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Linkedin Profile For Professionals - Awards, Patents & Projects
Awards, Patents, and Projects are impressive! If you have an interesting award, project or patent now ( or patent pending), you will want to add them to your LinkedIn profile.
Wonderscape
History Kids: The Truth About Thomas Edison and His Inventions
This video explores the myths surrounding Thomas Edison and his inventions, debunking the idea of him as a lone genius and highlighting the collaborative nature of innovation. It examines the truth behind Edison's education, sleep...
Weird History
Leonardo Da Vinci's Weapons of War
One of the areas where Leonardo truly excelled was inventing. While observing the world around him, Leonardo took copious notes and made sketches detailing his surroundings. In the process, he came up with practical and impractical...
PBS
How Did Edison Invent Christmas Lights?
Did Thomas Edison pave the way for today's EduTubers? Danielle tracks the path from Edison's Christmas light demonstrations in the late 19th century all the way to the science explainer videos of today.
Curated Video
Nelly Bly: Breaking Barriers from Asylums to the Skies
We've all got our favourite YouTubers, right? But everyone with a channel has this Pennsylvian lady, Nellie Bly, to thank. You could say she was the world’s first blogger.
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Marie van Brittan Brown: Creating CCTV in Queens
How did a hardworking nurse from New York City invent the world's first home security system? When a burglar tried to break into her apartment in the 1960s, this kickass crimefighter went where no-one had gone before.
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The Negro League Baseball: Shattering Segregation
Like much of American in the early 19th century, sports were segregated. But with the newly established Negro Baseball League, African American baseball players overcame racial segregation to claim the national pastime as their own.
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Fighting for LGBTQ Rights: Is the United States Really United?
The 10th Amendment to the Constitution allows each state to set its own laws. That's meant that in Colorado, LGBTQIA+ rights have often been repressed. Meet the students at William J. Palmer High School who took their school district to...
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The Windshield Wiper: A Female Innovation
The first mass-produced car in America was basically a lawnmower with leather trim, but it was a start, right? This is the story of Mary Anderson and the Windshield Wiper - an invention that happened by a stroke of fate!
Global Ethics Solutions
Your Responsibility for Confidential and Intellectual Property
This presentation helps employees understand their responsibility for protecting confidential information and intellectual property. It covers the various kinds of intellectual property, common copyright exceptions and limitations, and...
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Archimedes Principle: Explained in Really Simple Words
Archimedes principle states that if an object is submerged in a fluid, then the buoyant force acting on it is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by that object. Buoyant force exists because pressure increases as an object goes...
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Joseph N Jackson: Inventor of the Remote Control
Thanks to Joseph N Jackson, we no longer have to get up and walk to the television to change the channel. Learn about the man who invented the remote control and other useful electronics.
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Jovita Idar: Voice of the People
Imagine throwing shade at a politician online and police showed up to arrest you! It would be un-American, right? In this video, we'll explain the story of Jovita Idar, a Mexican-American journalist who refused to be silenced!
Global Ethics Solutions
Your Responsibility for Confidential and Intellectual Property (Part 2)
This presentation helps employees understand their responsibility for protecting confidential information and intellectual property. It covers the various kinds of intellectual property, common copyright exceptions and limitations, and...
Curated Video
Max Fleischer: The Pioneer of Animation and Filmmaking
This video provides a brief overview of Max Fleischer, a notable re-thinker in the field of animation and filmmaking. It highlights his background as a cartoonist, animator, inventor, and filmmaker. It also mentions some of his popular...
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Hedy Lamarr: Mother of WiFi
Did you know? The amazing technology behind Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS was the brainchild of Hollywood actor turned visionary inventor Hedy Lamarr - the Mother of Wi-Fi.
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Keds: America's First Viral Sneakers
They were the Nike Air of their day – and they helped spark a sneaker revolution! Discover how Keds cornered the market for comfortable footwear in the 1950s and beyond.
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Tennis for Two: America's First Video Game
It was pretty basic – but also revolutionary! Find out how American physicist William Higinbotham created Tennis For Two and discover its links to the mysterious Manhattan Project.
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The Legacy of Robert Van de Graaff
This video provides a brief overview of the life and accomplishments of Robert Jemison van de Graaff, an American physicist and inventor. It discusses his invention of the Van de Graaff generator, a high-voltage generator that produces...
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The Raised Fist Afro Comb: Defining a Statement
Designed in 1972, the raised fist Afro Comb combines function with meaning to create a grooming tool that symbolises African-American history, culture and pride.
Weird History
14 Odd Facts About Ben Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was one of America's founding fathers as well as a scientist, statesman, author, printer, activist, postmaster, and diplomat. He is renowned for his discoveries and theories on electricity and is credited with inventing...
Curated Video
Black History Month Video: Black Inventors and Electricity
My son came home from school, told me that his school wasn't doing anything for Black History Month and then just stood there looking me in the eye like "So what you gonna do Dad." So I stepped up and recorded this episode about famous...
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Garrett Morgan
Kentucky-born Garrett Morgan invented life saving gadgets, but despite facing racial prejudice all his life, Morgan was recognised as one of America’s most prolific and socially conscious inventors