Beulah Louise Henry was just nine years old when she came up with her first invention in 1896, a device that allowed a man to ...

Throughout human history, certain inventions have fundamentally transformed the way we live, work, and interact with one ...

All inventions cause the world to react in one way or another. In many cases, discoveries push the boundaries of human output ...

For each of the past 25 years, TIME editors have highlighted the most impactful new products and ideas in TIME’s Best Inventions issue. The first, published under a cover featuring the protracted Bush ...

The history of human progress is usually defined by brilliant minds solving the world’s most pressing issues, but sometimes, that creative spark lands on something entirely unnecessary. We live in a ...

To determine TIME’s annual unranked list, we consider hundreds of inventions from around the world. In the past, we’ve ...

Many of the daily items we use today are the result of decades of research, perseverance and good 'ole trial and error. For ages, inventors have sought to improve our ...

Semiconductors, motors, and batteries are the foundational technologies behind electronics and renewable energy. Connectivity through Wi-Fi, GPS, and cloud computing connects people and powers ...

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