OnInnovation: Visionaries thinking out loud. A video oral history project advancing a culture of innovation powered by The Henry Ford.
Current Innovators
Will AllenChampion of Urban Farming, Entrepreneur
Mitchell BakerChairperson, Mozilla Foundation
Don ChadwickProduct Designer
Bill GatesSoftware Icon, Philanthropist
Dean KamenInventor, Humanitarian
William McDonoughArchitect & Designer
Bob MetcalfeVenture Capitalist, Inventor of Ethernet, Pundit and Provocateur
Gordon MooreChemist, Co-Founder Intel Corporation, Author of Moore's Law
Toshiko MoriArchitect
Elon MuskFounder, PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla Motors & Solar City
Pierre OmidyarFounder, eBay & Omidyar Network
Stan OvshinskyVisionary of Solar-Hydrogen-Based Economy
Ann Marie SastryEngineering Professor, Lithium-ion Battery Expert
Carroll ShelbyAutomotive Designer
Martha StewartEntrepreneur, Creative Excellence
Lyn St. JamesRecord Breaker, Businesswoman
Alfred TaubmanShopping Mall Pioneer
Bobby UnserInventor, Collaborator, 3-time Indy 500 Winner
Steve WozniakCo-Founder, Apple Computer
Historic Innovators
George Washington CarverAgricultural Scientist, Social Activist
Thomas EdisonProlific Inventor, Change Agent
Henry FordFounder, Ford Motor Company
Buckminster FullerVisionary Thinker, Serial Entrepreneur
Rosa ParksCivil Rights Hero
Wilbur and Orville WrightProblem Solvers
Upcoming Innovators
Charles Elachi
Dan Gurney
Jim Hall
Chuck Jones
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1950s Suburban Boomwith Alfred Taubman
Length: 2:28 | 5 Years Ahead of the Microprocessorwith Steve WozniakWozniak talks about how he unknowingly had imagined and built a microprocessor, five years ahead of its time.
Length: 0:58 | A Career In Technological Innovationwith Bob Metcalfe
Length: 3:28 | A Contract with KMartwith Martha Stewart
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A Culture of Distractionwith Dean Kamen
Length: 5:12 | A Family Businesswith Will Allen
Length: 1:08 | A Fateful Night On A Couchwith Bob Metcalfe
Length: 4:18 | A Life-Long TinkererHenry Ford, shared by Bob Casey
Length: 1:07 | ||||
A Living Laboratory Of Energy Efficiencywith Toshiko MoriMori talks about designing a laboratory with geothermal, natural ventilation, and solar panels to maximize its energy efficiency.
Length: 4:03 | A Man Of Confidence and OptimismThomas Edison, shared by Marc Greuther
Length: 1:45 | A Must-Win Situationwith Bobby Unser
Length: 2:00 | A New Energy Infrastructurewith Bob Metcalfe
Length: 4:26 | ||||
A Nonprofit in the Internet Ecosystemwith Mitchell Baker
Length: 2:03 | A Passion for the BusinessHenry Ford, shared by Bob Casey
Length: 0:57 | A Project Can Always Be Improvedwith Toshiko Mori
Length: 0:39 | A Public ScientistGeorge Washington Carver, shared by Suzanne Fischer
Length: 1:10 | ||||
A Scientist In A Segregated AgeGeorge Washington Carver, shared by Suzanne Fischer
Length: 1:25 | A Summer Jobwith Dean Kamen
Length: 3:31 | A Tour of the Labwith Ann Marie Sastry
Length: 1:43 | A Training Workshop in Detroitwith Will Allen
Length: 2:52 | ||||
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