as an influence on your ideas, they do get heard. >> jack is the thomas edison of our time. can you share your back story. >> i'm looking to adapt it to different diseases. what is cool is it's like a platform for the detection of a biological agent. alzheimer's, other forms of cancer, h.i.v. aids and heart disease. it's definitely interesting, and i'm still figuring it [ clapping ] >> >> what a cool kid. what is next for jack? >> jack is working on this big x prize, the tricore x prize, a device that senses many diseases wrapped into an iphone size thing. cool. that could change the medical landscape. this kid is on it. >> he has an amazing team of incredible. >> if he has done that much at 16, who knows what he'll do by 56. that kid makes me feel lacy. >> let's get -- lazy. >> let's get to it. >> he's a huge inspiration. i'm excited to see what he has in store. i'm excited to get back in the field. there's incredible medical marr store. >> "techknow"'s world never stops. dive deep into these stories and go behind the scenes. follow the expert contributors on twitter, faceb

one year prior, in 1955, congress had established thomas edison's home as a national historic site. six years later edison's national historic site legislation combined two into a unit of the national park system. recently the laboratory complex underwent an extensive renovation and had a grand opening in 2009 to welcome america to explore two new floors of the laboratory that were previously closed to the public. the museum's collections at edison's national historic park are by far the largest single body of edison-related material in existence and it is the third largest museum collection in the national park service. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. grijalva: do you need additional time? mr. payne: just to close. mr. grijalva: i yield an additional 30 seconds, mr. chairman. the chair: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. payne: thomas edison would appreciate this bipartisan bill which could turn out the lights , this partisan bill, excuse me, that will turn out the lights on our future national monuments that honor innovators such as him

. >> do you see yourself as a modern-day thomas edison?g to do something slightly different. edison's labs were really about one guy, thomas edison. what i am trying to do is create an environment and company that is about lots of inventors. i am not on every patent. i am not the inventor here. >> but this place is not just about inventing. patents are at the core of the business. he has amassed so much intellectual property that the press sometimes calls him a patent troll. >> they say this is unfair, nathan is out there acquiring all these patents on everything. how can i create anything when i have to pay a heavy fee to a company like intellectual ventures because they have the patent on it? >> there are companies that have gotten used to not paying. they have gotten used to a situation where a university owns that or a little start up owns it. a start up will never come after us. so, it's okay. we can stiff them. >> as ceo, how much time does nathan really get in the kitchen? >> it is only a fraction of what we do. most of the reason i

it ceo of thomas edison say might have been prevented if more people had called in sooner. more than 60 injured in the explosion that flattened two apartment buildings. this occurred 15 minutes after someone first reported smelling gas. >> the massive effort to find a missing malaysian jet is focused hundreds of miles from where the first search began. >> the u.s. navy ship has been brought in to aid in the search. is live with more on the search. >> what continues to be a mind-boggling mystery. how could this lane just vanished. the new evidence the plane may have in fact turned sharply westward toward india and remained airborne for four or five hours after the last contact. finding flight 370 is already like looking for a needle in a haystack, and today the haystack out a lot bigger. >> new information is not necessarily conclusive, but it may be in the indian ocean. >> a u.s. naval destroyer is heading far west of the current search area. u.s. investigators reportedly relayed a satellite think the plane may have stayed in the air 45 hours after its last confirmed contac

. >> thomas edison went there to have a finger taken care of. eleanor roosevelt. what did they have back then? aspirin? >>> if you go for a screening, you really should. coming up next, how we are now, they say, one step closer to a completely noninvasive colon screening. the details are straight ahead. test. test. test. >>> there's a possible breakthrough for colon cancer patients as the fda approves a any dna-screens test. dr. samadi, how important in this? i can't stress it enough, get a colonoscopy. it is so important. it's such an avoidable disease. >> yes, 140,000 americans diagnosed with colon cancer every year, 50,000 die from this. you're right. it's the second leading cause of cancer deaths. this new dna-based colon screening test that just is coming in under approval by fda is extremely important. exact science corp is the name. a lot of people always ask -- the actual test will be called colo-guard. it's based on a stool test. if there's any there's any cancer, it will shed some cells that will go if the stool and we can find out if there's any cancer

