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Chuck Hoberman’s inventions show how basic principles of geometry help him create extraordinarily strong, expandable structures.This video could be used for math classes, architecture, and art classes.
Running time 2:29 minutes
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Our lives today are dependent upon a bewildering amount of technology, much of which we take for granted. Indeed, some of that technology is so pervasive that we forget it even is technology.
Perhaps that's one reason why so many have forgotten the name of Serbian-born inventor Nikola Tesla.
Tesla endured a frightening number of injustices during his lifetime. This is a story about Tesla, one of his inventions, and his extraordinary generosity, in hopes that he will not face the additional injustice of being forgotten by history. (10:00)
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Our lives today are dependent upon a bewildering amount of technology, much of which we take for granted. Indeed, some of that technology is so pervasive that we forget it even is technology.
Perhaps that's one reason why so many have forgotten the name of Serbian-born inventor Nikola Tesla.
Tesla endured a frightening number of injustices during his life. This is a story about Tesla, one of his inventions, and his extraordinary generosity, in hopes that he will not face the additional injustice of being forgotten by history. (10:00)
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Our lives today are dependent upon a bewildering amount of technology, much of which we take for granted. Indeed, some of that technology is so pervasive that we forget it even is technology.
Perhaps that's one reason why so many have forgotten the name of Serbian-born inventor Nikola Tesla.
Tesla endured a frightening number of injustices during his life. This is a story about Tesla, one of his inventions, and his extraordinary generosity, in hopes that he will not face the additional injustice of being forgotten by history. (10:00)
Found by teresahopson in Tesla, Nikola
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Our lives today are dependent upon a bewildering amount of technology, much of which we take for granted. Indeed, some of that technology is so pervasive that we forget it even is technology.
Perhaps that's one reason why so many have forgotten the name of Serbian-born inventor Nikola Tesla.
Tesla endured a frightening number of injustices during his life. This is a story about Tesla, one of his inventions, and his extraordinary generosity, in hopes that he will not face the additional injustice of being forgotten by history. (10:00)
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Who was Leonardo da Vinci? What did he do? Why is he famous? What were some of his most famous artworks? What were some of his inventions? When and where did he live? Learn the answers to all these questions and more with this brief, child-friendly introduction to the ultimate Renaissance Man, Leonardo da Vinci.
Did you know that the main music in this video was written by a friend of da Vinci's? It's true! Franchinus Gaffurius was an Italian composer and a personal friend of Leonardo da Vinci. He wrote choral and religious music, and you can hear two of his pieces in the background of this video. (05:02)
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This 27-minute video is a tribute to minority inventors touches upon many inventions that have contributed to American science, technology, and medicine. This video has several segments that explain the inventions and the inventor. Excellent video to motivate students that inventions that improved society come from all peoples. This is narrated by Ossie Davis. (27:11)
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In this video clip, learn about who inspired Henry Ford to get into the car business and also see why motorized wheels has been called one of the greatest inventions in modern history. (4:16)
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In this video, Dale Dougherty explain his big plans to improve education through a hands-on curriculum.The piece shows various technology projects in a pilot program where students are encouraged to create their own inventions. Students are interviewed , and they show projects such as a solar lunchbox. ( 5:40)
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(04:18) At the end of our last video, we asked, “What spurs the growth of new ideas?”
To answer that, we’ll tell you two stories.
The first is about a man named John Kay.
He created the flying shuttle, one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution. His shuttle improved looms, and made it possible to produce clothes quicker and more cheaply. This allowed larger numbers of people to have new, clean clothes, and it made fashion something that was no longer just for the rich. But what did he get for his efforts?
Well, the weavers who were threatened by his invention broke the improved looms and his house was burned down. He eventually fled to France, fearing for his life, and eventually died there, a poor man.
Our second story paints a completely different picture.
It’s about a man almost everyone knows: Steve Jobs.
Like Kay, Steve Jobs was also an innovator, pioneering products like the iPod, iTunes, iPhone, and the iPad. For his efforts, he earned not only money but recognition as well. Unlike John Kay, Steve Jobs became an icon, celebrated for his achievements in the world.
Why such a stark difference between these two men?
When we examine the differences between John Kay and Steve Jobs, we’re also looking at the thing that either dooms an idea or allows it to prosper. This vital factor is institutions, which serve as the soil where ideas are planted.
Depending on the quality of said soil, the ideas either take root, or they shrivel into nothingness.
To understand how this is, think of the institutions in the United States today.
The US has institutions that encourage the germination and growth of ideas. If you’re an entrepreneur, America has incubators and investors, ready to fund your idea if it’s a good one. In the US, you also have recourse to laws that protect your idea, not to mention a culture that celebrates innovators. And, if your idea’s a good one, the market will handsomely reward you.
To tell you the truth, John Kay could only have dreamed of institutions like the ones we have today.
As you can see, good institutions can mean the difference between an idea withering and an idea thriving.
While it may seem like ideas grow at random, the truth is you need a set of key ingredients, or what we call “institutions.”
In the next video, we’ll see how patents affect the growth of ideas, and we’ll examine the trade-offs between protecting and sharing ideas. Last, we’ll also look at the role the government can play, in providing a stable environment where ideas can flourish.
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'History of the internet' is an animated documentary explaining the inventions from time-sharing to filesharing, from Arpanet to Internet. The clip shows a brief overview of this history and shall animate people to go on discovering the history of the internet.
The history is told with help of the PICOL icons - PICOL standing for PIctorial COmmunication Language and is a project to find a standard and reduced sign system for electronic communication.
History of the Internet has been posted on more than one thousand blogs, and viewed morethan 1.5 million times on YouTube.
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This workshop examines the relationship between reading and writing in
the middle grades. Literacy expert Nadeen Ruiz discusses the
connections, conventions, and inventions that provide a framework for
teaching writing, illustrated by classroom examples.
