Hedy Lamarr was dubbed the most beautiful woman in Hollywood, but she was more interested in inventing than in idle compliments.
In July 2015, the Lemelson Center opened its award-winning exhibition, Places of Invention. Visitors encounter six locations, diverse geographically...
In honor of Earth Day, the Lemelson Center celebrates inventors whose problem-solving has resulted in greener, more sustainable energy solutions.In...
Our recent program made us wonder about the contributions, recognized and unsung, of women working in the film industry.
“Technology knows no international boundaries . . . great engineers create for the progress of all mankind.” (Lili Réthi, Radio Salzburg Broadcast...
In 2015, elite wheelchair marathoner Arielle Rausin didn’t realize that a 3D printing assignment for college would change her game. She had spent...
When you think about it, ice cream is not only a culinary marvel but a technological one as well. Invented long before the days of refrigeration, the...
Chien-Shiung Wu was one of the most influential experimental physicists of the 20th century. Although she was described as the "Chinese Marie Curie,"...
During the nineteenth century, heroic individual inventors such as Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell created entirely new industries while...
On April 14, 2021, Marilyn Hamilton, co-inventor of the Quickie wheelchair, spoke with National Museum of American History curator Katherine Ott about...
Throughout American history, women with diverse backgrounds and interests created inventions that change our lives every day.
In November 2020, I had the honor of moderating one of five panel sessions comprising the Lemelson Center’s “Black Inventors and Innovators: New...
Lisa Lindahl was one of millions of Americans who started jogging as part of the running and fitness boom that swept the United States in the 1970s...
The Hubble Space Telescope has revolutionized our understanding of the universe. It has, among many other achievements, revealed thousands of galaxies...
Laundry was a grueling task in the 1800s. Fuel and water had to be gathered, clothes scrubbed and wrung by hand, then hung to dry, and later pressed...
With sadness, the Lemelson Center notes the passing of Dr. Patricia Bath on May 30, 2019. Her list of “firsts” is both lengthy and impressive: she was...
Graphic designer Susan Kare is the “woman who gave the Macintosh a smile.”1 She is best known for designing the distinctive icons, typefaces, and...
