Why Inventors Are Awesome

Опубликовано 10 февраля 2013, 22:49

Buzzfeed riffs about why we love inventors - as part of a celebration of inventors' day.
This video made possible by GE, narrated by Ze Frank, and created by Buzzfeed video in Los Angeles, CA.

What do you want to invent? Tweet with #IWantToInvent

Music : soundcloud.com/querflote (CC)

Image Credits:

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Photos Licensed by: (titles and authors in order of appearance)

Thomas Edison
Keystone/Getty Images

Edison Patent 01/06/12 - USPTO

Vintage paper:
javarman/Shutterstock.com

Self-portrait by Leonardo Da Vinci/WikiMedia Commons
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leo...

Da Vinci Notebook by Leonardo Da Vinci
Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Flying Machine by Leonardo Da Vinci
Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Hand gliding up to yellow green meadow near the sea
Nataiki/Shutterstock.com

Leonardo's Da Vinci engineering drawing from 1503 on textured background.
Janaka Dharmasena/Shutterstock.com

Leonardo da Vinci, design for an enormous crossbow/WikiMedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil...

An Artillery Park by Leonardo Da Vinci/WikiMedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil...

Drawing of Artificial Arm, 07/11/1865
Department of the Interior. Patent Office

Robot Amusement Ride, 1963
Department of the Interior. Patent Office

Gestures for Touch Sensitive Input Devices, 2006
Department of the Interior. Patent Office

Hands Free Towel Carrying" device
Department of the Interior. Patent Office

Photography of Jules Verne by Félix Nadar
WikiMedia Commons
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:F&e...

20000 Leagues Under The Sea Cover
WikiMedia Commons
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia...

Dirigible by Jules Verne, Electric Submarine by Jules Verne, Capsule shot to the Moon by Jules Verne - faithful replication - copyright expired

Solar Sail (NASA image)

Voyage Dans La Lune/A Trip to the Moon by Georges Melies (1902)

The Road to Apollo by NASA
flickr.com/photos/nasacommons/...

Pee poo bag (CC)
flickr.com/photos/gtzecosan/60...

Cardboard Bike:
Baz Ratner/Reuters