contemporary invention. we even have apple 1 up here, which is quite extraordinary. you'll see as we walk through the floor, the ways in which america has been so inventive and continues, that invention is one of the most important parts of our country. so let's walk through. >> as you come through, you start to see all these exhibitions that are focused on ways in which we have developed a new way of thinking, a new way of being, almost since time. here we have the value of money. which has the most extraordinary collection of gold and silver coins, paper, all of them are oriented in a way to help understand the role of money. as a matter of fact we end up with the bitcoin. so you can see over time how we understand value, trade, exchange as we go forward. and now we, we walk in to part of the show where we have american enterprise talking about the social and cultural history, which is really your history of capitalism, business, the common good. before we get to that, here's one of my most favorite object

he grew up thinking that he would become famous through his inventions and his inventions would make him a millionaire. he was born in new hampshire. and then moved to western massachusetts, which was really a hub for inventors. and his parents were sort of small farmers. and they lived, you know, a sort of hard scrabble life. this is his diary, from the 1930s. he graduates from high school in 1925. he has a very active imagination and mind. he couldn't afford to go to

dazer: he invented the cylinder format.might not realize that records were shaped like this originally. .his one is celluloid it's called indestructible because the early wax ones were early fragile. this one i could drop and it would suffer no ill effects. woulds would drop -- wax drop into one million pieces. the heyday of this piece was 1895 - 1915 or so. although in the 1920's, they would make cylinder machines with inside horns. he produced cylinders until 1929. he was loyal to his customers, providing them with cylinders. quotes,is most famous 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. you everything with hard work and was not afraid to do it. you show that as a young boy in the laboratory in his home, testing every statement made in a book about chemistry to see for himself if it was true or not. it just became important to him to have that work ethic. that she was working on the lightbulb, 1000 different compositions for the filament until he finally found the right one. again, hard work and sticking to it. that served hi

touches each and every one of us evey day of our lives" and here kids can see a host of products invented by blacks..including peanut butter, lawn mower, ice cream scooper, thermostat- and more -but this display is phase one1804"the first part gallery on the go, second part brick and mortar which will opn soon in the sherman park permanent gallery will not only feature aritfacts--but this212a place offering hands on experience 1756-1804"we are all creators we are all innovators, that is the spirit of america" 2707-2726" to see the people get excited, the studnets and the childrn th people who didnt know, i get excited about that" easy to see why--lessons in building and innovation- are the cornerstone of progress--1649-- 1658" ths inventions of the past its about creating the excitement for making thing which is s important for our children in the future " 2218-21"you get to learn a lot dont you..yes..do you have fun yes" and rtar "black inventors ick coming up-- soggy and muggy. jesse ritka is live at the wisconsin state fair... to tell us how the wet weather is impacting fairgoers. ? ?

you can imagine how many doors have been slammed on these inventers. they stay in the game because every now and then there are success stories of when that worked. >> reporter: for every success like snuggie -- >> enjoy a snack while staying smuggy and warm -- >> reporter: there are the in each produniche products that n get that traction. >> have more time to practice putting with the potty putter. >> i'm van, this is kirsten -- >> warm, approachable, a big smile, it's going >> reporter: the product? >> you're pie people. >> pie people, yes. pie people. >> this is kind of ingenious in that it's so basic that you wonder how come no one invented this before. that's the best stuff. >> what's your sweet spot? >> sweet spot is products that solve a common problem. >> every time i go to someone's house they say, my dog keeps pooping on the floor. >> if you've got a product that appeals to the widest audience, that you can demo, demo, demo, and that is unique, that's the window? >> well, it's anywhere from $10 to $39.99. it has been for a while. >> first th

who invented the wave? >> guillermo: mexico did. 1986. [ cheers and applause ] >> it was another world cup. >> jimmy: not exactly a google search by the way. wave. what is the difference? >> jimmy: well, there are mexican people doing it i guess is the only difference. but i think -- i've heard that it was invented in like 1981 up in northern california and washington, in those areas, which is before 1986. thank you! [ cheers and applause ] >> no. they were not playing soccer in 1981 in northern california and washington. >> jimmy: i didn't say it was for soccer. it's for football. the real football. [ cheers and applause ] the one where you do this. >> no, no. if that's the real football, why do they play it with their hands? [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: good point. >> don't get me started. >> jimmy: oh, you don't like football? >> i love football. >> jimmy: you love football? >> yes, yes. >> jimmy: i don't want to fight, i feel this was our first fight, it's exciting in a way. >> i like it. >> jimmy:

