July 2009 - In this month's newsletter from The Lemelson Center at the Smithsonian Institute, center director Arthur Molella explores the symbiosis between music and invention – from the early days of synthesized music nearly a 100 years ago to the ubiquitous iPod and musical "mashups" of today.

Read the full Lemelson Center newsletter here: http://invention.smithsonian.org/downloads/e-prototype_jul09.pdf