If you stop and think about it, when Edison invented the light bulb he also had to invent the socket. Edison was a master innovator, but it must have become clear to him pretty quickly that continued ...

Graphene, the world’s “wonder material,” has been talked about and hyped so much ever since it was isolated in crystal form in 2004 that some surely thought it could never live up to its early promise ...

Each week, we highlight a design or product innovation that you might not have heard about yet. Many of them come through your submissions (here's the form), but this week's idea came to us from our ...

Subscribe to Innovation Lightbulb here. In this week’s Innovation Lightbulb newsletter, we document announced global investments in chip fabrication plants (fabs) from the world's top three chipmakers ...

A recent report by Invent Together, an alliance working to close diversity gaps in invention and patenting, reveals a significant knowledge gap in patent awareness. Approximately 82.6 percent of ...

The unfortunate ugliness of the new, legally mandated efficient lighting could drive even a beard-wearing, artisanal-chocolate-eating, Edison-bulb-sporting Brooklyn hipster to embrace the conservative ...

The Burglar Deterrent, from BeON Home, is designed to be a lighting and home security system in one, said Jon Fingas at Engadget. The smart bulbs learn how you use your lights and then repeat those ...

In a close vote, the House recently passed a provision that undercuts one of the most successful environmental programs of the decade, one that requires all bulbs — including the incandescent — to ...

In a close vote, the House recently passed a provision that undercuts one of the most successful environmental programs of the decade – one that requires all bulbs – including the incandescent – to ...