“Places of Invention,” the latest exhibition from the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, opens at the National Museum of American History July 1. It examines six ...

Hundreds of thousands of patents are issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for new inventions every year. Some of these creations, such as the lightbulb, personal computer, and automobile, ...

As we look back on human history, we can analyze certain moments and periods that have shaped how humanity operates today. Various inventions in particular have allowed the human race to move forward ...

1. Invention and innovation : a long history and modern infatuation -- 2. Inventions that turned from welcome to undesirable. Leaded gasoline ; DDT ; Chlorofluorocarbons -- 3. Inventions that were to ...

But despite the countless numbers of interesting, useful, and even groundbreaking inventions on the market, many other bizarre creations in history barely made it beyond their initial prototypes.

Inventions That Changed History reveals the wild and often unbelievable stories behind many of pop culture's most impactful inventions. Historians, scientists, pop culture experts, and Hollywood ...

Watch the trailer for Inventions that Changed History, the upcoming series which reveals the wild and often unbelievable stories behind many of pop culture's most impactful inventions. The series ...