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Innovative Lives: Hal Walker - Electric Cars and the Future
Hal Walker introduces Lee Stephens Battery Exchanger Service Center Infrastructure (BESCI). BESCI Invention would address the major shortcoming of electric cars: limited service range.
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2002 NCIIA March Madness of the Mind: Flexible Bolt
An E-Team from Cal-Poly, San Luis Obispo demonstrate flexible bolts.
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2002 NCIIA March Madness of the Mind: E-Teams Arrive
Student E-Teams arrive at the 2002 NCIIA March Madness of the Mind competition, which was held March 14-16 in Washington, D.C.
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Andrew Heafitz accepts the 2002 Lemelson-MIT Student Inventiveness Prize
Andrew Heafitz, 2002 Lemelson-MIT Student Inventiveness Prize winner, discusses the origins of his interest in invention, and his current project, the TacShot Rocket. The TacShot is a miniature rocket that transmits video to a laptop computer.
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Rob Lemelson Presents 2002 Lemelson-MIT Student Inventiveness Prize
Rob Lemelson gives a brief overview of The Lemelson Foundation's activities, as well as explaining why encouraging invention is an important endeavor, in his introduction of 2002 Lemelson-MIT Student Inventiveness Prize winner Andrew Heafitz.
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The Autism Spectrum: Tactile Sensory Input
Anjali Dziadzio (from Community Resources for People with Autism) relates an account of an autistic person who was highly sensitive to certain kinds of touch.
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The Autism Spectrum: Olfactory Sensory Input
Anjali Dziadzio (from Community Resources for People with Autism) relates an account of an autistic child recognizing her solely from her scent.
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The Autism Spectrum: Auditory Sensory Input
Anjali Dziadzio (from Community Resources for People with Autism) talks about how autistic children process auditory sensory input.
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The Autism Spectrum: Communicating Visually
Anjali Dziadzio (from Community Resources for People with Autism) demonstrates some techniques for visually communicating with autistic people.
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The Autism Spectrum: Common Sense
Anjali Dziadzio (from Community Resources for People with Autism) talks about how autism affects problem-solving skills and common sense.
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The Autism Spectrum: The Autistic Reaction to Wordplay
Anjali Dziadzio (from Community Resources for People with Autism) describes how autistic children have a difficult time with auditory input and verbal communication. She gives examples of how common expressions are misunderstood by autistic children.
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The Autism Spectrum: Communication with the Autistic
Anjali Dziadzio (from Community Resources for People with Autism) describes echolalia, the repetition of what others say, and gives examples of the different kinds of echolalia exhibited by autistic children.
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2002 NCIIA March Madness of the Mind: Axis Mountain Board
An E-Team from Hampshire College shows off the Axis Mountain Board, a device designed to bring the sport of mountain boarding to physically disabled individuals.
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2002 NCIIA March Madness of the Mind: Motorized Lifeguard E-Team
A video demonstration of the Motorized Lifeguard, an E-Team innovation on display at the 2002 March Madness of the Mind.
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Innovative Lives: Hal Walker - Girls and Space Education
Hal Walker talks about Mae Jemison, the first African American woman astronaut, with a group of young girls at the A-MAN Science Discovery & Learning Center. Also, footage of Mae Jemison discussing the reasons why she became an astronaut.
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Innovative Lives: Hal Walker - Additional Shuttle Footage
Students at the A-MAN Science Discovery and Learning Center (SD&L) prepare for a visit by Dr. Bernard Harris, the first African American person to walk in space. Also appearing is A-MAN President Bettye Walker.
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Innovative Lives: Hal Walker - Space Education
Hal Walker explains his involvement with junior high space education. Students describe the experience of witnessing a nighttime shuttle launch. Footage of Dr. Bernard Harris' space walk, the first space walk by an African American.
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Innovative Lives: Hal Walker - Lasers to the Moon
Hal Walker explains his role in the first lunar laser ranging experiment during the Apollo 11 mission. Students learn the principles behind laser ranging by hitting a lunar target at an interactive exhibit which mirrors the actual experiment.
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Innovative Lives: Hal Walker - Biography
Laser pioneer Hal Walker presents the story of how he became involved in science and the space program,to an audience of junior high school students.
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Rob Lemelson at the 2002 Lemelson-MIT Awards
Foundation trustee Rob Lemelson talks about how The Lemelson Foundation supports and promotes inventors and innovators in all stages of their careers, from "cradle to grave".
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Paul Gray at the 2002 Lemelson-MIT Awards
Dr. Paul Gray, former President and Chairman Emeritus of MIT, discusses how MIT fosters invention and innovation, and how The Lemelson Foundation has worked with MIT to improve the visibility and prestige of inventors and innovators.
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Biographical Profile of Dean Kamen
A biographical profile of Dean Kamen, President of DEKA Research & Development Corporation and the inventor of the Segway™ Human Transporter. Mr. Kamen was the recipient of the 2002 Lemelson-MIT Prize.
