe the ever-expanding gap between the promise of emerging technologies (sensors, AI) and their comparatively ...

A correction was made to this story. Read below for details. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--The winners of the latest Ideas Competition took on big health issues facing poor countries by doing what most technology ...

In a software-driven world, it's easy to forget about the nuts and bolts. Whether it's cars, robots, personal gadgetry or industrial machines, Candace Lombardi examines the moving parts that keep our ...

Playful Invention Co., a child-oriented tech start-up, was warned that "gender-neutral robotics set" was an oxymoron--but the company is hoping to challenge that notion with its new PicoCricket Kit.

Lino Marrero, a Frisco sixth grade student, was recently honored for his ingenuity at the 4th Annual Invention Convention U.S. Nationals after creating wearable tech that can capture energy generated ...

Many entrepreneurs assume that an invention carries intrinsic value, but that assumption is a fallacy. Here, the examples of the 19th and 20th century inventors Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla are ...

What sort of book might Vaclav Smil write if he turned his attention to higher education? Imagine that Smil retained his outline for Invention and Innovation but drew all his examples from the academy ...

There are people on this planet who face challenges so difficult some wonder why bother. Yet these same people shine so bright they shoot shafts of joy into our hearts. Christa Saul is one of those ...

NASA announced the 2004 NASA Government and Commercial Inventions of the Year Award winners today. The Government Award went to researchers for their work in developing a thermal barrier and Space ...

Like Spider-Man scaling skyscrapers, people may someday climb glass walls with the help of a gecko-inspired invention, researchers say. In addition to futuristic gear used by soldiers and spies to ...