Beyond Words
Basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar also writes books about invention for kids.
Beyond Words
Contemporary inventors in diverse fields are committed to "inventing green." Here are a few of their stories . . .
Symposia & Conferences
We are being watched. How did our surveillance society emerge, and what is the effect of ubiquitous surveillance on our everyday lives?
Symposia & Conferences
We are being watched. How did our surveillance society emerge, and what is the effect of ubiquitous surveillance on our everyday lives?
Symposia & Conferences
We are being watched. How did our surveillance society emerge, and what is the effect of ubiquitous surveillance on our everyday lives?
Beyond Words
Missed Military Invention Day 2017? Here are some highlights from this great festival—mark your calendars for 2018!
Beyond Words
Dr. Lonnie Johnson has devoted his life to solving some of the world’s most complex technological problems.
Blog
During World War II, Higgins Industries grew to over 20,000 workers to meet demand.
Beyond Words
Author and former Lemelson Center fellow Sarah Kate Gillespie discusses her new book on the history of the daguerreotype.
Beyond Words
Casey Cater, Lemelson Center Fellow and Ph.D. candidate at Georgia State, discusses how electric energy was marketed and sold in the post-war south.
Beyond Words
Stephen Adams, Lemelson Center Fellow and Professor at Salisbury University examines the origins of the Silicon Valley as we know it today.
Beyond Words
Gerardo Con Diaz, Lemelson Center Fellow and PhD. candidate at Yale University, discusses his dissertation, "Intellectual Property and Hobby Software in the 1970s."
Beyond Words
What does children’s play have to do with the work of serious scientists?
Beyond Words
Is the quality and quantity of children’s play changing? How do new electronic and digital technologies affect children at play? How can new technologies provide rich motor and sensory experiences? If play is changing, how will that affect invention?
Beyond Words
Is it important for adults to make time to play? How do work, play, creativity and productivity relate to each other? When is the last time you played?
Beyond Words
Does play serve a purpose or is the point of play to have no purpose?
Beyond Words
See a reenactment of Thomas Edison's first recording of sound, from the Lemelson Center's celebration of Edison's 150th birthday.
Invention Stories
Today marks the 30th anniversary of Apple’s famous “1984” television ad that aired on January 22, 1984 during the third quarter of the Super Bowl XVIII between the Los Angeles Raiders and Washington Redskins. Historian Eric Hintz describes how the “1984” ad and the introduction of the Apple Macintosh were key milestones both in the history of computing and the history of advertising.
