Inventions

Google Doodle Celebrates William Henry Perkins, Who Made the World More Purple

By Kate Samuelson

Queen Elizabeth Prize Awarded to Inventors Who Revolutionized Digital Imaging

By Kate Samuelson

How the Slinky Sprang Into Stores 70 Years Ago

By Merrill Fabry

How Nikola Tesla Predicted the Smartphone

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How the First Home Pregnancy Test Was Designed

Margaret Crane says it was a simple idea, but it met with enormous pushback

By Roger Catlin / Smithsonian Magazine

This Is the Most Pointless Kickstarter Project Yet

Surely this is unnecessary

By Ben Geier

Watch: This Real-Life Hoverboard Is Almost Impossible to Believe

But it's real, according to the Guinness Book of World Records

By Matt Vella

New Google Doodle Honors Bartolomeo Cristofori, Inventor of the Piano

Named for its ability to play forte (strong) and piano (soft)

By Kevin McSpadden

Obama Rubs Elbows With Some Inventive Girl Scouts

The 6-year-old inventors were attending the 2015 White House Science Fair

By Alexandra Sifferlin

This Gadget Will Tell You if You Have Bad Breath

A new invention prevents embarrassment by detecting bad breath

By Noah Kaufman / Food & Wine

These Inventions Are Weirder Than Anything You'll Find at CES This Year

If necessity is the mother of invention, then this is a crop of motherless inventions

By Eliza Berman

The Price of Genius

Alan Turing, the man who pioneered computing, also forced the world to question what it means to be human

By Walter Isaacson

Finally, a Spill-Proof Cup Holder

This article originally appeared on Lost at E Minor.Maksimatic has come up with a genius design that makes sure your morning coffee or drive-thru soft drink never spill a drop along your journey. Using a...

By Rachel Oakley / Lost At E Minor

Chin-Powered Energy Is Now Possible, Say Scientists

Can’t you just see the infomercial?“Darn it, that hearing-aid battery went out again!”“Never happens to me, Fred. Because I have this.” (Pulls out strap, buckles around top of head and under chin. Pops a stick...

By Michael D. Lemonick
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