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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/02/01/Steve_Wozniak_Creativity_in_the_21st_Century

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak recalls the moment he stumbled upon the idea of how to put color into personal computers. The inspiration came during a sleepless four-day and four-night design session while building the Atari game Breakout. “That was probably one of the biggest things Apple ever did,” he says.

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Steve Wozniak, Apple co-founder and philanthropist in conversation at the Discovery Forum 2010 with Emmy-award winning journalist Dana King from CBS 5 Eyewitness News.

Renowned technology pioneer Steve Wozniak speaks to the importance of hands-on learning and encouraging creativity, and how the Bay Area Discovery Museum is a critical resource for preparing children for the challenges of the 21st century.

The Discovery Forum serves to increase awareness about the importance of childhood creativity, and raises support for the Museum’s educational exhibitions and programs. – Bay Area Discovery Museum

A Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist for the past three decades, Steve Wozniak, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Wheels of Zeus (wOz), helped shape the computing industry with his design of Apple’s first line of products the Apple I and II and influenced the popular Macintosh. For his achievements at Apple Computer, Steve was awarded the National Medal of Technology by the President of the United States in 1985, the highest honor bestowed America’s leading innovators.

In 2000 Steve was inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame and was awarded the prestigious Heinz Award for Technology, The Economy and Employment for “single-handedly designing the first personal computer and for then redirecting his lifelong passion for mathematics and electronics toward lighting the fires of excitement for education in grade school students and their teachers.”

Making significant investments of both his time and resources in education, Wozniak “adopted” the Los Gatos School District, providing students and teachers with hands-on teaching and donations of state-of-the-art technology equipment. Wozniak founded the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and was the founding sponsor of the Tech Museum, Silicon Valley Ballet and Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose.

Steve is currently a member of the board of directors for Jacent, a developer of cost-effective telephony solutions, and Danger, Inc., developer of a end-to-end wireless Internet platform.

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Connections with James Burke – Season 1, Episode 1
[17 October, 1978]

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It’s my personal belief that technology is a form of knowledge. Every piece of technology originates from thought. This topic might be boring to you guys, but I felt I needed to define it, since I’ll be building upon this topic in later videos.

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It’s my personal belief that technology is a form of knowledge. Every piece of technology originates from thought. This topic might be boring to you guys, but I felt I needed to define it, since I’ll be building upon this topic in later videos.

Duration : 0:6:45

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It’s my personal belief that technology is a form of knowledge. Every piece of technology originates from thought. This topic might be boring to you guys, but I felt I needed to define it, since I’ll be building upon this topic in later videos.

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SmartSwipe is the dream child of a young entrepreneur from the city of Regina in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada. He plans to revolutionize the current online payment process used by millions of online shoppers when conducting online credit card transactions, and replace PayPal as the number 1 trusted method of making online credit card purchases.

For an in-depth review of the technology and its applications, visit www.yourworldtoday.ca/2009/04/18/canadian-young-inventor-redefines-online-shopping-with-new-personal-payment-device/

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SmartSwipe is the dream child of a young entrepreneur from the city of Regina in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada. He plans to revolutionize the current online payment process used by millions of online shoppers when conducting online credit card transactions, and replace PayPal as the number 1 trusted method of making online credit card purchases.

For an in-depth review of the technology and its applications, visit www.yourworldtoday.ca/2009/04/18/canadian-young-inventor-redefines-online-shopping-with-new-personal-payment-device/

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Following is the direct translation of the audio:
(Brief demonstration of applying the new technology onto the surface : evenly smoothing out and heating the covered area) Everything started from this one thing: (in the tube) Ive created a special polymeric mass, once in contact with humidity in the air it becomes poly-retanic mousse, once covered the surface can easily be worked on in order to achieve a smooth and even surface of the shape. The result is a very light and even piece. It all began when I was making plane models for the group that I teach aviation, I had to use very dry and light wood material, which is quite tough horizontally (the example of wood snaps) but it splits very easily vertically. Once covered with my special polymeric mass, its qualities change, the worked material becomes flexible and tough, however maintaining its initial lightness (in weight). This composition is damp-proof and water-proof too. I got an idea to make a model wing for a glider, we used to make gliders wings from fibreglass material, this wing (white & orange) for example, is made from fibreglass and its quite heavy weighing around 900g. Model airplanes and gliders made using fibreglass are very heavy, and it takes a long time for them to become air-borne, in good weather conditions they fly very fast, and that causes a lot of complications during flying competitions. Using exactly the same measurements I re-created the wing, this time using my new technology and this wing (orange & blue) weighs only 250-300grammes. Its surface is perfectly smooth and the wing is tough and flexible, and so the models should fly more easily (made using my technology). A glossy surface can be achieved when using a oriented film, which also toughens. Because it is durable in heat, it can be painted in various colours, despite the heat radiation from the Sun. It can take up to +300C. You can use the polymer to putty up various parts, it maintains its lightness even when covered with quite a thick layer. This way a perfectly smooth surface is achieved prior to painting, which is practically impossible to do without using the polymeric putty. Both inside and out surfaces of the parts are covered in order to make it tough. I am constructing a personal airplane using this technology, I made a navigation wheel (large orange wing) and it weighs only 950grammes, also I made the front stabilisation part, the whole thing weighs 1 kilo and 700grammes. It contains all of the components that are used with regular construction, and a tough and perfectly smooth surface. I used the same technology in order to make the aircraft wing; It is cut out using designed blueprints, then covered with the polymeric putty (inside and out) and this one piece (large, white) weighs around 1 kilo 600grammes, this part (another large, white) also weighs around the same. So in this case, the whole life-size (2 people carrier) aircraft wing weighs around 3 kilos. (Demonstrates the strength of the part by standing up on it!) Covering both inside and outside with the polymer creates an effect of one tube inside the other, doubling the break-resistance. (demonstrates the construction of the aircraft wing by placing the parts next to the body of the plane). It is possible to make a laminated aircraft wing that is very light, tough, durable and quite cheap in its qualities. Working with this technology is 25 – 30 times cheaper than working with fibreglass, for example. In the future, I believe that this technology will replace most of the known technologies regularly used today. This was my presentation to you briefly explaining the possibilities of my invention. Perhaps your company is interested in cooperation with obtaining a patent and furthering the development. Thank you.

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http://www.ted.com MIT professor Neil Gershenfeld talks about his Fab Lab — a low-cost lab that lets people build things they need using digital and analog tools. It’s a simple idea with powerful results.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers are invited to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes — including speakers such as Jill Bolte Taylor, Sir Ken Robinson, Hans Rosling, Al Gore and Arthur Benjamin. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, politics and the arts. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

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