Certain inventions have dramatically transformed the way we live, communicate, and understand the world. Some groundbreaking objects sparked revolutions in technology, healthcare, and transportation, ...

The 1980s are forever immortalized in popular culture as an era of primitive digitization, with technological revolutions spanning everything from the artificial heart to the Space Shuttle. The ...

“It looks like a wet suit,” says Anurag Mairal, picking up a pile of thick blue material decorated with bands of black Velcro and bright yellow numbers, “But actually it’s an anti-shock garment.” I’m ...

Sometimes, you stumble upon an invention that makes you wonder, "How did they even think of this back then?" Some ideas were way ahead of their time, only to be forgotten or overshadowed by newer ...

Warfare often has a way of making technology jump forward. Take a closer look at some of the weapons and inventions that ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. You might think that technology from 50 years ago was all very mundane, and there's truth to that, at least compared to the most exciting new ...

News AssistantVirginia Tech?s invention licensing and evaluation company, Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties Inc. received the ranking of No. 11 in the number of disclosures of inventions of ...

Pete Davidson is thinking ahead to a more technological future. In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, the actor and comedian, 31, reveals the tech inventions he is looking forward to, as well as one ...

From the Publisher: Victorian Technology: Invention, Innovation, and the Rise of the Machine captures the extraordinary surge of energy and invention that catapulted 19th-century England into the ...

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.