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Pioneers of Flight: The Legacy of the Wright Brothers
This video explores the pioneering achievements of the Wright brothers in making the first powered flight in 1903. Through meticulous experimentation and innovation, Wilbur and Orville Wright successfully demonstrated the principles of...
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Inventors and Innovators: Uncovering the Truth Behind Patents and Inspiration
This video explores the world of inventors and the process of innovation, showcasing individuals like Thomas Edison, James Dyson, Andrew Gordon, and Trevor Bayless. It challenges common misconceptions about inventors and highlights the...
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Innovators and Dreamers: The World of Inventors
The video highlights the diverse and inspiring stories of everyday tech heads who have transformed themselves into inventors. From creating innovative solutions for pedestrian safety and portable surgical units to recyclable backpacks...
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Controversy and Creativity: Unconventional Advertising and Innovative Fashion at Japan Fashion Week
This video discusses controversial advertising tactics used by a Belgian DVD rental company, critiquing the line between creativity and taste in marketing campaigns. It also touches on a unique handbag with an integrated Toshiba media...
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Revolutionizing Public Transportation: The Innovative Electric Wheel Propulsion System
The innovative Dutch inventor has developed a groundbreaking electric motor technology that promises to revolutionize public transportation by significantly reducing fuel costs and emissions. By utilizing a unique wheel design with a...
Wonderscape
Benjamin Franklin: Innovator and Civic Leader
This video focuses on Benjamin Franklin's role as a civic leader and inventor, highlighting his creations like the modern postal system, the first fire department, and the University of Pennsylvania. It delves into his inventions,...
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Introducing the Inventors Club: Turning Ideas into Successful Products
The Inventors Club, backed by Trevor Bayless, aims to support inventors in developing their ideas into successful products. By bringing together inventors and the academic world, the club provides a platform for collaboration and...
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Gary and the Great Inventors by Akura Marshall
Today is Laundry Day! My name is Gary and I love to learn about great inventors. Please join me as I learn about Thomas Jennings, the first African American to receive a patent for his invention in the United States.
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Technology – Good or Bad?
Dr. Forrester compares and contrasts the positive and negative effects of technology by recognizing such outcomes as inventions, efficiency, pollution, and replacement of jobs with robots.
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I WONDER - Who Was Alexander Graham Bell?
This video is answering the question of who was Alexander Graham Bell.
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I WONDER - Who Was Thomas Edison?
This video is answering the question of who was Thomas Edison.
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Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell
Miss Palomine talks about the invention and evolution of the telephone. Her discussion includes Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison, and how they were instrumental in developing the telephone.
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Thomas Edison and the Lightbulb
Miss Palomine enters the classroom and finds it dark. She turns on the desk lamp. This begins the discussion of Thomas Edison, the light bulb, and the various uses of electricity in modern life.
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Can AI Legally Be A Patent Inventor?
Is an algorithm a person? Can we make it one? Should we make it one?
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Operation Tech Transfer
NIST Mechanical Engineer Brian A. Weiss recently partnered with a program called FedTech, which connects government inventors with entrepreneurs for potential commercialization of government-developed technologies. Brian’s research...
ATHS Engineering
Engineering Project: From Brainstorming to Recycling
In this project, students will develop and investigate components of simple products, 3D model them in Inventor, research and illustrate their manufacturing process, and determine how they can be recycled. Through this hands-on approach,...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Innovation Needs Inventors
By not addressing inclusivity, we are losing entire generations of new minds. MIT Economist John Van Reenan describes this in his research as the "lost Einstein" effect, and argues that to get innovation back on track we need to do a...
Curated Video
The Battle of the Sexes
Although half of Americans are female, women make up just 25% of Congress. In fact, women have been treated unfairly in America since day one – but what are the causes of that inequality and what are the effects?
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Bob Fletcher: WWII Samaritan for Japanese-American Farmers
Good deeds – they happen all the time. Those little acts of kindness that make the world a better place but unless they go viral, they can go unnoticed. Which is why it’s time to celebrate Bob Fletcher: the greatest good Samaritan you've...
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Bayard Rustin: Martin Luther King Jr's 'Out and Proud' Advisor
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was the biggest protest America had ever seen. It culminated in Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr’s iconic “I Have A Dream” speech. But the man who made it all possible, chief...
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The Ruby Laser: A World First
Lasers aren't just for sci-fi fans. We use them to scan barcodes in shopping malls, conduct surgeries, even remove tattoos! All thanks to the very first, the Ruby Laser.
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Frances Oldham Kelsey: Standing Up to Big Pharma
Meet Frances Oldham Kelsey - a true American hero! Frances was a pharmacologist working for the FDA who stood up to the big drug companies and ultimately saved thousands of American lives in the process.
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Colt Patterson: The Gun that Changed America
Killing zombies online is fun, right? But imagine you could only shoot one bullet at a time. You’d be TOAST! This is the story of the American five-shot Colt Paterson: a handgun that changed history.