Innovation | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/innovation/RSS feed for InnovationenMon, 02 Dec 2024 18:22:30 +0000Scientists Are Trying to Crack the Recipe for the Perfect Plant-Based Eggshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/scientists-are-trying-to-crack-the-recipe-for-the-perfect-plant-based-eggs-180985554/With new ingredients and processes, the next generation of substitutes will be not just more egg-like, but potentially more nutritiousMon, 02 Dec 2024 18:22:30 +0000Engineers Choose the Ten Best STEM Toys to Gift in 2024https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/engineers-choose-the-ten-best-stem-toys-to-gift-in-2024-180985549/Creative circuitry and rolling robots make up this year’s top toys for teaching kids to love science, technology, engineering and mathFri, 29 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0000From Jealous Spouses to Paranoid Bosses, Pedometers Quantified Suspicion in the 19th Centuryhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/from-jealous-spouses-to-paranoid-bosses-pedometers-quantified-suspicion-in-the-19th-century-180985504/The devices were used to track movement and measure productivity—an insightful foreshadowing of our current preoccupation with personal dataWed, 20 Nov 2024 16:14:34 +0000Scientists Are Crafting Fake Whale Poop and Dumping It in the Oceanhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/scientists-are-crafting-fake-whale-poop-and-dumping-it-in-the-ocean-180985436/The artificial waste could fertilize the ocean and sequester carbonTue, 12 Nov 2024 14:35:30 +0000Bionic 'Pilots' Compete for the Gold at the Cybathlonhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/bionic-pilots-compete-for-the-gold-at-the-cybathlon-180985314/In the international competition, people with physical disabilities put state-of-the-art devices to the test as they race to complete the tasks of everyday lifeWed, 23 Oct 2024 14:02:33 +0000How Snake Oil Became a Symbol of Fraud and Deceptionhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/how-snake-oil-became-a-symbol-of-fraud-and-deception-180985300/The terms “snake oil” and “snake-oil salesperson” are part of the vernacular thanks to Clark Stanley, a quack doctor who marketed a product for joint pain in the late 19th centuryMon, 21 Oct 2024 16:38:05 +0000From Silk Moths to Fruit Flies, These Five Insects Have Changed the Worldhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/from-silk-moths-to-fruit-flies-these-five-insects-have-changed-the-world-180985252/It’s easy to write bugs off as pests, but consider the ways in which they have positively impacted our livesTue, 15 Oct 2024 14:39:47 +0000Could Eelgrass Be the Next Big Bio-Based Building Material?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/could-eelgrass-be-the-next-big-bio-based-building-material-180985203/On the island of Laeso in Denmark, one man is reviving the lost art of eelgrass thatching and, in doing so, bringing attention to a plant that has great potentialMon, 07 Oct 2024 17:52:44 +0000