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Have you ever really thought about what it took to build a robot, or a bridge, or a machine that can lift 100s of tons effortlessly? That's Engineering. There are many different facets to Engineering. Before anything, you must be the type of student who gets straight A’s in math and you must love mathematical concepts...
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Innovation as a Skill
<p>Dr Curtis Carlson, president and CEO of Stanford Research Institute (SRI) International, believes that innovation is a skill that can be taught and learned. Inventors at SRI, a non-profit research company, have been behind the invention of the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa081898.htm">computer mouse</a>, HDTV, Internet domain tags (for example .com and .gov) and advanced robotic surgery. Curtis Carlson led the SRI team that created the US HDTV standard and co-wrote <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://about.pricegrabber.com/mrdr.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabout.pricegrabber.com%2Fsearch.php%3Fform_keyword%3DInnovation%253A%2BThe%2BFive%2BDisciplines%2Bfor%2BCreating%2BWhat%2BCustomers%2BWant.&mode=about_inventors">Innovation: The Five Disciplines for Creating What Customers Want</a>.</p><p><strong>Recent SRI Innovations</strong></p><p><img src="http://z.about.com/d/inventors/1/0/J/6/1/epam.jpg" border="1" alt="" hspace="5" align="left" />EPAM - Electroactive Polymer Artificial Muscle - is a unique smart material technology developed in SRI International's labs. The thin, flexible material, called artificial muscle because it behaves much like a human muscle, expands when exposed to an electric current and contracts when the electricity is removed, thereby converting electrical potential energy into mechanical motion. It offers significant advantages over typical electromagnetic-based technologies because it is much lighter, smaller, quieter and cheaper, and offers more controllable and flexible configurations. Photo: "Flex" the robot uses EPAM to move.</p><p><span style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px"><img src="http://z.about.com/d/inventors/1/0/L/6/1/WaveBuoyblog.jpg" border="1" alt="wave generator" hspace="5" align="right" />SRI has developed a prototype buoy-mounted, ocean wave-powered generator. The generator utilizes patented electroactive polymer artificial muscle�EPAM �technology, and offers a renewable method to continually power ocean buoys. Future efforts will address the design, development, and deployment of wave-powered generators capable of generating power for large-scale clean energy production. </span>Photo: Ocean Wave-Powered Generator</p><p>�All photos courtesy of SRI</p><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://inventors.about.com/b/2010/08/30/innovation-as-a-skill.htm">Innovation as a Skill</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://inventors.about.com/">About.com Inventors</a> on Monday, August 30th, 2010 at 19:02:28.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://inventors.about.com/b/2010/08/30/innovation-as-a-skill.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://inventors.about.com/b/2010/08/30/innovation-as-a-skill.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://inventors.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://inventors.about.com/b/2010/08/30/innovation-as-a-skill.htm&zItl=Innovation as a Skill">Email this</a></p>
Tom Thumb
<p><img src="http://z.about.com/d/inventors/1/0/S/w/jello.jpg" alt="jello" hspace="3" align="left" />Peter Cooper was an inventor, manufacturer, and philanthropist from New York City who built the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bl_tom_thumb.htm">Tom Thumb</a> locomotive and founded The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City. The Tom Thumb was the first American-built steam locomotive to be operated on a common-carrier railroad. And did you know that in 1845, inventor Peter Cooper obtained the first patent for a gelatin dessert aka <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bljello.htm">Jello</a>? <strong>Photo Credit:</strong> Jello Stock.xchng</p><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://inventors.about.com/b/2010/08/25/tom-thumb.htm">Tom Thumb</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://inventors.about.com/">About.com Inventors</a> on Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 at 13:31:56.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://inventors.about.com/b/2010/08/25/tom-thumb.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://inventors.about.com/b/2010/08/25/tom-thumb.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://inventors.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://inventors.about.com/b/2010/08/25/tom-thumb.htm&zItl=Tom Thumb">Email this</a></p>
Innovation on the Farm
