85 results for: Innovation and Invention
Poster
Advertisement for "The New Gulliver," December 10, 1936
"The New Gulliver" was one of the world's first feature-length film to combine stop-motion animation with live-action footage. Soviet director Aleksandr Lukich Ptushko (1900-1973) and his animation crew spent almost three years building 3,000 different puppets and filming the movie. The story, a Communist re-telling of "Gulliver's Travels" by Jonathan Swift, was released in 1935 to widespread acclaim. The success…
ID Number:2018.38.10
Date:1936
Videorecording
Oral history interview with Paul Brainerd, December 16, 2009
Interview with Paul Brainerd, founder of the Aldus Corporation, conducted by Lorraine McConaghy at the KCTS Television Studios in Seattle for the Speaking of Seattle: Experienced Leaders Project on December 16, 2009. Topics discussed include his childhood in Medford, OR, experiences at the University of Oregon and the University of Minnesota, his career transition from journalism to technology, Aldus and…
ID Number:2019.35.1.7
Date:2009
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Oral history interview with Rob Glaser, August 13, 2002
Interview with Rob Glaser by Jessah Foulk on August 13, 2002 at RealNetworks in Seattle for the Speaking of Seattle: Information Technology Oral History Project. Glaser is the founder of RealNetworks which produces RealAudio, RealVideo, RealPlayer, and Helix, among other products and services. Prior to founding RealNetworks, he worked for Microsoft for ten years. He worked at global venture firm…
ID Number:2019.35.6.7
Date:2002
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Oral history interview with Daniel R. (Dan) Hesse, August 12, 2002
Interview with Daniel (Dan) R. Hesse by Jessah Foulk on August 12, 2002 at Terabeam in Kirkland for the Speaking of Seattle: Information Technology Oral History Project. Hesse was the chairman, president, and CEO of Terabeam Corporation at the time of this interview. Prior to this, he spent 23 years at AT&T where he was named CEO of AT&T Wireless…
ID Number:2019.35.6.8
Date:2002
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Oral history interview with Jeremy Jaech, July 23, 2002
Interview with Jeremy Jaech by Jessah Foulk on July 23, 2002 at MOHAI for the Speaking of Seattle: Information Technology Oral History Project. Jaech is a technology and software entrepreneur, serving as a co-founder of Aldus, best known for its PageMaker software, and Visio. He also led the teams that founded Trumba and SNUPI, and served as CEO of Verdiem.…
ID Number:2019.35.6.9
Date:2002
Audio recording
Oral history interview with Jon Kertzer, July 31, 2002
Interview with Jon Kertzer with Jessah Foulk for the Speaking of Seattle: Information Technology Oral History Project on July 31, 2002. Kertzer was the Director of Smithsonian Global Sound with the Smithsonian Center for Folk Life and Cultural Heritage at the time of this interview. He explains his work on Microsoft’s pioneering Encarta and similar encyclopedia projects, which combined audio…
ID Number:2019.35.6.10
Date:2002
Videorecording
Oral history interview with Dawn Trudeau, July 29, 2002
Interview with Dawn Trudeau by Jessah Foulk on July 29, 2002 for the Speaking of Seattle: Information Technology Oral History Project. Trudeau was a retired information technology executive at the time of this interview. She was an early employee of Microsoft, where she worked from 1984 to 1988. She is now a co-owner of the WNBA's Seattle Storm and chairs…
ID Number:2019.35.6.13
Date:2002
Videorecording
Oral history interview with Doug Walker, July 26, 2002
This interview was conducted by Jessah Foulk for the Speaking of Seattle: Information Technology Oral History Project on July 26, 2002. At the time of this interview, Doug Walker was Chairman and CEO of WRQ, Inc. He talks about his youth, his education, and his entry into Seattle’s high-tech industry. He describes the 1981 founding of WRQ on the $500…
ID Number:2019.35.6.14.1
Date:2002
Ephemera
Brochure for the Monte-Copter helicopter, 1962
This brochure, titled "For the Age of Mobility," describes the "Gearless Triphibian" Monte-Copter, a pneumatically driven "jet helicopter" built for use on land, sea, or air. The brochure describes the design, specifications, uses, and advantages of the Monte-Copter, and includes five photographs. The back page includes a blank space for "World's Fair Notes" and the address of Monte-Copter Inc. on…
ID Number:2025.4.1
Date:1962
Photograph
Inventor Dr. Les Babb with first kidney dialysis machine, February 21, 1994
Dr. Albert Leslie (Les) Babb (1925-2014) was an engineer and professor of chemical and nuclear engineering at the University of Washington from 1952 to 1992. In the 1960s and 1970s, Babb let a team with Dr. Belding Scribner of the UW schoom of medicine to create several machines that improved the field of hemodialysis and the treatment of renal failure.…
ID Number:MP940201
Date:1994