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Leonardo da Vinci is credited with designing inventions like the tank, diving suits, and even a flying machine centuries ahead of their time. But new evidence suggests a different story. (23:29)
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June 26, 2013 at 07:13 PM
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(08:07) Growth on the cutting edge is all about the creation of new ideas.
So, we want institutions that incentivize such creation. How do we do this? The answer is somewhat tricky.
The first goal for good ideas is for them to spread as freely as possible. The further the reach, the greater the gains. The problem is, if just anyone can use ideas, then why would we ever pay for them? And without the right incentives, why would innovators create new ideas at all?
Imagine yourself as the creator of a new drug. Typically, it costs about a billion dollars to do this, not counting the time and effort needed, to get the drug FDA-approved.
Now, if there were no protections in place, then theoretically, once the formula’s known, everyone could just copy the make-up of your new drug. See, the thing about pharmaceuticals is, once the formula’s known, production is relatively cheap. Given that, let’s assume imitations start flooding the market.
Predictably, the price of your new drug will plummet.Once prices hit rock-bottom, you’ll have no way to recoup the $1 billion you spent on R&D.Given that kind of result, we reckon you probably won’t want to develop more good ideas.The US founding fathers anticipated this problem. Knowing that innovators needed incentives to have good ideas, the founders wrote a protection mechanism into the Constitution.
They gave Congress the ability to grant exclusive rights to inventors—rights to use and sell their inventions, for a limited period of time. This exclusive right, is what we call a patent. Patents grant inventors a temporary monopoly over the use and sale of their intellectual property.
Now, as nice as this is, patents are a thorny subject.
For one, how long should patents last? Also, how much innovation is considered enough to merit a patent grant? Not to mention, are patents the only way to reward good ideas?
The answer is no.
There are two more incentive options here: prizes, and subsidies.
Let’s start with subsidies. University and research subsidies are particularly effective in the basic sciences. Since innovations in this space are rather abstract, subsidies incentivize research without requiring the applications of the research to be explicitly named. The problem is, when we’re incentivizing just research, then researchers might pick directions that are interesting, but not particularly useful.
This is why the third incentive option—prizes—exists.
Prizes reward the output of solving a certain problem. Another plus, is that prizes leave solutions unspecified. They provide a problem to work on, but give quite a lot of leeway as to how the problem is solved.
Now, knowing the complexity inherent in patents, you might think that prizes and subsidies are good enough alternatives. But none of these incentives for ideas, are inherently better than any of the others. Patents, prizes, and subsidies all involve their own tradeoffs and questions.
For example, who decides what gets subsidized? Who decides which goals merit a prize?
It’s hard to determine what mix of institutions, will best incentivize the production of good ideas. Patents, prizes, and subsidies all navigate these conflicting goals, in their own way.
And yes, all this talk of incentives and conflicting goals and tradeoffs might be like walking a tightrope. But, it’s a tightrope we can’t opt out of. Certainly not if we want the economy to keep growing.
In our next release, you’ll watch a TED talk from a certain economist that elaborates further on ideas. And then, we’ll wrap up this course segment with the Idea Equation. Stay tuned!
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What do you think the house of the future will be like? This short, three minute video will touch on the visions and inventions we THOUGHT would be reality by the year 2010, like the personal robot, self cleaning dishes, and levitating frying pan.
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March 26, 2010 at 06:05 PM
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Today we are talking about 3 scientists who, through their collective inventions and discoveries, have saved millions of lives. (09:50)
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This one minute biography touches on the most important works of DaVinci including his art and inventions.
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February 11, 2011 at 10:43 PM
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In this video we'll try to answer the following questions: How rich where the Aztecs? Where did the Aztecs live? Did the Aztecs disappear?
Who were the Aztecs? Are the Mexicans Aztecs? What was the government like in the Aztec civilization? How did Aztecs enforced their laws? What are some inventions made by the Ancient Aztecs?
What did Aztec warriors look like? How did Aztecs rise to power?
What are the best Aztec facts? What is the best Aztec documentary? (09:31)
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July 8, 2018 at 12:19 PM
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This nine minute video provides an overview of how
George Eastman impacted photography with his inventions. He also created the camera which he called Kodak and was first offered for
sale in 1888 and in the 1900s he created the Brownie a small and inexpensive cameras that was actually created for children it
was sold for a dollar. The end of the video needs to be carefully reviewed as it drifts from the topic.
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The Life of Alexander Graham Bell Part 6/6 - Learn about the legacy of Alexander Graham Bell. In this video you will learn about other inventions of Alexander Graham Bell, such as the metal detector. (03:12)
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This video provides a brief overview of his life and inventions. It does not go into his failures or his work with Henry Ford and leanings to the Germans. (01:51)
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This four-minute video reviews student created inventions and includes an interview with some of these inventors years later. Should be motivating for students.
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This short video gives 10 quick facts about microwave ovens. Some of the facts include who invented microwave ovens, frequency, no plastics, safety, and radar range. Content is appropriate for middle school students and they will enjoy this fast paced video. This would be a good resource for studying about inventors and/or inventions. (00:43)
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In this short video, students will learn about the vocabulary word "property". Property is defined as 1. refers to something owned, 2. chemical: describes an object's or substance's ability to change into something new, 3. intellectual: consists of creations of the mind such as inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, 4. commutative: 2+3 = 3+2, and 5. associative: (3+1) +2 = 3 + (1+2). This is a good resource to introduce this concept into the elementary classroom. (01:29)
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November 15, 2011 at 08:01 PM
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This three-minute video shows how a pinball machine is made. It shows students how complicated such a machine is and teachers may use it to show how many inventions were needed to make it a come to life.
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