<p>Not just food for our tables grows on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blfarm.htm">farms</a>, innovation grows as well. Farming and farm machinery have continued to evolve. The threshing machine has given way to the combine, usually a self-propelled unit that either picks up windrowed grain or cuts and threshes it in one step. The grain binder has been replaced by the swather which cuts the grain and lays it on the ground in windrows, allowing it to dry before being harvested by a combine.</p><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://inventors.about.com/b/2010/08/20/innovation-on-the-farm.htm">Innovation on the Farm</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://inventors.about.com/">About.com Inventors</a> on Friday, August 20th, 2010 at 00:31:12.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://inventors.about.com/b/2010/08/20/innovation-on-the-farm.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://inventors.about.com/b/2010/08/20/innovation-on-the-farm.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://inventors.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://inventors.about.com/b/2010/08/20/innovation-on-the-farm.htm&zItl=Innovation on the Farm">Email this</a></p>
Robotman
<p><img src="http://z.about.com/d/inventors/1/0/E/2/1/robotman.jpg" border="2" alt="robotman" hspace="3" align="left" />Stanley Povoda is called the Czech Robotman and the title is well earned. Stanley has been making robots for more than 50 years, he is now retired but still constructs multifunction robots.</p><p><strong>Robot Roots</strong><br />The Czech people have a long history of playing with robots. The acclaimed Czech playwright, Karel Capek, made famous the word '<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa032197.htm">robot</a>', the Czech word for forced labor or serf. Capek introduced the word in his play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) first performed in Prague in January 1921. Getty Images/Photographer Isifa</p><ul><li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://inventors.about.com/od/roboticsrobots/Robotics_and_Robots.htm">Robotics and Robots</a></li><li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blrobots.htm">Understanding a Robot and Robotics</a></li><li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://prague.tv/articles/zine/stanley-povoda">Stanley Povoda - Robotman</a></li></ul><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://inventors.about.com/b/2010/08/13/robotman.htm">Robotman</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://inventors.about.com/">About.com Inventors</a> on Friday, August 13th, 2010 at 15:01:43.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://inventors.about.com/b/2010/08/13/robotman.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://inventors.about.com/b/2010/08/13/robotman.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://inventors.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://inventors.about.com/b/2010/08/13/robotman.htm&zItl=Robotman">Email this</a></p>
Who is Ray Kurzweil?
<p><img src="http://z.about.com/d/inventors/1/G/x/5/1/RaymondKurzweil.jpg" border="1" alt="ray kurzweil" hspace="5" align="left" />In my opinion, <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://inventors.about.com/od/kstartinventions/p/Ray_Kurzweil.htm">Ray Kurzweil</a> is a futurist full of confidence that technology will save us and the planet. And I want to live in Ray Kurzweil's vision of the future with its promise of immortality and computers smarter than human beings. Hmm.. just like Battleship Galattica?</p><p>Ray Kurzweil is also an inventor, prize-winning author, and <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://inventors.about.com/od/nstartinventions/a/Nanotechnology.htm">nanotechnology</a> advocate. Matter of fact I had the pleasure of attending the very first nanotechnology business alliance conference in NYC years ago, where Ray Kurzweil was a key speaker and guest of honor. If you ever get a chance do take out one of his books from your local library.</p><p>Photocredit: Inventor Raymond Kurzweil attends a screening and panel discussion of Transcendent Man - a new documentary about inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil - Getty Images/Andrew H. Walker</p><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://inventors.about.com/b/2010/08/11/who-is-ray-kurzweil.htm">Who is Ray Kurzweil?</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://inventors.about.com/">About.com Inventors</a> on Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 at 00:33:59.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://inventors.about.com/b/2010/08/11/who-is-ray-kurzweil.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://inventors.about.com/b/2010/08/11/who-is-ray-kurzweil.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://inventors.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://inventors.about.com/b/2010/08/11/who-is-ray-kurzweil.htm&zItl=Who is Ray Kurzweil?">Email this</a></p>
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