that is thomas edison behind him. he enjoyed old-time country dancing. naturalist.ith the grandchildren.s together. a garden his first that is his wife. it began with an idea that most people thought would not work, but he made it work. the tools he used were common sense, ingenuity, and perseverance. along with the natural instinct of putting machines together and making them run. he was born into a world of limited horizons. he never lost his love for the land and the everlasting cycle. what he accomplished helped man put the burden of work on machines and broke the barriers of space and time, of isolation and distance. his life was a paradox. his mechanical genius help to change forever the lives of people everywhere, he thought to record of the world around him and his ever widening interest. he collected buildings the way others collect stamps and the minute village where time stands still. he assembled acres of machines and early he discovered that capacity for the motion picture capacity. in april 1914, he organized a motion picture department whi

that's thomas edison behind him. he enjoyed old-time country dancing. here he is with the naturalist. skating with his grandchildren. they'd plant a garden together. henry ford ii and benson. his first car, he called it a quadracycle. that's his wife clara. he began with an idea that most people thought wouldn't work. but he made it work. and the tools he used were common sense ingenuity and perseverance. along with a natural instinct for knowing how to put machines together and make them run. he was born into a world of limited horizons. and though he left the farm that might have been his heritage, he never lost his love for the land and the everlasting cycle of seed time and harvest. what he accomplished helped men put the burden of work on machines and broke the barriers of space and time. of isolation and distance. his life was a paradox. while his mechanical genius helped to change forever the lives of people ever where, he sought to preserve in some permanent form, a record of the world around him and his eve ever-widening interest in it. he coll

by white angle saxon, people like thomas edison. the vitagraph autograph -- company and the biograph company. these were the white an glo-saxons who did not have the business acumen to take it further. so what those companies -- edison biograph did -- was form the morning -- the motion picture company that formed a monopoly keeping others out. in response, people like mayer the motionoved picture industry to california. alleges that they chose los angeles because it was close to the mexican border so they could escape the long arm of the trust. to californiacame for the opportunities you have

when he came to this country, away arted working right with thomas edison, but there there because ict what developed is what is to as the current wars because edison was very committed to using direct-current, and tesla alternating alternating current was more -- was more economical and more effective. it could be transferred over great distances at a far less cost. but tesla was interested in a lot of other areas of physics and electricity. eventually, he comes to colorado in 1899. >> this exhibition really explore some of the ideas that tesla was exploring during his career. through some historical information and through reproduction of photographs, and also through artists' projects. that is one of the things we found really interesting to explore is some of the overlaps in artistic process and scientific movement -- the science is that totally straightforward. and error s of trial doesn't involve qualities like intuition or creativity. i think that was really proven untrue. science is very sort of creative and intuitive. a little to make that more transparent, thinking about tesl

he started working right away with thomas edison. that was some conflict there. what developed was a current committedn was very to using direct-current and tesla stood alternating current is more economical and more effective and can be transferred over great distances at far less cost. tesla was interested in a lot of other areas of physics and what tristan. eventually, he comes to colorado in 1899. >> this exhibition explores the ideas that he was exploring it during his career. the sister reproduction of photographs and through artist that is on things we found interesting to explore with the exhibition was the there is sort of this misconception that science is totally straightforward, that there is -- that the process of trial and error doesn't involve equalities like intuition or creativity, and i think that's really been proven untrue. there is this very creative sort of intuitive piece to science. and we wanted to sort of make that a little more transparent, thinking about tesla and his process, and how his ideas seem to come, in some cases, from nowhere

when he came to this country, he started working right away with thomas edison. but there was some conflict there, because what developed is what's referred to as the current wars, because edison was very committed to using direct current, and tesla understood that alternating current was more economical and more effective and could be transferred over a great distance at a far less cost. but tesla's interest in a lot of other areas of physics and electricity, and eventually he comes to colorado in 1899. >> this ek exhibition sort of explores some of the ideas that tesla was exploring during his career, through historical information and reproduction of photographs. and then also through artists' projects that may be mine some of this same scientific or creative territory. that's one of the things we found interesting to explore with the exhibition, is some of the overlaps and artistic process and scientific process sort of trying to explore the creative aspects of science. there is sort of this misconception that science is totally straightforward that there is

. >> 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 only 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. hey, this ise say unfair, nathan is out there acquiring all these patents on everything. how can i create anything when i have to pay such heavy fees 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. >> but as ceo of this huge patent company, how much time does nathan really get in the kitchen? >> it is only a fract

that's thomas edison behind him. he enjoyed old-time country dancing. here he is with the naturalist. skating with his grandchildren. they'd plant a garden together. henry ford ii and benson. his first car, he called it a quadracycle. that's his wife clara. he began with an idea that most people thought wouldn't work. but he made it work. and the tools he used were common sense ingenuity and perseverance. along w

year timeframe ahead of edison recording audio and it was amazing, almost a generation ahead of thomas edisonthat it basically took cam is parchment to vibrate, sending these sound waves that would then put them on a rotating cylinder and you can just see these sound waves ridden on this piece of paper. and so was completely brilliant, but he forgot to include one key feature which was playback. there's no way to listen to the audio that you have recorded which turns out to be a feature that people really like when they are investing in audio equipment. there's a reason why when they invented the ipod, the put the headphone jack in it. otherwise it could be a pretty lame product. and it was important. so he couldn't see this extra component in what i love about it is that he wasn't trying to have it. it wasn't that he failed but it never occurred to him. and so you might ask what the heck was he thinking, who wants a bunch of squiggly lines. but he was obsessed with shorthand and dictation and he saw how human beings have learned how to create this code where they can very quickly convert to

