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Innovation in the Air

Boeing Chief Technology Officer John Tracy introduces Boeing’s new video series and website by sharing his unique perspective on the sources of innovationand inspiration

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Tailored Arrivals: A Fuel-Efficient Future

There are more than 30,000 flights a day in the U.S aloneall controlled by an air traffic management system conceived in the 1950s. In this video, see how “tailored arrivals” …

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Flexible Flyer: Unmanned Little Bird

See how innovative Boeing engineers took the ultra-flexible Unmanned Little Bird to a whole new level of capability by turning the proven multi-role helicopter into an optionally-manned air vehicle

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The Phantom Eye: The Eye in the Sky

Boeing’s Phantom Eye is an unmanned airborne vehicle (UAV) that serves as an eye in the sky for surveillance, disaster relief, search and rescue, and a multitude of other uses. …

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Sugar Volt: Envisioning Tomorrow’s Aircraft

NASA asked a Boeing-led team to explore the possibilities of a hybrid electric aircraft. Marty Bradley, Boeing Research and Technology, explains how the SUGAR Volt concept is defining the future …

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747-8 Engine: Balance of Power

The Boeing 747-8 represents innovation on a massive scale. Go behind the scenes to find out how Boeing engineers integrate its incredibly powerful engines so that it flies like a …

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787: Game-Changing Innovation

To get the breakthrough innovations in Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing had to rethink the way it makes airplanes. Tom Cogan, director of Airplane Development, explains how the game-changing jetliner that …

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Fueling the Future

Increasing world demand is pushing up the cost of fossil fuelsa finite resource our world cannot sustain. Boeing Chemist James Kinder tells us how his team is leading the way …

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Blended Wing Body: The Shape of Things to Come?

Learn about Blended Wing Body aircraft, a remotely piloted experimental jet shaped like a manta ray. Engineer Bob Liebeck explains how Boeing is working with NASA to explore fuel savings …

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Designed for the Environment: Planning In-Aircraft Recycling

Boeing is designing jetliners with the environmental impact of their life span in mind. From the fuselage to the carpet, Boeing Director of Environmental Performance Jeanne Yu explains why Boeing …

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Bryan Stevenson: 2012 Smithsonian American Ingenuity Awards

The legal crusader who has given thousands of young people in America’s prisons a second chance

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Pardis Sabeti: 2012 Smithsonian American Ingenuity Awards

This rock star Harvard professor explains why she believes she has the greatest job in the world

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Jim Anderson: 2012 Smithsonian American Ingenuity Awards

The Harvard chemist who discovered an alarming link between climate change and ozone loss explains his research

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Sebastian Thrun: 2012 Smithsonian American Ingenuity Awards

An expert in artificial intelligence is transforming the way people learn around the world

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Bryan Stevenson on the Injustices in America

The Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award winner for social progress reminisces about what his meeting with Rosa Parks meant for his life’s work

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New Type of Electronic Circuit Dissolves in Water

The newly invented temporary electronics could be implanted in the body or used to monitor the environment without a need for cleanup afterward

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CMD & CTRL: Tim Wu on Network Neutrality

We know that technology carries with it all manner of problems, but one of our biggest pickles tends to slip right by us

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A Flight Through the Universe

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey recently released the largest ever 3-D map of the sky with some 540,000 galaxies

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The ArtCar Fest

Take a look at the outrageous automobiles of the San Francisco ArtCar Festival

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The Genius of Design: Designs for Living

The modernist home: a.k.a. “a machine for living in,” a perfect example of form following function. But one man’s dream house is another man’s house of horrors.

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Nature Inspires Water Resistant Clothes

If you’ve ever seen a lotus leaf, you might have noticed that their leaves are water proof. Designers took note and applied the same principles to clothing to produce a …

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The Incredible Flying Car of the 1950s

Equipped with wings and a propeller, Moulton Taylor Aerocar aerobile was capable of taking off from a stoplight or the runway

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How Dogs are Replacing Drugs in the Treatment of PTSD

Paws for Purple Hearts is a unique program that uses dogs to treat soldiers with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

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The Segway of Airplanes

The Hiller Flying Platform had the potential to be a space age personal flying machine. But it didn’t quite take off.

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The Art of Video Games

Chris Melissinos, guest curator of an exhibit about video games at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, explains what makes the genre an art form

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The Art of Video Games

Chris Melissinos, guest curator of an exhibit about video games at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, explains what makes the genre an art form

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The Long History of 3D Photography

A museum in Portland, Oregon highlights the multi-layered path of 3D imagery, from stereoscopes of the American West to blockbuster movies

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How to Distill Texas Whiskey

Garrison Brothers use local ingredients and antique machinery to create the smooth spirit

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What Secrets Lie in The Hope Diamond?

Smithsonian scientists use cutting-edge technology to extract atoms from the surface of the Hope Diamond to unravel its unique DNA.

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Afghan Energy

Without a national power grid, some isolated communities in Afghanistan rely on wind and solar systems to generate affordable energy

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Chris Rainiers Body of Work

While travelling with the Mentawai tribe in Indonesia, the photographer explains his method for how he shoots his tattooed subjects.

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The Corning Museum of Glass

From decorative urns and plates to chandeliers, the Corning Museum of Glass features glass blown items from today to as far back as ancient Egypt.

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