After two decades of research into alternative ene...  ...e article) is almost as fascinating as his latest invention

Just because we like to keep you on your toe...  ...eek we have a second round of the Name That Weird Invention ! contest. Steven M. Johnson comes up with all sor...  ...teven M. Johnson comes up with all sorts of wacky inventions in his weekly Museum of Possibilities posts. Can...

It's time for another edition of Name That W...  ...It's time for another edition of Name That Weird Invention ! -this time with a decidedly Halloween theme. Ste...  ...teven M. Johnson comes up with all sorts of wacky inventions in his weekly Museum of Possibilities posts. Can...

Steven M. Johnson comes up with all sorts...  ...teven M. Johnson comes up with all sorts of wacky inventions in his weekly Museum of Possibilities posts, but...  ...ngratulations to winner NathanBBlu, who named the invention "Stalaglites," and explained why. And also to win...

Steven M. Johnson comes up with all sorts of...  ...teven M. Johnson comes up with all sorts of wacky inventions in his weekly Museum of Possibilities posts, but...

Steven M. Johnson comes up with all sorts...  ...teven M. Johnson comes up with all sorts of wacky inventions in his weekly Museum of Possibilities posts, but...  ...t place winner redfi5e who suggested we call this invention "Flures." Second place winners are Carolyn Bahm (...

The problem with being dead and buried - besides a...  ...care of the problem with this nifty and patented invention :An apparatus and method for generating post-buria...

When I first saw futurist Steven M. Johnson's &quo...  ...en I first saw futurist Steven M. Johnson's " inventions " (and believe me, the word " invention " under-describes what Steve produces), two t...  ..."chindogu," the Japanese art of useless inventions...

If you haven't had your big breakth...  ...zor. It took him eight years to get the invention to market, but once it hit stores, Gill...

MIT researchers led by chemical engineer Robert Cohen and mechanical engineer Gareth McKinley have created the world's first superoleophobic and superhydrophobic surface (let me translate for you: the "super surface...