TIME Special Edition - Best Inventions 2025

Innovation never slows—and neither do the minds pushing it forward. TIME: The Best Inventions of 2025 spotlights 300 breakthrough ideas that are changing the way we live, work, and think. This special edition features advances across the fields of health, AI, sustainability, consumer tech, design, and more. A robot that loads your dishwasher, an AI detection system for teachers—each invention explored has been chosen for its originality, effectiveness, ambition, and real-world impact. It’s the largest collection ever in TIME’s 25-year tradition of honoring the world’s boldest and brightest new ideas. Discover innovations reinventing mobility, tackling climate change, and reshaping everyday life, including smarter wearables and tools that protect us and improve how we connect. This fascinating edition celebrates the power of human ingenuity and shines a light on the future.