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Biographical Profile of Ruth Benerito
A biographical profile of Dr. Ruth Benerito, the woman credited with saving the American cotton industry in the post-war period by developing "easy-care" cotton. Dr. Benerito was the recipient of the 2002 Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award.
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2002 NCIIA March Madness of the Mind: Michael Spence
Keynote speaker, 2001 Nobel Laureate Michael Spence, discusses his research into the economics of markets with asymmetric information.
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The Autism Spectrum: Autism Defined
Anjali Dziadzio (from Community Resources for People with Autism) gives some background information on what autism is, and what it is not. Presented by Hampshire College as part of their Disability Seminars series.
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Steve Wozniak from the "Inventing Modern America" book launch
Steve Wozniak talks about his influences as an inventor and how important it is for technology to reflect human needs and ways of thinking.
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Innovative Lives: Harold Kroto discusses nanotubes
Harold Kroto explains the promise of nanotubes, a material constructed from Carbon 60.
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Innovative Lives: Harold Kroto's 30-Second Chemistry Lesson
A whirlwind tour of quantum theory, presented by Nobel Laureate Harold Kroto.
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Innovative Lives: Harold Kroto and the origin of Earth's carbon
Nobel Laureate Harold Kroto discusses how Earth's heavier elements, including carbon, are produced inside stars, and dispersed by supernovas.
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Innovative Lives: Harold Kroto relates Carbon 60 to a soccer ball
Harold Kroto explains how Carbon 60 is produced to a group of schoolchildren, as part of the Innovative Lives series. He goes on to explain how the structure of Carbon 60 is similar to a soccer ball.
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Innovative Lives: Harold Kroto reacts to terrorism
Nobel Laureate Harold Kroto reacts to the September 11th attacks, and discusses the origins of hatred and terrorism, and what can be done about them.
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Innovative Lives: Harold Kroto talks about symmetry
Harold Kroto discusses how the appreciation of symmetry has its origins in ancient times, as a prelude to his discussion of "buckyballs" or buckminsterfullerenes.
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Innovative Lives: Harold Kroto Introduction
Arthur Molella, director of The Lemelson Center at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History, introduces Nobel Laureate Harold Kroto in this lecture from the Innovative Lives series.
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Innovative Lives: Charles Townes
Nobel Laureate Charles Townes, the inventor of the laser, speaks to children about invention as part of the Innovative Lives series.
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A Tribute to Jerry Lemelson
Biographical portrait of Jerome Lemelson, founder of The Lemelson Foundation, and one of America's most prolific inventors.
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Biographical Profile of Raymond Kurzweil
A biographical profile of Raymond Kurzweil, artificial intelligence pioneer and 2001 Lemelson-MIT Prize winner.
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Biographical Profile of Raymond Damadian
A short biographical profile of Raymond Damadian, inventor of the first practical MRI and winner of the 2001 Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award.
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2Cam from "Frontiers in Education" Conference
The E-Team behind the "2Cam Rock Anchor", an environmentally friendly and safer alternative to conventional cam anchors for rock climbing, explains the process that led to its development.
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JackHeat from "Frontiers in Education" Conference
The JackHeat is a three-season, lightweight jacket that is self-heating during the winter. Here, the E-Team that developed the JackHeat explains its features.
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Robert Langer from the "Inventing Modern America" book launch
Robert Langer, biomedical engineer and 1998 Lemelson-MIT Prize winner, shares his inspiration as a young scientist.
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Raymond Kurzweil from the "Inventing Modern America" book launch
Raymond Kurzweil discusses how winning the Lemelson-MIT Prize changed his life.
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Brian Hubert from the "Inventing Modern America" book launch
Brian Hubert, 2001 Lemelson-MIT Awards student prize winner, talks about the way inventors view the world, and the inventor's role in developing technology and solving problems.
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Steve Wozniak from the "Inventing Modern America" book launch
Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer, on what motivates the "pure" inventor.
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Introduction to the "Inventing Modern America" book launch
Mert Flemming and Rob Lemelson introduce the panel at the "Inventing Modern America" book launch.
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Robert Langer from the "Inventing Modern America" book launch
Robert Langer, biomedical engineer and 1998 Lemelson-MIT Prize winner, discusses possible future advancements in medical technology.
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Raymond Kurzweil from the "Inventing Modern America" book launch
Raymond Kurzweil explores the similarities and differences between magic and technology.
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Brian Hubert from the "Inventing Modern America" book launch
Brian Hubert, winner of the 2001 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize, discusses some of the future applications he envisions for nanotechnology.
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Douglas Englebart from the "Inventing Modern America" book launch
Douglas Englebart talks about why he stopped at three buttons, in the development of the early computer mice.
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Wireless Digital Camera from "Frontiers in Education" Conference
An E-Team from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology shows off their invention - a digital camera that sends images directly to a computer using wireless technology.
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Underwater Lap Timer from "Frontiers in Education" Conference
An E-Team displays their invention - an underwater lap timer for swimmers.
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E-Teams at 2001 March Madness
An E-Team from MIT explains their invention at the 2001 March Madness of the Mind competition.
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