The Energy Clock, created at the MIT Media Lab, gives you feedback about how much energy you're using in your household. Wedges of color appear to show you whether you're over-spending or under ...

Origins of common household items, revealing how war, accidents, and industrial breakthroughs transformed these innovations ...

Artist Hugh Hayden transforms everyday objects, from schoolhouse desks to basketball hoops to cast-iron cookware, into something surreal. An exhibition at the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis ...

With the help of our friends The Baby Club, we've put together list of everyday objects that are magical for your little one and some games you can play with them. Sponges are very interesting ...

And this piece of string? I know. Sounds like a guitar. Isn't it amazing what sounds we can make with everyday objects all around us? I wonder what my group of experts, the Mighty Music Makers ...

Artist Hugh Hayden takes everyday objects, from school desks to basketball hoops to cookware, and transforms them into something surreal. Special correspondent Jared Bowen of GBH Boston visits the ...

Inventor and M.I.T. Media Lab researcher David Rose coined the term "enchanted objects" to describe ordinary objects with extraordinary functions. These objects are not only fun but also may hold ...