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Lecture: Wear a Hat to Keep Your Feet Warm, and Other Lessons from the Science of Dressing for Extreme Weather During World War II

Lemelson Center Fellow Rachel Gross, a PhD candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, discusses how Americans paradoxically invented and relied upon all kinds of high-tech inventions to escape the modern world and get “back to nature.”

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Podcast: Patti McGee and Di Dootson Rose, Pioneering Skateboarders

Patti McGee and Di Dootson Rose talk about their lives as women skateboarders and offer some insight on skateboarding's place in American culture.

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Podcast: Jacob Rosenberg Turns the Camera on Skateboarders

Jacob Rosenberg explores the skate world through his films.

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Podcast: W. Bernard Carlson Traces the Arc of Nikola Tesla's Electric Life, Part 2 (of 2)

The author of a new biography on Nikola Tesla offers insights into the legendary inventor's processes.

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Podcast: W. Bernard Carlson Traces the Arc of Nikola Tesla’s Electric Life, Part 1 (of 2)

W. Bernard Carlson, author of "Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age," talks about Nikola Tesla's life and work.

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Lecture by W. Bernard Carlson on Nikola Tesla

W. Bernard Carlson, author of "Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age," talks about Nikola Tesla's life and work during a program presented by the Lemelson Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.

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Podcast: Adam Harvey Counters Surveillance with Fashion

Artist-designer-inventor Adam Harvey explores the aesthetics of privacy.

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Podcast: Robin Logan and Cindy Whitehead, Pioneering Skateboarders

Robin Logan and Cindy Whitehead talk about their lives as two of the first professional women skateboarders and offer some insight on skateboarding’s place in American culture.

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Podcast: Bob Casey Spins Double Disks

DJ Bob Casey talks about introducing the dual turntable into the music scene in 1958.

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Podcast: Jim Colegrove Develops Carbon Fiber Bicycle Frames

Trek Bicycle senior composites manufacturing engineer Jim Colegrove describes the evolution of carbon fiber frames at Trek.

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Podcast: Law Professor Adam Mossoff Says Patent Wars Aren’t a New Thing

Adam Mossoff, professor of law at George Mason University, explores the sewing machine patent war of the 1850s and its parallels with contemporary patent wars.

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Podcast: Civil War Communications Technologies, Part 2 (of 2)

Jesse Heitz, King's College, London, describes the Confederacy’s use of ironclad ship technology and National Air and Space Museum curator Tom Crouch talks about prototypes for flying machines during the Civil War.

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Podcast: Civil War Communications Technologies, Part 1 (of 2)

John Miller, Georgia Institute of Technology, discusses the differences between the Union and the Confederacy in their approaches to telegraph technology and Joan Boudreau, curator of Graphic Arts at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, highlights the role of tabletop portable printing presses.

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Podcast: Political Machines - Innovations that Let the People be Heard, Part 2 (of 2)

Listen to highlights from "Political Machines: Innovations in Campaigns and Elections," the Lemelson Center’s 2012 New Perspectives on Invention and Innovation symposium, and an interview with POPVOX.com co-founder Rachna Choudhry.

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Podcast: Political Machines - Innovations in Campaigns and Elections, Part 1 (of 2)

Explore the intersection of technology and political advertising, campaigning, polling, and voting in this overview of the Lemelson Center’s 2012 New Perspectives on Invention and Innovation symposium.

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Podcast: Regina Lee Blaszczyk and the Color Revolution

Regina Blaszczyk traces the effects of inventions in colors on American businesses and consumer goods from cars and clothes to butcher shops.

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Podcast: Rock ‘n Roll Legend Graham Nash’s Inventive Approach to Art

Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Famer Graham Nash talks about digital photographic printing, art, and the invention process.

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Podcast: Innovation of Sound in Video Games

Jim Dooley talks about his process in composing music for modern video games. Also interviewed is Peter Berkman, lead songwriter from Anamanaguchi.

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