Press Releases

Invention is not just genius or inspiration. It’s a process that can be analyzed, using historical cases to understand how inventors work.

In 1978 Adleman and two colleagues at MIT invented the world’s most widely used public-key cryptography method for securing communication on the Internet.

With the introduction of the steam engine, the Hudson River corridor became a hotbed of steamboat innovation -- and gave birth to the world's fastest vessels

In history's most ambitious marine salvage operation, the CIA organized and implemented the recovery of the forward section of a lost Soviet ballistic millile submarine in 1974 -- all without Russian knowledge.

Combining car and plane into a single vehicle remains a dream—but new efforts might change that

During the Civil War, the 16th President sed the new technology of telegraphy to communicate with his generals in the field--with great effect