Photographs by Jo Whaley for TIME; Inventions from left: On Cloudboom Strike LightSpray, Medical Microinstruments Symani ...

Every day life is full of small inconveniences that, over time, can feel like big frustrations. Daily problems may seem trivial, but they profoundly shape our routines. Thankfully, human creativity ...

Ada Harris School in Cardiff School District recently announced that two student invention teams earned top honors at the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Deposit Photos. I’ve always found patents fascinating. Not just because they protect ideas but because they often ...

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 ...