“Places of Invention,” the latest exhibition from the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, opens at the National Museum of American History July 1. It examines six ...

From the earliest mechanical devices to the most advanced quantum computers of the present, the history of computing is a fascinating trip spanning thousands of years. Let’s explore the significant ...

On Oct. 3, 1950, three scientists at Bell Labs in New Jersey received a U.S. patent for what would become one of the most important inventions of the 20th century — the transistor. John Bardeen, ...

Many of today's 21st-century innovations came from the 1950s and 1960s. Inventions like the microchip, computer programming languages, and satellites are the foundation of services and devices we take ...

Larry Tesler, who invented and named the “cut, copy and paste” commands on computers, an indispensable part of the everyday operation of digital devices, died Feb. 16 at his home in Portola Valley, ...

You may not have thought about IBM in years, but the company probably invented half the technology that got you to work today. Facebook (FB) continues to keep its contract with America, one in which ...

Try this free-association exercise. When you hear the word inventor , what names pop into your head? Chances are, you'll think of some long-dead genius from the 19th or early 20th century, such as ...

The man who invented the computer mouse, revolutionising the way people work, play and communicate, has died at 88. Doug Engelbart died from acute kidney failure at his California home after a long ...

On Oct. 3, 1950, three Bell Labs scientists received a patent for a "three-electrode circuit element" that would usher in the transistor age and the era of modern computing.