Jack Andraka, 17 years old in Maryland (USA), invented a tool to detect pancreatic cancer. This invention was awarded the $75,000 Intel ISEF Gordon E Moore Prize.
MIT's revolutionary open source tool MOCAT is designed to model the space environment, addressing the growing challenge of space debris.
This invention has such superior capabilities that it can cook like a chef and do many housework like a maid.
Inventor Alexander Graham Bell had high hopes for optical telephones, envisioning that wireless communications would replace the tangled network of telephone wires.
Many breakthrough inventions in different fields have appeared in the history of the Giap Thin years.
With a laser etched surface, tellurite glass generates an electric current in response to ultraviolet and visible light.
Zhuge Liang's multiple crossbow could shoot up to 15 arrows in 10 seconds, becoming a fearsome weapon on the battlefields of ancient China.
The Netherlands is a small country but plays an important role in the history of great inventions.
Engineers from MIT have invented a new type of wearable sensor that can communicate wirelessly without the need for an integrated chip or battery.
Inventions brought breakthroughs, as well as increases in labor productivity, during the First Industrial Revolution.
The new method converts waste cotton fabric into sugar, which can be used to make spandex, nylon or ethanol.
In the 350 years before the advent of electronic computers, the slide ruler became a unique tool to help mathematicians, scientists, engineers, economists, doctors, military
A Japanese housing development company has invented a unique flood proof house idea, which not only prevents water from entering the house, it can also float on water.
For a year and a half, engineers at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois (USA) invented the world's smallest walking robot.
Professor Chen Tao's team at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has invented biomimetic soft skin.