dazer: he invented the cylinder format.t not realize that records were shaped like this originally. this one is celluloid. it's called indestructible because the early wax ones were early fragile. this one i could drop and it would suffer no ill effects. shatter into one million pieces. the heyday of this piece was 1895 to 1915 or so. although in the 1920's, they would make cylinder machines with inside horns. he produced cylinders until 1929. he was loyal to his customers, providing them with cylinders. as late as one of his most 1929. geniuses --s, genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. he knew that everything with hard work and was not afraid to do it. you show that as a young boy in the laboratory in his home, where he was testing every statement made in a book about chemistry to see for himself if it was true or not. it just became important to him to have that work ethic. that she was working on the lightbulb, 1000 different compositions for the filament until he finally found the right one. again, hard work a

he grew up thinking that he would become famous through his inventions and his inventions would make him a millionaire. he was born in new hampshire. and then moved to western massachusetts, which was really a hub for inventors. and his parents were sort of small farmers. and they lived, you know, a sort of hard scrabble life. this is his diary, from the 1930s. he graduates from high school in 1925. he has a very active imagination and mind. he couldn't afford to go to college, but again, he thinks about becoming this inventor. and he keeps a notebook, actually, he keeps several notebooks and we have them at the museum. this is invention diary and sketch book where he's recording his ideas. earl tupper, shirley, massachusetts. and then -- i think this is so fascinating, this first page starts with my purpose in life. and he really outlines sort of his goals for his career as an inventor. and then goes on and on. this diary is from the 1930s, as i said, and it really is -- he's inventing and trying to start a business inventing in probably the worst moment in american history, which i

we have the telephone invented in 1876. we have the television set, partly invented here in san francisco by philo farnsworth and then look what we have hidden down here, the refrigerator, which eliminated the contamination of food. here we have the golden gate bridge, an example of the, tremendous investment in infrastructure that made our economy grow so fast in theow middle of the 20th century. this bridge was finished in 1937. >> the golden gate is bridged! >> reporter: put them all together and, says gordon, there's been no comparablele stretch of economic growth, before or since. >> here is the basic point of my book. the early 20th century, the middle of the 20th century between 1920 and 1970, and all the years since then. and the role of innovation and technology is that black area at the bottom. and when we highlight it we see that in the middle of the 20th century we were growing three times faster than in the last 40 years. >> reporter: and not only were the really big inventions already on the market by 1970; th

i think about all of the inventions, publications and print of material that have come before the inventionsee whether the application meets the standards set forth in title 35 that covers what a patent -- the patent laws. there is new and useful and nonobvious and i make the determination whether the patent application meets that and is entitled to a patent. that is usually a give-and-take between the office and the inventor or their representative to establish what the boundaries are of the patent that we would issue. host: do you hold a patent? i do, wireless gaming technology. before that, i was an electrical engineer for honeywell. we will be talking about this for the next 45 minutes. we have a special line for inventors and patent holders. deborah is in elizabethtown, pennsylvania, and inventor. caller: i want to be an inventor. i am older and i don't know how to draw diagrams but i know how to make my invention in a model situation. houses fromp burning during a forest fire. how you getow going, how do you go to get a patent? how much does it cost? guest: great question. one reason

it's an invention some say is changing the whole idea of television. >> there's so many inventions wherean trace their success back to the smashing of a limitation and the vcr smashed the limitation of time. >> most people use vcrs for what they call time shifting. say this sunday is your parents' 50th wedding anniversary. but you can't miss the steelers. what you do is set the timer on your recorder, pop in a tape and watch the steelers when you get home. it just changed the paradigm of television. >> the makers of tv programs and movies shown on television claim their films lose their rerun value when they're recorded on home videotape recorders and then played later. the movie studio said this violated the copyright laws and they sued the home recorder manufacturers for allegedly instigating widespread in the home law-breaking. >> you cannot have high class entertainment if 50 million taping machines are out there in an unauthorized fashion with no compensation to owners, taking from them what rightfully belongs to them. >> the supreme court today answered a multi billion dollar busin

one of these inventions is the next multi-million dollar idea. we're going to visit these dreamers. here's abc's nick watt. >> this is really nice. their young lives. >> a little bit nervous. probably more excited. >> yeah. >> reporter: right now van, air force vet, works in construction. she's a dental assistant. but they've come up with an invention -- >> i mean, it is all on the line now. >> reporter: -- that could revolutionize an american institution and make them rich. makes two pies in one. >> this would be huge. this would be our thing. this would be -- i'm near speechless of how big this event and how much it would m if this would be successful. >> good morning, san diego! >> reporter: welcome to the response expo. >> for 10 bucks you're getting 10 man kules. >> unlimited hairstyles. >> reporter: the telebrands pitch-a-thons of "as seen on tv" logo fame. kristin and van vying for a slot with the mother of inventors. >> i'm the inventor of fact