. >> 1848 -- thomas edison was there to have a finger. >> what did they have? >> eleanor roosevelt. >> go for a screening, you don't, you really should. up next, we'll hear how we are one step closer to a completely nonevasive colon screening. the details on that straight ahead. mine was earned in korea in 1953. afghanistan, in 2009. orbiting the moon in 1971. [ male announcer ] once it's earned, usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protecon. and because usaa'commitment to serve current and former military members andheir families is without equal. begin your legacy. get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve. ♪ ♪ ♪ . . >>> there's a possible breakthrough for colon cancer patients as the fda approves a any dna-screens test. dr. samadi, how important in this? i can't stress it enough, get a colonoscopy. people say they don't want to do it, but it is so important. it's such an avoidable disease. >> yes, 140,000 americans diagnosed with colon cancer every year, 50,000 d

classic lincoln. [ applause ] next, we've got thomas edison. let's see thomas edison's quote. is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration." a great thing to remind yourself of every once in a while. let's see the first draft. "genius is 1% inspiration, 99% flirtation. am i right, ladies?" more like thomas pervy. [ laughter ] all right. finally, we have mahatma ghandi who said, "be the change you wish to see in the world." love that quote, gets me every time. and the first draft, "don't like a-holes? then quit being an a-hole." i think that was actually better. this has been "famous quote first draft." we're going to be right back with anderson cooper. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ animals shouting ] aaaahhhh. [ animals shouting ] why can't everyone just be more tea? [ tires screech ] excuse us. [ bicycle bell rings ] watch it! nice. whoa! one step at a time. ♪ i don't hear a word they're sayin' ♪ ♪ [ wailing ] ahhh. lipton. [ wailing continues ] [ paper ripping ] ♪ ah! [ female announcer ] lipton. be more tea. [ male announcer ] disney's muppets most wanted march 21st. glass on floors.

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thomas edison filmed it in 1905. what's it like to see it do this? >> oh, this is fantastic, especially when you work on it so hard. >> reporter: in the basement of new jersey's ice boat and yacht club, bob pulch led years of restoration, piecing the craft back together. and with the crack of the champagne bottle, it was off. >> there we go! >> reporter: you hit the right winds out here, you can go 30 to 40 miles per hour. and if you're lucky on a turn, the breeze will pick up and you'll go up on one side. conditions don't have to be just right, they have to be perfect. first, you need a whole lot of cold. then some snow, then some rain, then even more cold. >> then you have to have wind and can't have too much wind. >> reporter: and that precise combination almost never happens. >> you have to be awful stubborn. >> yes, you sure do. >> reporter: they have been chasing a strong wind and hard freeze on this river for generations. here, when every gust of wind, every pull of the ropes, every ride could be your last -- >> waited my whole life. >> report

frasier said it was like having light bulbs delivered by thomas edison >> outstanding line . >> i would like a new lap top please >> a war veteran claims she did not get a job because of military service >> and doctors say an effective way of treating diabetes without medication >> what resources are there if your empower doesn't offer a 401(k) plan? if yathing's hard. like know the feeling? copd includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. spiriva is a once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that helps open my obstructed airways for a full 24 hours. spiriva helps me breathe easier. spiriva handihaler tiotropium bromide inhalation powder does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell your doctor if you have kidney problems, glaucoma, trouble urinating, or an enlarged prostate. these may worsen with spiriva. discuss all medicines you take, even eye drops. stop taking spiriva and seek immediate medical help if your breathing suddenly worsens, your throat or tongue swells, you get hives, vision changes or eye pain, or problems passing urine. other side effects include

[applause] last year at cpac, i talked about thomas edison and the light bulb.those things have dramatically improved the lives of the american people and given them dramatically more choices. i think that we can break out, if we combine american exceptionalism, science, and technology, and entrepreneurialship and understand that we can offer a dramatically better future. we can be in favor of the kind of changes that dramatically improve people's lives. i wrote a book that outlines this. i do a weekly podcast and to newsletters that you can get at gingrich productions. i think that the synthesis of core values that have made america great, with the capabilities in science and technology, so that we actually reduce the cost of medicare in the future, because we solve the problem of alzheimer's. we reducn with autism because we solve the problem of autism. there are a thousand things going on in our country. hundreds of thousands of pioneers of the future. all of you can go back home and you will find people who are developing a better future. the reason it has b

we have seen historically, going back to thomas edison introducing the motion picture, a technologicalfor learning, but has not always been a great success, indeed quite the opposite. >> actually, that is what we hope to do with technology. we do not want to replace reading. we want 1000 times more opportunity to read texts that are engaging and exciting. one of the challenges we have in this country is there is no shortage of things happening in education. it is a problem of scaling. it is a shame right now that there are students who are disadvantaged a cousin they do not have access to great materials to read, access to coaches to help them when they get stuck. frankly, it is because the zip code they live in. that is not fair in a country where we have technology to bridge the gap. i hope to see this technology that we are rolling out, through the president's connect ed initiative, getting schools connected to broadband, will be a chance to get way more reading and writing and learning of map around topics that are of interest to students. what they feel is relevant to their life b

