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Diverse Voices: Chien-Shiung Wu, “The Chinese Marie Curie”

Chinese-born scientist Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu made significant contributions to experimental physics that helped change what we know about the atomic world.

DO Try This at Home!

Calling Young Inventors!

Spark!Lab’s 2020 Dr. InBae and Mrs. Kyung Joo Yoon Invent It Challenge needs you!

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Devanagari Script for the Mergenthaler Linotype

Inventor Hari Govil worked with the Mergenthaler Linotype Company to design and perfect printing equipment for the Hindi language based on the Devanagari alphabet.

Encouraging Innovative Thinking

The 2019 Spark!Lab Dr. InBae Yoon Invent It Challenge

It's time for the annual Invent It Challenge!

Beyond Words

Inventing Green: Inventor Profiles

Contemporary inventors in diverse fields are committed to "inventing green." Here are a few of their stories . . .

Encouraging Innovative Thinking

The Legacy of Dr. InBae Yoon

Dr. Yoon passionately believed—like we do—that everyone is inventive.

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Was the Patent Application for the Typewriter Handwritten?

On the challenges of introducing new technology

Spark!Lab Network

Setting Up Spark!Lab India

For the past year, the Lemelson Center has been working with partners in India to establish a Spark!Lab in Gurgaon, a city about 30 minutes from Delhi.

Invention Stories

Eco-City Update: From Idea to Reality

In India and China, eco-cities are offering solutions to a range of challenges, from natural-disaster recovery to the revitalization of established neighborhoods within existing cities.

Invention Stories

Along with Westminster University (UK) and the Johns Hopkins University, the Lemelson Center is co-sponsor of the International Eco-City Initiative. Among the products of the collaboration is a new study of eco-city standards, which attempt to put these new cities to the test.

Invention Stories

Try It: Fresh Paper

A young woman's concern for food waste lead to a remarkable invention.

Places of Invention

Caofeidian—China's City of the Future or Urban Laboratory?

China declared the eco-city as the country's new urban/industrial strategy.

Invention Stories

The Way the Ball Bounces

Asian people have been inventors and innovators for many centuries.

Lemelson Center Research

The Diversity of Invention

To expand our knowledge of the full range of inventors, we have made it a priority to document and feature women and minority inventors from the past and present.

Invention Stories

Akhil Madhani: Literally on the Cutting Edge of Robotics

"Engineers have to invent things, because that's their job, to develop something as a solution to a problem."

Beyond Words

Podcast: Ashok Gadgil Inspires Future Inventors, Part 2 (of 2)

Ashok Gadgil talks about his work to improve health in the developing world.

Beyond Words

Podcast: Ashok Gadgil's Thirst to Save Lives, Part 1 (of 2)

Ashok Gadgil's invention can save thousands of lives by purifying water quickly and cheaply.

Invention Stories

Yo Yo Ups and Downs

The National Museum of American History's Archives Center, the Division of Cultural History, and the Lemelson Center collaborated to acquire objects and archival materials documenting the history of the yo-yo in America and the central role of the Donald F. Duncan family in popularizing the now ubiquitous stringed toy.

Invention Stories

Innovative Lives: The Heart of the Falcon: Akhil Madhani

MIT graduate Akhil Madhani developed the Silver Falcon, a robotic arm for doing heart surgery.

Invention Stories

Innovative Lives: UV Waterworks—Ashok Gadgil

Ashok Gadgil invented a portable, low-cost, and efficient water purifier that utilizes ultra-violet light to render viruses and bacteria harmless.