and you know, it's again when you invent things-- well, you don't invent things. but when you bring new things into a society, you can either, it's like the balance of the force. you can either use it for good or you can use it for evil. and what happens when there is something new, people have a tendency to overdo it. they abuse it. there were two things that got abused with "star wars." and may still be abused. one, when "star wars" came out everybody said oh, it's a silly movie t is just a bunch of space battles and stuff. it's not real. there is nothing behind it i said well there is stuff behind it. there is more to it, than that. it's much, much more complicated than ta. but nobody would listen. so he said fine. so the spaceships and that part of the science fantasy, whatever, got terribly abused. everybody went out and made spaceship movies. and they were all horrible and lost tons of money. and you say well, there is more to it than that. you can't just go out and do spaceships. and the other part was the -- which is the technology, which is oh, we'll just

he invented life-style in that sense. insisted on detail reporting. >> rose: insisted on detail. >> oh yeah, yeah. >> rose: and he loved the defining profiles. >> he loved that. he loved the high end glamour of it. he loved picking up a check. he loved going to that restaurant. he had great great style and that drew not only writers to him but celebrities who want to be covered by him. he had great access. >> rose: can you make an argument that southerners had anything special in this world that we're talking about. >> well at the risk of sounding like a relentless kiss-ass they seem to have a lot more charm and style in my business anyway. there were many great great, the southern editors are famously success until. >> rose: from -- >> from duke and old miss. yes, they're all from down there. >> rose: hunter thompson. >> yes. >> rose: tell me about the man you knew. >> well, he was misunderstood, i think, because he had a persona that he loved so much that he had trouble taking it all, i think. in private he could be ver

i wish i had invented uber. t the same time travis and his partner were standing --it was invented at the base of the eiffel tower. i was giving a speech about how there will be amazing companies founded based on smartphones google maps and gps. but i didn't figure out what the app was. the next one will be built on a machine intelligence platform. it will use very rapid iterations. i don't know what the app is. charlie rose: in terms of how smart machines are becoming, we xpress fears about people like elon musk and larry and bill gates, the idea is there is some danger from machines becoming so smart and so human and uncontrollable that they provide threat to the planet. schmidt: these people have been atching a lot of movies. elon backed up his concern -- charlie rose: that's steven hawking, too. concernon backed up his over this very important issue by investing $1 billion in a competitor to piedmont. you never say never. but let's go through what is needed to make that scenario happen. we are still learning

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do an invented world. charlie: marlon james is the author of the book of women.hanks for being here. >> thinks for having me. charlie: back in a moment. stay with us. ♪ charlie: julian barnes is here. he has said of his writing, if there is a single theme running throughout his work, it is the elusiveness of truth. the subjectivity of memory, the relativity of all knowledge. book, the prize for 2011 his new novel is called the noise of time. ofis a fictionalized account the life under stalin. i am pleased to have him at this table again. let's talk about serious stuff here. what does lester mean to you? >> it is incredible. my football club, soccer as you call it, never having won anything. we finally won the premiership. it's not even david and goliath, it's a tiny little figure. it is bigger than that. it has comic sidebars to it. a lot of has been famous for two things. discovered. and the city won the premiership. inery enterprising publisher britain, there will be lots of books about it. has been used in richard the third. beating ye manchester united. charl

it ways henriquez-robertsry clay who invented the term a self-made man, and lincoln borrowed that as his own idea of himself lincoln she was known as a child among her family, as a

doctors told us that caleb's life expectancy but then a new medication was invented that not only treated the symptoms of cystic fibrosis, but targeted the disease. the only problem was is that it wasn't approved to be used in the united states. but michael bennet changed that. working with republicans, michael bennet wrote a law to get medicine and treatments approved quicker. caleb just celebrated 5 years being hospital-free. he doesn't have to think about his disease every day. getting married, graduating from college. those were dreams that we hoped for, but now i see them as a reality. i feel very fortunate to have somebody representing us that cares so much. i'm michael bennet, and i'm proud to approve this message.

