IMP Awards have brought us a new and quirky looking poster for upcoming Kevin Spacey-starrer, Father of Invention. Spacey will, as the poster below shows, star alongside an eclectic cast consisting of ...

The ingenuity of Utah Valley University’s engineering and computer science students was on full display in an inventions expo Wednesday at the Sorensen Student Center in Orem. Students from 50 ...

Meet your new touchpad: a banana. Makey Makey, the world’s first invention kit, can turn everyday objects — including bananas — into touchpads by simply using alligator clips and circuit board. The ...

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The major types of computer aids to invention are reviewed to reveal the paper-based design paradigm that characterizes them. Implications of this "old paradigm" are discussed and directions are ...