Over lunch in his suburban Seattle office, Nathan Myhrvold says he’s looking forward to an afternoon meeting with a group of nuclear-fusion experts. “It’s a real bitch,” he remarks of the problem ...

Cooper Union is the mother of invention to a group of students. The Manhattan college’s annual Invention Factory drew a range of creative entries, from an ultrasonic sensor to help firefighters ...

WEST ORANGE -- Generations of children who made the pilgrimage to Thomas Edison National Historical Park in West Orange used to be confined to the first floor of the main laboratory where Edison ...

Dyson is synonymous with innovation–there are few other companies out there so doggedly committed to rethinking things, and fewer yet that do it so audaciously. But as it’s developed its bagless ...

With Steve Jobs stepping down from the CEO job at Apple, it’s easy to overlook the computer industry’s other big invention factory: Microsoft. While it’s not often regarded as a font of innovation, ...

Neil Gershenfeld has boundary issues. As a teen, he irked his parents by asking to attend the local trade school rather than the mainstream academy for bright kids like himself. "I was good in science ...