Ada Lovelace said computers could not invent. But a century later, Alan Turing pointed out inventiveness in machines could be found in their capacity to produce surprising and innovative results.
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Although female inventorship has grown over the years, 15 years’ worth of patent outcomes from IP Australia suggests inventing is still a luxury for women.
Video games are everywhere. So who was the first person to come up with the idea of playing a game on a computer screen?
A mechanical engineer brings her personal experiences to address human-centered problems and encourage ‘compassionate design.’
Technology innovation is one of the Biden administration’s most powerful tools for accelerating progress on climate change. Recent successes in renewable energy and batteries show how this can work.
Engineering students in Malawi and Tanzania have used the materials and tools available to them to build ventilators, personal protective equipment and UV disinfection systems.
Too many patents and too little information about them makes it hard for the system to weed out patents that unfairly block inventors.
A community’s wastewater can predict coronavirus cases that haven’t yet been diagnosed. The quicker that information is known, the better.
The coronavirus pandemic has driven a lot of scientific progress in the past year. But just as some of the social changes are likely here to stay, so are some medical innovations.
Wind turbines in cold areas typically include methods for removing and repelling ice, but those methods can waste energy. There’s a better way.
Researchers are developing ways to lock captured CO2 into cement. It could help rebuild America’s crumbling infrastructure and deal with climate change at the same time.
De-icing salts help us get around in winter, but they corrode cars, crack roads and contaminate rivers and lakes. Scientists are working to develop better options by imitating natural antifreezes.
The recent arrest of a Chinese-born scientist at MIT raises questions about the value of international science collaboration and its impact on the American innovation system.
From designing vaccine supply chains to improving PPE to rebuilding trust, systematically bringing engineering knowhow to public health problems could make a huge difference.
Pro sports teams use big data to win big. It’s time for colleges to get students in on the action, a computer science professor argues.
‘Orphan drugs’ with high price points are being tested as treatments for COVID-19. There’s a better way to spur low-cost innovation for new drugs.
AI algorithms can solve hard problems and learn incredible tasks, but they can’t explain how they do these things. If researchers can build explainable AI, it could lead to a flood of new knowledge.
Consumers can turn plastic waste into valuable products at minimal cost using the open source technologies associated with DRAM – distributed recycling and additive manufacturing.
The late Hollywood star celebrated being young, Black and gifted, both on screen and off.
Coping with racial stereotypes that permeate STEM culture is like having another full-time job, argues a researcher who studies racism in these fields.
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Professor and Director of Quantitative Biosciences Institute & Senior Investigator at the Gladstone Institutes, University of California, San Francisco
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Professor of Chemistry, Connecticut College
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John M. Thompson Chair in Information Technology and Innovation and Professor, Western University
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Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University at Buffalo
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Professor of Law, Boston University
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Founder and CTO, Adaptive Machines LLC, Vanderbilt University
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Professor of Environmental Engineering and the Mortenson Professor in Sustainable Development, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Computer Science, New York University
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University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona
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Executive Director of Texas Engineering Executive Education, The University of Texas at Austin
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Associate Professor in Law, UNSW
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Statistical Consultant, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Pediatrics and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego
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Research Scientist and Adjunct Professor, University of Denver
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Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University