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Innovator Videos
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Steve Wozniak
Co-Founder, Apple Computer
Wozniak's inventions and machines are credited with contributing greatly to the personal computer revolution of the 1970s.
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Carroll Shelby
Automotive Designer
In 1962, Shelby designed the Cobra sports car and went on to become one of the premier high-performance automobile designers.
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Henry Ford
Founder, Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford's innovations, such as the Model T and the development of the modern assembly line, revolutionized the way the world travels.
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Thomas Edison
Prolific Inventor, Change Agent
Thomas Edison is one of the most prolific inventors who ever lived. His breakthroughs have had a profound effect on virtually every aspect of daily life.
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Wilbur and Orville Wright
Problem Solvers
When it came to the problem of flight, Wilbur and Orville Wrights' systematic approach led to insights that simply eluded their contemporaries.
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Stan Ovshinsky
Visionary of Solar-Hydrogen-Based Economy
Ovshinsky, together with his wife, Iris, developed an array of energy and information-related inventions that have advanced technologies and industries.
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