You probably don't think twice when stepping into an elevator. It's just there, ready to whisk you up to your hotel room on ...

Utilizing prototypes in physical product development is the key part of the product development process. Strategic, quality and methodical prototyping is the primary differentiator between a ...

Book tour tickets and details here.Today, the story of three inventions. The first, the sewing machine, was created by a selfish and ambitious inventor who wanted all the credit and was willing to ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Steve Anderson In a world ...

Hedy Lamarr’s legacy extends far beyond Hollywood glamour. Behind the screen persona was an inventive mind that helped ...

Before the mirror was invented, we had glimpsed our own reflections in water, or in polished metals, but never really seen ourselves. It wasn’t until the development of the high-quality mirror-image ...

Hosted by Alie Ward, "Did I Mention Invention?" brings viewers fascinating stories of invention while shining a light on every day innovators. With each episode, Alie presents reports of human ...

In one of Aesop’s fables, The Crow and the Pitcher, we are introduced to a thirsty bird. As luck would have it, the bird happens to stumble across a pitcher, which has a pool of water at the bottom.

Children don't need to be taught how to be creative. We’ve known for decades that creativity is innate. When researchers George Land and Beth Jarman tested preschool age children for creativity in the ...

From the moment Scottish shepherds in the Middle Ages started whacking rocks toward targets with crooked sticks, golf has been a wellspring of innovation. Tinkering has never been restricted to the ...