NSO Artistic Advisor Ben Folds composes a piece live with the National Symphony Orchestra and conductor Edwin Outwater during Sound Health in Concert: Music and the Mind, an initiative spearheaded by Artistic Advisor At Large, Renée Fleming, presented by The Kennedy Center and National Institutes of

Near the start of the 20th century, a mysterious and deadly virus terrified Americans, particularly infecting young kids: Polio. Correspondent Rita Braver looks at the scientific arsenal brought to combat the epidemic and develop a vaccine, and talks with documentary filmmaker Carl Kurlander ("The S

Each year nearly a million people in Europe suffer from a cardiac arrest. A mere 8% survives due to slow response times of emergency services. The ambulance-drone is capable of saving lives with an integrated defibrillator. The goal is to improve existing emergency infrastructure with a network of d...

Iron Dome is a mobile air defense system in development by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems designed to intercept short-range rockets and artillery shells. The system was created as a defensive countermeasure to the rocket threat against Israel's civilian population on its northern and southern bord...

Biofase has completely changed and revolutionized the plastic industry, not only is it the first enterprise to produce plastic from organic food sources, it also offers its goods at a fair price, comparable with traditional plastics. Biofase produces organic plastics from avocado seeds, traditionall...

Energy giant National Grid is using Spot to keep employees safe and ensure uptime at a critical facility. A top priority at the facility is the monitoring of equipment conditions. Because the valve hall is water-cooled, any leaks could cause issues leading to equipment overheating and malfunction. W

Lamborghini Unveils a Self-Healing, Electric Supercar The Terzo Millennio concept is what can happen when MIT gets in the car game. Lamborghini plans to develop supercapacitors that can provide the fast, intense energy needed to power a supercar—and could allow for all-electric models. The lithium-i

The Agave Project is a way for us to honor our roots, aimed at continuing Cuervo’s longstanding commitment to the land and people of Tequila and Mexico. The latest creation to come out of The Agave Project is a drinking straw made from upcycled agave fiber. The first-of-its-kind biodegradable, bio-b

This animated artwork creates amazing optical illusions. The final animation is sort of an encore of 2 previous popular animations. There was pacman and there was the gun. So I combined them. Pacman eating the bullets from the gun. Below are links to the images found in this video so you can print t...

Pump Up the Bass to Douse a Blaze: Mason Students' Invention Fights Fires. Sound-blasting fire extinguisher prototypes have been developed by George Mason University Electrical and Computer Engineering students Viet Tran and Seth Robertson in Seattle, Washington. The fire extinguisher uses low-freq...