Some cameras used to be the size of a whole room, requiring multiple people to operate. Now, they’re in the palm of our hands on a daily basis. According to Statista, digital camera sales dropped 87% ...

Left, a portion of the patent plan designed by Marie Van Brittan Brown and her husband Albert, right. Marie Van Brittan Brown and Albert L. Brown, courtesy U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; New York ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Some objects are so familiar and so ordinary that it seems impossible to imagine that they did not always exist. Take the school backpack, for example. Its ...

From the moment Scottish shepherds in the Middle Ages started whacking rocks toward targets with crooked sticks, golf has been a wellspring of innovation. Tinkering has never been restricted to the ...

Pi, the agentic AI platform built to transform source to pay operations, has been named to TIME’s list of Best Inventions of 2025. Pi is recognized in the Logistics category for its ability to ...

Damping vibrations is crucial for precision experiments, for example in astronomy. A new invention uses a special kind of magnets to achieve this -- electropermanent magnets. They consist of a ...

In 1945, a new invention that had helped to win the Second World War went on sale in the United States and Britain. First seen as an expensive novelty, it soon went on to become not only a part of our ...

"I wanted to create a delicious new peanut butter recipe," said an inventor, from Lake Charles, La., "so I invented the HASTY ...

Over the last few weeks, the world has seen unprecedented interruption for most industries. Trillions of dollars in value have been wiped out. Businesses have needed to shift operations to suit ...

Invention Studios has launched two film and television development programs in Australia and Kenya dedicated to supporting top local writers and creators and bringing their projects to the world ...