SAN FRANCISCO—After more than a decade of testing inside federal agencies, a crowdsourced innovation model that has delivered faster and cheaper engineering solutions for NASA and other government organizations is now being opened to manufacturers.
New York, Boston, LA and the Bay Area are among the top 10 innovation centers worldwide.
October 31, 2025
GENEVA—Four U.S. metropolitan areas are among the world’s top 10 innovation clusters as ranked by the United Nation’s World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
Some day in the near future, an on-campus innovation center could be as ubiquitous to college life as a library, a student union or a football stadium.
ALEXANDRIA, VA—Fourteen people—including the inventors of the blue LED, the nickel-metal-hydride battery, and the X-ray spectrometer—have been named to the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
The late novelist John Le Carré once said, “A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.” As it turns out, what was good advice for spies is equally good for manufacturing and design engineers.
NORTHBROOK, IL—Although 84 percent of manufacturers believe that consumer confidence in product safety is increasing, 58 percent of consumers believe manufacturers value sales over product safety, according to a new study by United Laboratories.
