Which clever inventions will shape life in the next few decades? The edit...

He's only 15 years old, but he may soon save thousands of lives. Jack Andraka of Crownsville, Maryland won first place at this year's Intel Science Talent Search. He did so by devising a simple dipstick test that can det...

Standing while taking a shower is so tacky. Laying down though, now that is luxurious. If you just can't bear falling behind in the shower style wars, then you'd better get your own Dornbracht Horizontal Shower. L...

During the summer of 2010, Mallory Kievman was afflicted with a bad case of the hiccups. She tried many different folk remedies and the hiccups eventually went away. But Mallory figured that there had to be a better way...

Imagine you had lived all your life without TV...  ...crowave oven, credit card, and other breakthrough inventions we all take for granted now. Link

(YouTube link) If Thomas Edison were alive today, he would be celebrating his 165th birthday. Jeremiah Warren made this quick overview of his life and work, so you'll know more than just "Edison invented the light bul...

After all the impressive additions they’ve given...  ...ere are some of the less famous (for good reason) inventions of some of the greatest inventors on Earth. Thom...  ...Source: Wikipedia, BBC There are plenty of bad inventions out there, but let’s face it, most of them aren...  ...’t have enough ro...

A look back at an ovoidal innovation and other wor...  ...ess well known that it once was. So, too, are his inventions , two of which—perhaps Dotts’s most enduringly...

Angela Zhang is only seventeen, but she's already engaged in groundbreaking nanotech research. Specifically, she's developed a thingamabobber* that fights cancer: Zhang's work reflects the growing use of nanotechnolog...

The drinking straw was invented by 3000 B.C., as attested by Sumerian artifacts. Until very recently, these straws were tubes from plant stems, such as rye. Besides dissolving in water, these straws often added unwelcome...