victors this technology and it is fantastic but on the one hand we have multiple inventors out thomas edison invent the label but 20 people were in parallel. so it is always more complex but the history of innovation is filled with these beautiful mistakes that people were so innovative so far ahead of their peers that they fail to see things better obvious in hindsight. it is important because it happened in number to it happens to all of us right now as then cultural blindke spot maybe be even more vulnerable living with this new possibilities state. there is said chapter on sound out it came out of the pursuit amplify the sound of the human voice. but what comes out of that pursuit french inventor he invented a device of the recorded audio of the sound waves that he patented this device you're probably thinking he invented the photograph the he was a full 20 years ahead of edison and recording and audio it is amazing when you hear almost one generation ahead. but he treated this ingenious contraptions and then it converted2k and it is the the sound waves written on the piece of paper. i

over here, we have the kinetoscope, and this is a replica of a kinetoscope that was invented by thomas edison'spany in about 1893. and what would happen is people would come up and they would pay 25 cents to see a row of 5 of these, and it would show about a minute-long movie. so, if you want to come around, you can take a look in here. [ ragtime music playing ] >> wow! that's so cool! [ music continues ] that's so cool! what's next? >> let's go! so, over here, we have all the work and craft that goes into making special effects, so -- for things like "nightmare on elm street 4" -- but what, of course, i want to show you is yoda, which is very popular among teens and kids and adults. >> hi, yoda! [ laughs ] yoda looked so real, i thought he might actually wave back. next we stopped by the automated dialogue replacement booth. actors use rooms like this to fix movie soundtracks when there are problems with the original recording. >> my mom called us all the same. >> and what was that, dear?ll "" >> you have three lines to replace. first you'll rehearse. then you will record. >> the results come

when he came to this country, he started working right away with thomas edison. but there was some conflict there, because what developed is what's referred to as the current wars, because edison was very committed to using direct current, and tesla understood that alternating current was more

and thomas edison and alexander bell were not born. many cannot be bothered to vote. others couldn't care less. the late paul yyat cas a conserver of the movement. >> i don't want everyone to vote. elections are not won by the majority of the people. ora tories such as that informs the voter i.d. and reduces ballot accesses. despite this there are certain folks that vote. as we earn, we vote. as we have children, we vote. as we age, we vote. though it seems small, if we can drive ourselves to the polls, we are four times as likely to vote. if your poling place is less than bustling tuesday, that quiet is your fellow citizens, the ones that voted to stay home >>> when scnd voted on independence, 89% of scots went to the poll. not unusual. but as michael pointed out, in the u.s. the average hovers around 40%. in ferguson, where black teenager michael brown was shot and kill, the turn out was 12% in the last election. reverend al-sharp son called it an insult to the children. throughout the country the poor are one of the most under-represented groups at the polls. they

that decision was made in 1845 when slavery was legal, texas was not a state and thomas edison hadn't been born. many americans can't be bothered to vote. others couldn't care less. the late paul wyrit was a founder of the movement. >> i do not want everyone to vote. elections are not won by a majority of people. they never have been from the beginning of the country, leverage goes up as the voting populous goes down. >> reporter: ortory such as that conditions to reduce ballot initiatives. despite this, certain folks vote. as we earn, we vote, as we have children, we vote. as we age we vote. though it seems small, if we can drive ourselves to the poll, we are four times as likely to vote. if the polling place is less than bustling on tuesday, it is fellow citizens, the ones that voted to stay home. >>> when scotland voted on independence in september. 89% of scots went to the polls. as michael pointed out in the u.s., the average hovers around 40%. in ferguson, missouri. where michael brown was shot and killed in august. the turn out was 12% informant last election. the reverend call

movie industry was started not by the jewish immigrants but by white angle saxon, people like thomas edison. the vitagraph autograph -- company and the biograph company. these were the white an glo-saxons who did not have the business acumen to take it further. so what those companies -- edison biograph did -- was form the morning -- the motion picture company that formed a monopoly keeping others out. in response, people like mayer the motionoved picture industry to california. alleges that they chose los angeles because it was close to the mexican border so they could escape the long arm of the trust. to californiacame for the opportunities you have in terms of location. you've the ocean, the mounds, the desert, the forest. outthe sun shines 330 days of 365. in any case, they did come here startede the trust, their own movies. i think one important factor that allowed these people to succeed where edison biograph theyitagraph did not is understood their audience. they were immigrants. a large percentage of the movie audience in the early years were immigrants. effectively gave the audienc

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thomas alva edison, el que hizo la bombilla elÉctrica, 1.000 intentos fallidos antes de llegar a la bombillaeban trabajos, muy bueno. y la respuesta, una de las respuestas, es que steve jobs empieza a crear apple, a los 10 aÑos lo echan, y sale en todas las revistas, fracasado, echado. sus socios de apple se lo quisieron sacar de encima. bueno, en nuestras culturas, si te pasa eso a ti o a mÍ, nos crucifican. nunca mÁs >> no te puedes remendar. >> se quemÓ. exactamente. en la cultura de silicon valley, que no es una cultura de todo estados unidos, es muy propia de silicon valley, steve jobs, a los 30 aÑos, despedido de apple, saliÓ a buscar inversiones para sus nuevos proyectos y al dÍa siguiente todo el mundo confiÓ en Él, le dieron dinero, y ahÍ empezÓ lo que Él después llamÓ su etapa mÁs productiva. >> a ver, andrÉs, tÚ eres un gran conocedor de amÉrica latina. ¿cuÁntos libros tienes ya? >> este es el octavo. >> ok, muy bien. ¿quÉ encontraste en amÉrica latina que te da esperanzas, es decir, que hemos aprendido la lecciÓn? >> muchas cosas. no hemos aprendido la lecciÓn, pero hay muchas co