A discarded golf-cart wheel and a piece of scrap box tubing have earned a New York highway department national recognition.

The “natural kiln hypothesis” argues that intense wildfires taught prehistoric humans that fire hardened clay—and that this could be useful for making new tools.

"I wanted to create a bow that would be easier to transport and prepare for use," said an inventor from Las Cruces, New Mexico. "My invention would help archery users save time, reduce setup effort ...

"I wanted to create a better way to improve accuracy when measuring for metal beam placement," said an inventor from Maple Park, Illinois. "My invention would help workers see measurements more ...

A young engineer’s fix for a humidity problem at a 1902 Brooklyn printing plant led to an invention that reshaped where ...

Whether a film is a documentary or a fictional drama, all modern cinema is in a sense docu-fictional, because most viewers know that a documentary is carefully crafted to yield a narrative and that ...

Director and co-writer/star draw from autobiography for a captivating, lo-fi, meta dramedy. This is thankfully not the case with “Invention,” a compact, compelling and warm fiction and documentary ...

The invention of the airplane by Wilbur and Orville Wright is one of the great stories in American history. The Wright brothers’ invention not only solved a long-studied technical problem, but also ...

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 ...