An invention at the heart of our modern world helped create radios, cars and smartphones. The team from Planet Money traces ...

What are the arguments against allowing artificial intelligence (AI) to patent inventions? Following initial surveys of the issue, in our last piece we examined the arguments in favor of machine ...

In the patent grant proceedings for two European Patent Applications, the EPO has ruled that an AI machine cannot be named as an inventor in a Patent Application. Doing so does not comply with the ...

A number of countries have now issued decisions on whether a patent can be granted to Dr. Stephen Thaler for an invention made by a machine named DABUS. In response to a request by the United Kingdom ...

We can probably agree on some of the most important inventions ever: electricity, telephone, the steam engine, penicillin. And we can probably also agree that one new invention pretty much trumps all ...

Whenever innovation and creativity combine forces, brilliant inventions tend to follow suit. Each decade has its own set of ...

BROOKLYN, New York City (WABC) -- Joseph Herscher has made a name for himself on social media by making intricate machines that turn simple tasks into elaborate projects, and the inventor from ...

Witness the construction of a real shrinking machine using powerful electromagnets and microwave transformers generating 10,000 volts! The experiment involves coins and a surprising demonstration of ...

— Freezing hands can be a disadvantage in a snowball fight. So Erica McFadden used her imagination and some help from teachers and parents to create an invention to rid the world of that problem. Her ...

There’s a strong case to be made for allowing machines to invent other machines. We recently examined the logic and legality behind the notion of artificial intelligence (AI) gaining the ability to ...