he invented the transistor, won the nobel prize in 1956. he donated his sperm to the eyeglasses guy. shockley had been this physics genius, but by the time he was talking to newspapers in the '70s about him happily making deposits in the eyeglass mogul's elite sperm bank, by then, william shockley was kind of a different guy. he was a man who had given up physics, in order to devote himself full time to spreading the news about the inherent genetic inferiority and intellectual incapacity of black people. in his later years, shockley became devoted to the idea that african americans were socially inferior and it was genetic. they were genetically inferior human beings because of their race. william shockley said society should pay people with low iqs to sterilize themselves. he did a lot in science, but he was also, by the end of his life, a full on racist yujen sift. who was trying to propagate his own sperm at an elite sperm bank, instead of all the inferior sperm that was out there in the world messing up the gene pool. and he ended up be

the invention come in 25 years old today. >> happy internet day. here's a look at the first webpage it went public on augus. internet uses exploded lesson 1 percent in 199540 percent today. here's a man they held for it. he invented the platform back in the is trending on twitter. it looks high-tech at the time. looking back, the retailers retailer's early days on the world wide web, certainly a lot is changed in the last 25 years. still trying to master the internet. we had phonebooks are now there is not a phone book. and pagers, that's right. you don't need to travel to the on a riverboat. >> you don't even need to leave the metro area. or you can hop aboard the first riverboat. a war of words between the various thomas and panthers player. which one off the field battle and how? i'm dave fraser, live radar showing some rain showers trying to get going in denver. if you look over here to the left, that is snow. more boat owners in colorado per capita. then went to cherry creek has the story next time you head out to cherry creek reservoir, you n

you don't invent technology and then figure out what to do with it. you come up with an artistic problem, and then you have to invent the technology to accomplish it. it is the opposite of what most people think it is. art on all levels is just technology. , people will say monkeys could do paintings. they can't really. they can do scribblings. they can do what my 2-year-old does. if you want to say, i want to convey and emotion to another human being -- and emotion to another human being, that is something only human beings can do. animals can do it by biting your face off. to do it and a play or a story, or in poetry, or anything in the arts, you have to be a human being. charlie: we talked about artists, filmmaker, innovator, director, storyteller. george: director is just someone who has got a fetish with making the world the way he wants it to be. sort of narcissistic. charlie: that is you? george: all directors. they are vaguely like emperors, which is, i want to build society to reflect me and what i want. the great thing about it -- you don't

office, which s is kind of the exemplar invented y basically the game in a sense from the institutional investment perspective. one of their secrets to success getting off the bus one stop too early rather that ne stop too late but takes a lot of courage. and you know, most investors lack courage because they focus career risk and there's a whole principal agent problem there. furthermore, once you say no to fund, you're forever in that gp's bad graces. >> right. and we all have examples, i'll say i wrote a blog a long epistemologyed the of investing. why do we believe what we believe. what justifies our beliefs? what made me think of that when to the xl i said no facebook fund twice when i was as rinceton and once again they were raising. everything in that moment said that was an easy no and boom greatest p one of the personaer and i've been nongrata, not explicitly but speedsay i'm not on their dial. >> andy, us v has famously returns.l but speaking more broadly, this is a very funky market. how do vcs turn their paper into cash on cash returns? it's not really up to us. we don't hav

brazilians love soccer and volleyball and combined 2 sports to invent foot bally. and we'll take a step back in time to a magical place in rio where presidents, poets and even the queen of england have dined. i'm joe amorosino. it wasn't the olympic debut that rio. losing that match in the round of 32 last wednesday gave him something to think about. dersh wits is heading home with his head held high. >> reporter: for many people attending harvard is a dream for 25 year old eli he put that dream on hold in order to pursue the olympic podium. it's been called physical chess. 2 people, 2 swords, one winner. >> it takes physical and mental dominance in order to win or to be the best or to be a champion. >> reporter: and eli has worked hard to master boat. >> i'm excited about seeing where my hard work can get me. >> reporter: the sherborn native >> as a kid you see people with metal swords in their hands and they don't get in trouble. i didn't see why any kid wouldn't want to do it. >> reporter: after finishing his freshmen year at harvard university he made the decis

he was four years old when it was invented. at 12, it was still relatively new. he really wanted to learn it badly. he made his own connected between his own house and a couple of neighbors. he was not proficient and his equipment was cobbled from junk. it was in michigan on his way to , detroit, he was acting as a news butcher and he saw the three-year-old son of the station master playing on the track. a boxcar was rolling toward him. nobody set the break or something. he ran and saved the kid just in time and ingratitude, mr. mackenzie thought tom, or al as he went by as a use, taught him more's code properly. in two months, he had become proficient enough to get his first job as an operator in downtown port huron. it was more of a general store. they sold everything. he lasted there six months. he was not a good employee. he tinkered with all the equipment, he broke the tools. after about six months, they parted ways. mr. walker always had nice things to say. he went to stratford junction , ontario and got a job as , telegraph agent. he ended up moving all ov