Innovation

Cars and planes run on biomass. Why not trains as well?

May 26, 2012 7:18am | By Claire Lambrecht

Could domesticating smart technology transform the experience of aging?

1 | May 25, 2012 11:24am | By Rachel James

When one invisibility cloak isn't enough, scientists make 25,000 and use them to trap a rainbow.

May 25, 2012 6:25am | By Rose Eveleth

Is this the utility pole of the future?

2 | May 25, 2012 3:05am | By Tyler Falk

Nokia and typography design group Dalton Maag have created a typeface that crosses borders and languages effortlessly.

8 | May 25, 2012 3:00am | By Beth Carter

As the company behind the Arduino open source platform, Atmel is primed to ride the "maker" market wave.

2 | May 25, 2012 3:00am | By Mary Catherine O'Connor

Cities are leading the way in the reduction of plastic bag use.

6 | May 24, 2012 9:33pm | By Tyler Falk

Numbers show that the legendary love affair between America and the automobile might actually be a wilted marriage on the rocks.

12 | May 24, 2012 12:58pm | By Rachel James

Scientists are using chemistry and genetics to figure out just what makes an heirloom or home grown tomato so much tastier than their store bought brethren.

8 | May 24, 2012 9:41am | By Rose Eveleth

SRI researcher Phil Vahey is studying why many students flounder in math when they enter middle school. SmartPlanet visits the research organization and gets a tutorial on a more visual approach...

1 | May 24, 2012 9:32am

The U.S. Army is using eye-popping nanotechnology to upgrade and replace equipment soldiers bring onto the battlefield.

May 24, 2012 3:00am | By Matthew Malone

Some cities are known for their music; others are home to it.

2 | May 23, 2012 6:21pm | By Claire Lambrecht

Sleight of hand, stolen watches and disappearing coins might seem like parlor tricks - but they could show us more about our own brains than we ever thought.

May 23, 2012 12:26pm | By Rose Eveleth

Apple's design chief is now a knight, having been bestowed the honor by the iPad-toting Princess Anne.

1 | May 23, 2012 9:46am | By Mary Catherine O'Connor

Now offering lattes, elegant couches, rows of Apple computers--or services on a boat: big banks are increasingly using design as a strategy to lure in customers, from the wealthy to the poor.

1 | May 23, 2012 8:29am | By Reena Jana

The London-based designers find a way to balance the sleek minimalism of modern design with family-friendly functionality and some fun surprises for the kids!

May 23, 2012 3:00am | By Beth Carter

Photos from the historic space shuttle launch by SpaceX, the first commercial company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station.

May 22, 2012 10:41pm

Commercial space flight company SpaceX made history with the first launch by a private company of a spacecraft to the International Space Station.

May 22, 2012 10:21pm | By Laura Shin

A new design lets you charge your phone on the street, no latte purchase needed.

4 | May 22, 2012 8:15pm | By Tyler Falk

Named "No country for old men", a collection of domestic objects addresses the everyday difficulties of aging, and modern life.

May 22, 2012 7:05pm | By Sun Joo Kim