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High-speed 3D printing has just gotten a lot faster. Researchers from Tsinghua University in China have developed a new high-speed printing technology capable of creating complex millimeter-scale ...

The "universal shock absorber" revolutionizes power grid stability, providing a cost effective upgrade to current ...

Player pianos, microphones, jukeboxes and other innovations that had major cultural repercussions.

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The breakthrough is often credited to Scottish inventor John Logie Baird—but the real history is far more complicated and collaborative. John Logie Baird with his transmitting station on March 19, ...

The mid-20th century was a wild frontier of innovation where inventors weren’t just trying to solve problems, they were trying, somehow, to reinvent the way we lived. Some of these inventions came up ...

Look down. You’re probably holding a supercomputer in your hand — a smartphone. Each year these little devices become faster, smarter and more capable, yet no one needs a technical breakdown to start ...

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Michelle is Lifehacker's Associate Tech Editor, and has been reviewing games, laptops, phones, and more for over 10 years. She is based in New York City and holds a master's degree from NYU. AI is ...