--- title: invention | TIME description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/tag/invention/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/tag/invention/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: article twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # invention ## invention *  Mar 10, 2020 ## [How Electric Elevators Transformed the Modern City](https://time.com/5799872/electric-elevator-history/) [HISTORY](/section/history/) by Robert Bryce *  Apr 28, 2016 ## [The 100 Most Genius Places in America](https://time.com/4109303/genius-cities/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by David Johnson and Chris Wilson *  Apr 27, 2016 ## [What the Digital Age Owes to the Inventor of Morse Code](https://time.com/4307892/samuel-morse-telegraph-history/) [HISTORY](/section/history/) by Sean Trainor *  Jan 26, 2016 ## [Google Doodle Marks Anniversary of TV](https://time.com/4193652/google-doodle-television-tv-anniversary/) by Mark Rivett-Carnac *  Jul 31, 2015 ## [See Original Models of the Apple I and Other Iconic American Inventions](https://time.com/3961680/iconic-american-inventions/) [HISTORY](/section/history/) by Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk *  Nov 22, 2014 ## [UK's First 'Poo Bus' Rides on Human Waste Fuel](https://time.com/3601077/poo-bus-united-kingdom/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Sam Frizell *  Oct 22, 2014 ## [Electric Cars: Just Around the Corner for a Long, Long Time](https://time.com/3881300/electric-cars-just-around-the-corner-for-a-long-long-time/) by Ben Cosgrove *  Oct 20, 2014 ## [LIFE With Hedy Lamarr: Stardom, Scandal and One Amazing Invention](https://time.com/3881293/hedy-lamarr-stardom-scandal-and-one-amazing-invention/) by Ben Cosgrove *  Oct 20, 2014 ## [Inventing the Future, One Sublime, Ridiculous Contraption at a Time](https://time.com/3881252/inventing-the-future-one-sublime-ridiculous-contraption-at-a-time/) by Ben Cosgrove *  Oct 6, 2014 ## [This Innovative Flower Pot Moves To Follow the Sun](https://time.com/3457949/innovative-flower-pot-follow-sun/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Lost At E Minor *  Aug 21, 2014 ## [Portrait of a Mathematician and His Three-Dimensional Chessboard](https://time.com/3880761/the-man-who-invented-a-three-dimensional-chessboard/) by Ben Cosgrove *  Jul 21, 2014 ## [This Sweet Invention Dispenses Cake from a Can](https://time.com/3012694/this-sweet-invention-dispenses-cake-from-a-can/) by Tessa Berenson Rogers *  Jan 30, 2014 ## [The 'Knowledge Box': Picture an Early, Trippy, Analog, 3-D Wikipedia](https://time.com/3878795/knowledge-box-photos-of-an-early-analog-wikipedia/) by Ben Cosgrove *  Mar 13, 2013 ## [The Cyclotron: In Praise of an Early Tech Marvel](https://time.com/3876298/the-cyclotron-photos-of-an-early-tech-marvel/) by Ben Cosgrove ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/invention/","name":"invention"}}]}] ```