Certain inventions have dramatically transformed the way we live, communicate, and understand the world. Some groundbreaking ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...

Aurora Energy has publicly launched a device invented by its employees to detect a dangerous electrical fault that has challenged the electricity industry worldwide for decades. The world-first ...

Wireless Internet, hybrid cars, smartphones, high-speed rail, video streaming. We imagine ourselves at the apex of a technological revolution. But nothing at present can compare to the societal ...

Kodak invented the world's first portable, digital camera in the 1970s, but didn't release the technology for public sale until years later to avoid hits to the company's photographic-film business.

It's coming up to a year since Starbucks announced a tech-centric re-invention. CEO Laxman Narasimhan sees digital success stories. Last September, Starbucks unveiled a three-year re-invention plan, ...