ac largely replaced thomas edison's direct current or dc.essla also device is used in modern communication and the modern x-ray machine. politicians not protesters will have the final say on the urn. >> you're up to speed with all the top stories from europe. now back to doreen. >> japan's prime minister has been visiting the area around the fukushima power plants and told former residents of the now deserted town that he will listen to their needs. >> reporter: adjourning into the heart of japan's nuclear disaster has become almost a daily routine. the once thriving town that joins the power plant. >> just because we're retired does not mean that it's not business any more. we need to do all we can to keep this place alive. >> reporter: so these men and their volunteer colleagues monitor the levels and clear the water away. their exposure is not a problem. admitting that it amounts to twice the recommended limit. their goal is to get 400 people back and living in the outlying neighborhood in the next two to three years. amidst all this opti

he has been called the thomas edison of our time. he is the man who coined the term singularity or rebranded the term singularity. he is in charge of the process to reengineer the brain and most researchers i spoken with think reverse engineering the brain is the fastest way to create artificial general intelligence which is human level intelligence and it might be something you want to look into. it's quite fascinating. i also got to interview another hero of mine back then rodney brooks. rodney brooks is the foremost robotocized of our time. the company who founded it makes irobot and he has sold and moved on. this is a general purpose robot called baxter that is designed to learn to do things in your home or in factories. he imagines working on farms. but he also irobot makes robots but also a lot of battlefield robots that carry guns. there's a debate going on right now that's a very important debate about whether or not at all filled robots whether they should make the kill decision without a human and the question of drones too

tours of google and twitter and facebook and met with people that helped champion this sort of thomas edison environment of the west that we have. thatw large do think operation will be growing? i am not sure. that is the hope. obviously, chicago was the offshoot of a presidential candidate and sitting president himself. that is obviously much easier to toand raise the funds finance that massive operation. have a good foundational structure with a lot of people who are out there. that would become a very large operation over the next couple of years. it will be a central hub of whoever the nominee is going to be. we will develop the tools and data structure that we need to be successful. when you to the presidential level, we are talking about a different stratosphere. my view is that you do if you get the foundation set right now, when you can pour in , not to$500 million mention the nominees money, that is where you see the massive growth. when that happens, you can launch into a different world. foundationhave the or the infrastructure or the tools built for that to take place. are talkin

." ♪ thank you thomas edison for giving us the best years of our lives ♪ >>> welcome back.emy awards are in the books. and last night's show featured all the glamour we expect to see from the oscars. >> there are so many great moments, we really don't know where to start so we enlisted the help of an expert. joining us is grae drake, senior editor at rotten tomatoes. thanks so much more coming in. >> absolutely. >> so, this show was unusual. lots of films with heavy messages, atds, slavery, political corruption, forced adoption. and the academy honored that level of emotional acting. was this a surprise at all? >> not a surprise at all. it is absolutely necessary that the academy honor "12 years a slave" with its highest honor, right? like the fact that "12 years a slave" won best picture was definitely expected. especially by me. and all of the awards for "dallas buyers club," same thing. that movie blew everybody's minds. and really put the spotlight on an important issue, being aids and transgendered people, and the fact that matthew mcconaughey really needs to stop losi

ac largely replaced thomas edison's direct current or dc, which is unable to transport electricity aat distance. tesla also created devices which were later used in the invention of radio communication and the modern x-ray machine. the leave tesla alone campaign group said the decision to move his remains was a result of the orthodox church but politicians, not protesters will have the final say with the new belgrade counsel to vote on the site of tesla'surn after elections next sunday. >>> next on al jazeera america, marking both the progress made and the challenges left for women around the world on international women's day. a cast of conservative all-stars slated to speak on the final day of cpac is next. >> twenty five years ago, pan am flight 103 exploded in the skys above lockerbie. only one man was convicted of the attack >> the major difficulty for the prosecution, that there was no evidence... >> now a three year al jazeera investigation, reveals a very different story about who was responsible >> they refuse to look into this... >> so many people at such a high level had a

there's a great story about thomas edison asked, how does it feel to have failed to make an incandescenthave found 10,000 things that don't make good filaments. that is a how a surprising number of things get found out in the marketplace. >> you think what's important is an atmosphere which allows that failure to happen? you contrast the united states with denmark which is interesting, because it's a european country, you think of as being this is northern europe, that's always successful, and portrayed as such, but you say there's still a big difference, that there is a stigma attached in denmark versus the united states? >> in europe, it varies by country, but there's less of a thought that when someone has been the head of a company and it's gone down, you know, that could have happened to anyone, that the important thing was to try and we admire the resourcefulness of people who strike out on their own. what they see in europe is lower rates of entrepreneurship and an institutional problem. i looked at a danish entrepreneur who ten years ago had a business setback and because of denm

