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Beyond Words

Inventive Minds: Inventors of the Sports Bra

Lisa Lindahl, Hinda Miller, and Polly Palmer Smith invented the now-ubiquitous sports bra in the 1970s.

Beyond Words

Inventing Green: Inventor Profiles

Contemporary inventors in diverse fields are committed to "inventing green." Here are a few of their stories . . .

Beyond Words

Innovative Lives: Quickie Wheelchair Inventor Marilyn Hamilton

Marilyn Hamilton, co-inventor of the Quickie wheelchair, speaks about her life as an athlete and inventor.

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12 Game-Changing Stadiums in History

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

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.

Beyond Words

Innovative Lives: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar also writes books about invention for kids.

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IMPACT: The Evolution of Football Helmets

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

Inventing the Surveillance Society: Panel 2 and Roundtable Discussion

We are being watched. How did our surveillance society emerge, and what is the effect of ubiquitous surveillance on our everyday lives?

Symposia & Conferences

Inventing the Surveillance Society: Fact and Fiction

We are being watched. How did our surveillance society emerge, and what is the effect of ubiquitous surveillance on our everyday lives?

Symposia & Conferences

Inventing the Surveillance Society: Keynote and Panel 1

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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SportTechie Podcast: Lemelson Center Deputy Director Jeff Brodie

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.

Beyond Words

Military Invention Day 2017 Highlights

Missed Military Invention Day 2017? Here are some highlights from this great festival—mark your calendars for 2018!

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SXSWedu Podcast: Inspiring Student Innovation through Competitions

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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Teenage Inventor Alexis Lewis Thinks That Kids Have the Solutions to the World’s Problems

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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America as a Place of Innovation: Great Inventors and the Patent System

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.

Beyond Words

Innovative Lives: Lonnie Johnson

Dr. Lonnie Johnson has devoted his life to solving some of the world’s most complex technological problems.

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New Orleans, Louisiana: Higgins Boats

During World War II, Higgins Industries grew to over 20,000 workers to meet demand.

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Make48 at the Lemelson Center

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.

Beyond Words

Video Lecture: The Early American Daguerreotype

Author and former Lemelson Center fellow Sarah Kate Gillespie discusses her new book on the history of the daguerreotype.

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