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Join us for Military Invention Day 2019 on May 18!

A detail from the logo banner for Military Invention Day 2018, showing stylized drawings of an armored vehicle, a parachute, a hypodermic syringe, a scuba diver, an integrated circuit, and a drafting compass, set among a mosaic of squares in shades of green, brown, and blue.

Naval Research Laboratory

April 17, 2019 by Lemelson Center

Come to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History on Saturday, May 18, to see leading-edge technologies from armed forces research, meet scientists and engineers, and try your hand at family-friendly invention challenges.

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Inventions for the Armed Forces, Innovations for Society—see, touch, and learn about technologies of the future!

Come see and interact with these displays:

  • Energy from Seawater
  • Fiber Optic Hydrophone Technology
  • GelMan Surrogates for Armor Design and Injury Assessment
  • Lasers and Plasma Physics
  • Wrasse-inspired Agile Near-shore Deformable-fin Automaton

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A rectangular swimming drone in a pool of water casts its shadow on the pool’s bottom. The drone has two sets of fins on each side and can move quickly through the water.

The Wrasse-inspired Agile Near-shore Deformable-fin Automaton (WANDA) is a breakthrough autonomous underwater vehicle that draws inspiration from fish for its propulsion. Courtesy of US Naval Research Lab

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