What are the arguments against allowing artificial intelligence (AI) to patent inventions? Following initial surveys of the issue, in our last piece we examined the arguments in favor of machine ...

Explore a fascinating lineup of innovative technological projects in this video. From the groundbreaking Lazareth LMV 496 ...

We can probably agree on some of the most important inventions ever: electricity, telephone, the steam engine, penicillin. And we can probably also agree that one new invention pretty much trumps all ...

A number of countries have now issued decisions on whether a patent can be granted to Dr. Stephen Thaler for an invention made by a machine named DABUS. In response to a request by the United Kingdom ...

From the Department of “You Can’t Make This Stuff Up“: a press release from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History’s Collections announcing the Top Ten Inventions from their collection.

Experience the 'human washing machine' from World Expo Japan. This futuristic pod offers a gentle, automated body and soul ...

Early in March of 1991, I was explaining to my United States History class at Fitchburg High School their upcoming assignment, which would be a 10-page paper on a historical topic of their choice.

In today's video I want to show you handmade slot machine that I built from cardboard and by using some electronic components ...

It seems like everyone is talking about artificial intelligence, especially the subset thereof referred to as machine learning. While some of the discussion is cast in terms of politically-stirred ...

BOSTON, Jan. 27, 2009 – Invention Machine, a leading provider of innovation software, today announced the launch of Invention Machine Goldfire 5.0 – new task-based innovation software that will ...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IHS Inc. (NYSE:IHS), the leading global source of information and analysis, has acquired Invention Machine for approximately $40 million. Invention Machine is a ...

There’s a strong case to be made for allowing machines to invent other machines. We recently examined the logic and legality behind the notion of artificial intelligence (AI) gaining the ability to ...