As technology evolves for devices meant to enable construction in space, so must patent law to protect the intellectual ...

What we call a smart home today isn’t smart. It’s a cluster of gadgets that the user actively programs to respond to basic triggers. The dream smart home is closer to what Obi 3 offers in “Mother of ...

Pitching your invention to a big corporation means convincing the right people that you have an idea worth investing in. You might have difficulty seeing high-ranking executives at a large corporation ...

Even if the Earth runs out of oil and gas, and a dense veil of smog plunges the world into darkness, we will still have ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...