Beyond Words
Lisa Lindahl, Hinda Miller, and Polly Palmer Smith invented the now-ubiquitous sports bra in the 1970s.
Beyond Words
Contemporary inventors in diverse fields are committed to "inventing green." Here are a few of their stories . . .
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This short-form video presented by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation and SportTechie challenges viewers to ask what were the innovations that stadiums got right and which ones missed their mark. This video is part of the new Game Changers exhibition that is scheduled to open at the National Museum of American History in the fall of 2022.
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Grand Stands: Stadium Technology and the New Fan Experience, explores how design innovations and new interactive technologies elevate the fan experience and build community at three of the world’s newest stadium projects: SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, California; seven new stadiums and a major renovation in Doha, Qatar; and the Chase Center in San Francisco, California.
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Basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar also writes books about invention for kids.
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The Lemelson Center and SportTechie collaborated to produce IMPACT, featuring interviews with representatives from the NFL and the Pro Football Hall of Fame, professors and engineers from helmet research labs at Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia, helmet manufacturers Vicis and Riddell, and former NFL players Shawn Springs and Eric Winston.
Symposia & Conferences
We are being watched. How did our surveillance society emerge, and what is the effect of ubiquitous surveillance on our everyday lives?
Symposia & Conferences
We are being watched. How did our surveillance society emerge, and what is the effect of ubiquitous surveillance on our everyday lives?
Symposia & Conferences
We are being watched. How did our surveillance society emerge, and what is the effect of ubiquitous surveillance on our everyday lives?
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Jeff Brodie, Deputy Director of the Lemelson Center, discussed the Center's multiyear effort to study invention, sport, technology, and society on the SportTechie podcast.
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Missed Military Invention Day 2017? Here are some highlights from this great festival—mark your calendars for 2018!
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This session at SXSWedu in March 2017 was rated as one of the five best. Listen to what Lemelson Center head of education Tricia Edwards had to say about teaching the “4Cs of 21st Century Skills” in dynamic ways.
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Alexis Lewis, a teenage inventor with a patent to her name and more likely on the way, wants children across the country to know that an inventor isn’t something you have to be when you grow up; they can be one now. From Smithsonian.com (2015)
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On 16 February 2017, the Lemelson Center, the USPTO, and the Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property hosted a panel discussion that explored the history of innovation and the broader social, political, and legal context in which it occurred in the late nineteenth century in the United States. Speakers adressed the historical role of patents, research-intensive startups, litigation, and licensing in an important period of disruptive innovation.
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Dr. Lonnie Johnson has devoted his life to solving some of the world’s most complex technological problems.
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During World War II, Higgins Industries grew to over 20,000 workers to meet demand.
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Highlights of Make48, the 48 hour invent-a-thon challenge, 10-12 June 2016, in collaboration with the Lemelson Center. Video by Alden Miller of Alchemy.
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Author and former Lemelson Center fellow Sarah Kate Gillespie discusses her new book on the history of the daguerreotype.
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MIT Media Lab's Hugh Herr explains to Wired.com how he looks to nature when developing new bionic appendages. The amputee and avid rock climber discusses how his biomechatronics division is pioneering the technologies that aim to augment human physical capabilities.
