Every year for over two decades, TIME editors have highlighted the most impactful new products and ideas in TIME’s Best Inventions issue. To compile this year's list, we solicited nominations from ...

Few inventions have changed the bathroom habits of millions as dramatically as the Squatty Potty. This simple stool aligns ...

Certain inventions have dramatically transformed the way we live, communicate, and understand the world. Some groundbreaking objects sparked revolutions in technology, healthcare, and transportation, ...

In 2000 TIME’s editors sat down to select three inventions of the year, one each in consumer technology, medical science, and basic industry. They found so many interesting ones along the way that ...

Some believe that inventing AGI will be the last invention humanity ever needs to create since AGI will become our inventor galore. In today’s column, I examine the legendary claim that achieving AGI ...

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Energy Vault Holdings Inc. (NYSE: NRGV) ("Energy Vault" or the “Company”), a leader in sustainable, grid-scale energy storage solutions, is honored to ...

I’ve always found patents fascinating. Not just because they protect ideas but because they often reveal the odd, innovative, and sometimes downright quirky side of human creativity. When I started ...

The world of innovation and invention is constantly changing. Many inventions seem like they make sense and are logical, but others take a turn to outright wild and spark confusion, intrigue and ...

On Oct. 3, 1950, three scientists at Bell Labs in New Jersey received a U.S. patent for what would become one of the most important inventions of the 20th century — the transistor. John Bardeen, ...