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Never Stop Living
Does self-image ultimately determine how the body will perform?“Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the...
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Open Thread: Can You Name More Than Two Modern Astronauts, Painters,...
Do we value celebrities and playboys more than poets, scientists, and inventors?Dresden Schumaker wrote a piece on The Huffington Post called, “Raising a Son Within the Princess Culture” about how...
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The American Phoenix
America’s strength is its ability to reinvent itself.The concept of reincarnation and rebirth exists in many cultures, from Christ leaving his tomb after his crucifixion to the Avatars of Vishnu...
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Creativity: The Shameful Truth
How ready are you to fail for the sake of your success? Shane Burroughs explores how some of the world’s greatest innovators embrace their failures in order to acquire such greatness.Let me ask you a...
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PBS Inventors: Collapsible Wagon
—Like many of us, Tami Galt keeps a journal of ideas she’d like to pursue one day. When a bad day at work prompted her to quit her job, she looked through her journal and found one to work on full...
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PBS Inventors: The Cell Phone
—In 1973, Martin Cooper placed the first ever cell phone call. In this video he looks back on his invention and explains that cell phones have a long way to go before they reach their potential.—...
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PBS Inventors: The Practicello
—Cello players who travel usually have to buy an extra airplane seat for their instrument if they want to do any practicing while they’re away. To get around that, Ernest Nussbaum has invented a...
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PBS Inventors: Massage Chair
—Until the 1980s, professional massage was done either lying on a table or sitting on a chair or stool. David Palmer found this traditional method of seated massage problematic as his customer’s would...
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PBS Inventors: Long Island Iced Tea
—Bob “Rosebud” Butt is credited with inventing the Long Island Iced Tea while he was a bartender at the Oak Beach Inn on Long Island in the 1970s. Bob may not be the first bartender to have made a...
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PBS Inventors: HoofRest
—John Halko is a farrier — another word for a horseshoer — and he also runs a farrier supply shop. A farrier’s career can be decades of physically strenuous work, so John has devised a simple gadget...
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PBS Inventors: The First Software Patent
—There’s a good chance that you’ve heard about the controversy around software patents, but you probably don’t know the story of Martin Goetz, who got the very first software patent in 1968. Today,...
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PBS Inventors: The Digital Camera
—Steven Sasson invented the digital camera in 1975 while working at Kodak in Rochester, NY. In this video, he shows off features of the original prototype, and describes how digital imaging has...
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‘Steve Harvey’s FunderDome’ A Clever, Original Show
‘Steve Harvey’s Funderdome’ A wonderful idea for a new showThere are a lot of different shows on TV right now. Yet there is nothing like Steve Harvey’s Funderdome. It is a unique, clever idea for a...
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3 Creative Ways to Foster an Inventor’s Mindset in Your Child
Years ago, I was driving with my son, Blake. He was 7 years old at the time and was silent throughout the ride. When I asked him what he was thinking about, he gave me an answer typical of a silent...
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Eccentricity: Are You a Greyhound or a Pekingese?
Eccentricity has always abounded when and where the strength of character has abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental...
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