Articles
Through the Looking Glass: A Tour of the Mirror That’s One of TIME’s Favorite Inventions
We all have an intimate relationship with our bathroom mirrors. But what if the bathroom mirror could talk back?
Man Hacks Siri to Start His Car
Providing further proof that one day we'll rely on our smartphones for just about everything, developer Brandon Fiquett hacked Siri to work with the Viper...
Nintendo Builds Real-Life Mario Karts for LA Auto Show
Scared Mario Kart 7 for the Nintendo 3DS just won't be 3D enough? Worry not, because Nintendo recently teamed up with West Coast Customs to create the most...
Reading While Eating For July 19: Bring the Funk
Today's links feature some funky inventions and some funky turns of phrase. Livin' on a Prayer: Learn more about a special mass for motorcyclists that takes...
Photo Essays
Menlo Park: The World's First R&D Lab
A small village in New Jersey was the setting for some of Edison's greatest inventions
Inventors and Their Inventions
Photographer David Friedman explores the inspiration that moves inventors
Time.com Specials
The 50 Best Inventions of 2010
Flying cars! Jet packs! Lasers that zap malaria-carrying mosquitoes! Here are the year's biggest (and coolest) breakthroughs in science, technology and the arts...
The 50 Worst Inventions
From the zany to the dangerous to the just plain dumb, here is TIME's list (in no particular order) of some of the world's bright ideas that just didn't work out...
