I was saddened to read about the death last month of Paolo Soleri, the Italian-American architect who was one of the godfathers of the eco-city...
One of the coolest inventions I have seen recently is an adorable little robot named PLANTANIMAL. This autonomous garden-robot prototype was created...
From time to time in earlier columns, I have reported on the rising global phenomenon of eco-cities, an urban innovation touted as one of the...
So many of the sustainable environmental technologies of today hold promise but are distinctly futuristic--from nanotechnology-based photovoltaics and...
In 1982, Sally Fox was working for a cotton breeder in California when she came across a bag of brown cotton seeds. The breeder was considering...
Over the last couple of years, the Lemelson Center has been looking at the variety of means invention mediates the interface between human beings and...
Some people seemed destined for success. Maybe they are always at the top of their class. Maybe they are from wealthy or from well-connected families...
Every hour, more than 400 children in the developing world die from water-borne diseases. Now there is hope that many children's lives will be saved...
