The Untold Story of American Scientists

Listen to women from across the Administration tell the stories of their personal heroes across the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Presented by The White House’s STEM program.

Anna Haupt and Terese Alstin invent the invisible bike helmet

Swedish designers from University of Lund, Anna Haupt and Terese Alstin, spent 7 years researching a better solution to the bike helmet. © Focus Films 2013.

Ana Roca Castro of LATISM

Ana Roca Castro knows that language is power. She also knows that certain languages are universal, such as coding and math. In this inspiring personal talk Ana, one of the few Latina techies and the founder of LATISM (Latinos in Tech Innovation and Social Media), looks at the achievement gap facing English language learners, the language gap at the root of it, and the solutions that technology can offer. Learn more at Platform. © 2013.

Why Engineering? – with Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson

Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson tells how engineering is fun and can change the world. She is an accomplished nuclear physicist and engineer, President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York, and served as Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1995-1999).
© The Edison Tech Center 2012.

Iranian Women Are On Top Of The World Inventor’s List

Iranian Women are Advancing in Science and Technology & Winning World Class Competitions in Research of the Sciences, Engineering and Technology over Leading Nations. © Korea International Women’s Invention Exposition 2008.

Aspire To Inspire: Women in Science

Julie Mitchell working on water recovery and recycling, Tara Ruttley talking about experiments on the International Space Station, and Carlie Zumwalt’s experience with Mars Analogs. © NASA 2011.

Pattie Maes and SixthSense

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TED Presentation of SixthSense by Pattie Maes. Creative Commons license. P. Mistry, P. Maes. SixthSense – A Wearable Gestural Interface. SIGGRAPH Asia 2009, Sketch. Yokohama, Japan. 2009

Chien Shiung Wu a great Chinese-American Physicist

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Chien Shiung Wu – 1st Lady of Physics – The top video clips of the week are here. Chien Shiung Wu was a Chinese-born American physicist with an expertise in radioactivity. Her nicknames included the ‘First Lady of Physics,’ ‘Chinese Marie Curie,’ and ‘Madame Wu.’ She died after her second stroke on February 16, 1997.