he's been called the thomas edison of guitars. larry thomas is the ceo of fender.ll? >> because it was there at the beginning of rock and roll. >> reporter: in 1957 buddy holly played the stratocaster on the ed sullivan show. it was the first time most americans ever saw one. in 1962 it defined the beach boys' surf and safari sound but not everyone was immediately struck by the strat. when bob dylan plucked one in at newport in 1965, folk pure rifts booed him off the statement. bow bu now amplified changed forever. so had the role of the guitar player. they were no longer stuck playing backup in the rhythm section. going electric created a new generation of guitar heroes who showed off the shape of the stratocaster. >> there's something remarkable about all guitars in that in a sense they're like women. that have natural ballads and lower ballads. they have shapes. >> they have curves. >> exactly. >> reporter: those curves are cut at his factory in california. >> this is the beginning of a guitar. >> reporter: this stawill becom stratocaster. >> this will become a

met with folks that helped champion and pioneer this sort of thomas edison environment of the west.o you see that operation growing in san mateo? what be a chicago type hub of your gated development? >> that is the hope. amnously, chicago was offshoot of a presidential candidate. which is obviously easier to do. easier to raise the funds to be able to finance that moscow -- massive operation. we have a good foundational structure with lots of folks out there. a's my hope that will become large operation over the next couple of years. a central hub for whoever the nominee will be in developing the tools and data structure we need to be successful. when you get the presidential level, we are talking about a different stratosphere of work. my view is if you get the foundation set right now, and it is working, when you can add --ther half billion dollars not to mention the nominee site, that is where you see your massive exponential growth. when that happens, you can launch into a different world. we didn't have the foundation or the emperor structure or tools ucture built.rastr we are

[applause] last year at cpac, i talked about thomas edison and the light bulb.things have dramatically improved the lives of the american people and given them dramatically more choices. i think that we can break out, if we combine american exceptionalism, science, and technology, and entrepreneurialship and understand that we can offer a dramatically better future. we can be in favor of the kind of changes that dramatically improve people's lives. i wrote a book that outlines this. i do a weekly podcast and two newsletters that you can get at gingrich productions. i think that the synthesis of core values that have made america great, with the capabilities in science and technology, so that we actually reduce the cost of medicare in the future, because we solve the problem of alzheimer's. we reduce the cost of children with autism because we solve the problem of autism. there are a thousand things going on in our country. hundreds of thousands of pioneers of the future. all of you can go back home and you will find people who are developing a better future. the

joining us is sarah greek, thomas edison state university who wrote a piece. good morning to you.hat was america, and it came about after you did a google search of what? >> well, i was searching this country is a, and the also option were, this country is a joke. that was the first thing that came up, followed by this country is bad ass, this country is a mess. and i thought, why are people searching this? and i was hearing comments during the government shutdown from peers, this country is a joke. there was just a lot of flip ancy and it really bothered me. >> i want to get your take on how you think all this is going to be affecting midterm elections and the presidential election coming up, too, because let's take a look at unemployment in america. the labor participation rate is at 63%. that's the lowest since 1978. the youth unemployment rate, this number is at 21.4%. a lot of the youth were ardent supporters of president obama. so where do they stand now? >> i'm hearing a lot of disappointment and i'm hearing a lot of frustration. that's channeled, i think, as flippancy. to

thomas edison came here to have a sore finger treated.ere, many famous others including peter johnson jr. come here. the question is do people come here for the right things? i'm concerned at this point in time with everything available over the counter, are doctors involved? do patients just choose what they want. we have stomach medications here like zantac. they may be good initially to get rid of a ache but you can get acid rebound. xithromax, centers for disease control say 23,000 deaths occur from overuse of antibiotics. you have weight loss agents. this stuff can rev you up, some people can't tolerate that. are the right people taking the right medicines? >> what about the good stuff? >> ainsley, i think there is good stuff. i think there's a lot of vitamin d deficiency in this country especially with not getting enoughç sunlight. we have vitamin d-3, i recommend this to most of my patients, 1,000 to 2,000 units a day. a lot of people who are b-12 deficient. i tell them to get this over the current, put it under their tongue. with

. >> thomas edison, that's a cool ego thing for you, too. >> as much of an ego i can have i go after.you see in a given week? >> well, the firm sees 3,000 divided by 52, whatever that number is. i probably see about 6 or 7. >> the best deals you've ever done, have they come through the door or have you had to go to them? >> that's 60 a day. >> come through the door is a little bit of an tough thing. there's a lot of people in the firm. a lost the good things, somebody knows us, we know them or something of the nature. how they come in i wouldn't say is a great distinction in terms of whether we get them or they come to us. >> are you a republican like mark? can i just ask you? >> i'm not talking politics. >> all right, all right. >> andreasen said something the last time. what was that? >> i don't remember. >> we can have a conversation about carried interest. ben will be sticking around. >> silicon valley, they're all with you. they're not necessarily. >> you know, it's not about being with me or against me. we're all together. coupkumbay kumbaya. >> you have other things coming up.