Technology & Innovation
Explore Technology & Innovation across the Smithsonian through stories, events, and exhibitions. Use the filters to browse by format, then bookmark events and exhibitions to keep track of what you want to visit or attend.
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Meet Sally, a microbiologist who studies microorganisms, like bacteria, that live inside of animal poop. As part of her career, Sally uses "poop science" to better understand how to help animals stay healthy!
This video was created for the Get a Head Start with the Smithsonian (GHSS) program. This National Zoo-based project brings the entire Smithsonian Institution into your preschool or Head Start classroom! GHSS explores popular Pre-K themes with . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
Safely stored away in the Graphic Arts Collection of this museum are thousands of pencil drawings on paper from the American Type Founders (ATF) company. Based in Jersey City, New Jersey, the ATF was the primary domestic designer and . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
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The screeches come from wave-like deformations of sneakers’ flexible soles
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Aardman’s shows, shorts and feature films require painstaking craftsmanship. An interactive exhibition at the Young V&A museum in London brings museumgoers behind the scenes
Installing the Museum’s Lockheed U-2C spy plane took nearly a month. The building’s layout presented some special challenges leading to one of the most complicated installations to date.
As artificial intelligence reshapes science, a new generation of ecologists is learning how to harness its potential.
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Dating to between 1860 and 1940, more than 50 photographs depicting the impossible are on view in a new exhibition at the Rijksmuseum