257 results for: Innovation and Invention
Painted mask made by Wolf Delux, aka Malcolm Procter, 2021
Malcolm Procter, who goes by the artist name of Wolf Delux, painted this mask during the COVID-19 pandemic. His distinctive linework style is done with paint or bleach to create the desired effect on each item. Procter is a Black artist and was born and raised in Seattle. His work takes inspiration from many sources, including pop art, video games,…
ID Number:2021.72.2
Date:2021
Model of COVID-19 Vaccine developed by the University of Washington in 2020
This is a model of the vaccine developed by the Institute for Protein Design (IPD) at the University of Washington. This vaccine uses a structure-based vaccine design technique which was developed by the King Lab (named for lead Neil King) at the IPD. The red is the receptor binding domain, part of the spike of the SARS-COVID virus. This is…
ID Number:2021.80.1
Date:2019-2021
Column used for vaccine development at the University of Washington in 2020
This device was used in vaccine development at the Institute for Protein Design (IPD) at the University of Washington, with scientists Alexandra (Lexi) Walls and Brooke Fiala as project leads. Fiala used this column to prepare (or purify) the vaccine. This particular vaccine uses a structure-based vaccine design technique which was developed by the King Lab (named for lead Neil…
ID Number:2021.80.2
Date:2019
Pipette used for vaccine development at the University of Washington in 2020
This device was used in vaccine development at the Institute for Protein Design (IPD) at the University of Washington, with scientists Alexandra (Lexi) Walls and Brooke Fiala as project leads. Fiala used this pipette in the production of the vaccine which uses a structure-based vaccine design technique developed by the King Lab (named for lead Neil King) at the IPD.…
ID Number:2021.80.3
Date:2019
Grid box holder used for vaccine development at the University of Washington in 2020
These grid box holders were used in vaccine development at the Institute for Protein Design (IPD) at the University of Washington. They contain tiny pieces of copper coated in carbon which enables one to look at proteins under an electron microscope and assure that the development is proceeding as expected. The two head scientists of the project were Alexandra (Lexi)…
ID Number:2021.80.4
Date:2019
Grid box holder used for vaccine development at the University of Washington in 2020
These grid box holders were used in vaccine development at the Institute for Protein Design (IPD) at the University of Washington. They contain tiny pieces of copper coated in carbon which enables one to look at proteins under an electron microscope and assure that the development is proceeding as expected. The two head scientists of the project were Alexandra (Lexi)…
ID Number:2021.80.5
Date:2019
Cartridge Kodak No. 4 folding camera used by C. C. Maring in Seattle, ca. 1895
C.C. Maring came to Seattle around 1890 and established the first photo engraving and printing business west of the Mississippi. His first shop was Maring & Ladd, then a man named Blake who worked at the shop, bought into it, and it became Maring & Blake. The business was located on the floor above the Crescent Manufacturing Company at the…
ID Number:2021.82.1
Date:Circa 1895
Rayfoto Recorder invented by Austin Cooley, ca. 1927
Austin Cooley (1900-1993) invented the Rayfoto (or radio photograph) in 1927. Cooley was born in Seattle and experimented in radio technology early on, even installing the first radio station in a small town in Alaska at the age of 16 before attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a college student. The Rayfoto radio picture receiver was, essentially, the…
ID Number:2022.24.1
Date:Circa 1927
Pressure cooker used at a Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise owned by Gill Centioli, founder of Gil's Hamburgers
Gill Centioli opened his 19-cent hamburger stand in the Rainier Valley neighborhood of Seattle in 1950. He soon operated three fast food drive-ins known as Gil's Hamburgers (dropping one "L") during the 1950s. Meanwhile, Harlan Sanders, prior to moving to Kentucky in 1952 to establish his world wide fast food chain, briefly worked as a cook (and possibly perfected his…
ID Number:2022.25.1
Date:Circa 1957-1959
TRS-80 Model 100 portable computer and peripherals, ca. 1983
The TRS-80 Model 100 portable computer was introduced in 1983 by Tandy and Microsoft, and sold in Radio Shack stores. The 32 KB read-only memory of the Model 100 contains the Microsoft BASIC 80 programming language and was the last computer that Bill Gates had a direct hand in progamming the operating system. He is quoted in an interview with…
ID Number:2022.100computer.1
Date:Circa 1983