Cameron Drews

Cameron Drews appears in the following:

Transistors: America's Greatest Innovation?

Thursday, February 25, 2016

Kevin Kelly, co-founder of Wired Magazine, argues that the transistor is America's Greatest Innovation.

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Apple's Privacy Dilemma: Inside The Battle Between the DOJ and Silicon Valley

Friday, February 19, 2016

Apple's decision to stand up against the FBI is raising bigger questions about the tenuous relationship between tech companies and the federal government.

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War Worries Grow for GOP Convention

Thursday, February 18, 2016

If none of the candidates come away from primary season the requisite 1,237 delegates to clinch the nomination, they could face a contested convention, which hasn't happened since 1976.

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VOTE: America's Greatest Innovation

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

The United States is a nation of ideas, which is why we're asking you to help us select America's greatest innovation.

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Hillary Clinton's Former Innovation Adviser on Fostering Visionary Change

Thursday, February 11, 2016

Alec Ross was the first ever senior adviser on innovation for the State Department. He says America is the perfect incubator for innovation solutions to the world's biggest problems.

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H. Joseph Gerber: The Innovative Genius You've Never Heard Of

Thursday, February 04, 2016

He was a refugee from Austria, a holocaust survivor, and eventually came to be known as the Thomas Edison of manufacturing. 

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Restoring Innovation and Creativity in American Education

Wednesday, February 03, 2016

Ted Dintersmith, executive producer of the film "Most Likely to Succeed," says today's education system, which is based largely on memorization, often discourages creative thinking.

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Don't Freak Out, Yet: Apple May Ditch the Headphone Jack

Tuesday, February 02, 2016

It's a move that will certainly infuriate some iPhone users, but Apple watcher Leander Kahney argues that obsolescence is a natural part of innovation.  

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Innovating Outside of Planet Earth

Monday, February 01, 2016

Astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren join us from the International Space Station to discuss what happens when technology meets innovative problem solving. 

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How the Air Conditioner Changed America

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

The air conditioner has become a key tool in the preservation of art and artifacts, and it also changed American politics and geography.

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Christie Uses Blizzard in Fight For the White House

Monday, January 25, 2016

Despite causing power outages and flooding along the Jersey Shore, Saturday's blizzard gave Governor Christie an opportunity to emphasize his experience in an executive role. 

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Good News for American Scots: Sheep's Lung Could Be Coming to a Table Near You

Monday, January 25, 2016

Because it's made with sheep's lung, traditional haggis imported from Scotland has been banned in the United States since 1971. All of that may be about to change though.

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How Innovation Changes Music

Monday, January 25, 2016

As part of our "America's Greatest Innovation" series, two music industry experts discuss how new technology affects musical genres and the ways we can experience them. 

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The NFL Is Getting Its First Full-Time Female Coach

Friday, January 22, 2016

Is this a giant leap or a small step for women in football? Natalie Randolph, a former football player and high school coach, offers her thoughts.

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An Amateur's Guide to Viewing the Night Sky

Thursday, January 21, 2016

For the first time in more than a decade, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn, and Jupiter are all visible at the same time. We've enlisted an expert to help us locate objects in the night sky.

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#OscarsSoWhite: How the Hollywood Machine Plays Racial Politics

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

For the second year in a row, not a single person of color was nominated for an acting Oscar, something that has reignited the conversation about race and the entertainment industry.

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Astronomers Rename Dozens of Exoplanets

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Musica, Orbitar, Poltergiest: Thanks to a world-wide public vote, boring exoplanet names have received a much-needed upgrade.

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A Silicon Valley in a Siberian Forest

Thursday, January 07, 2016

"Academpark" is a hub of innovation and open-mindedness hidden deep in a Siberian forest, originally created in the Soviet era, but now seeing a revival. 

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Understanding China's Contradictions, and Its Rise

Wednesday, January 06, 2016

From a desire to modernize, to increased military activities, to a crack-down on journalism and free expression, we look at China's contradictions, and its growth to a superpower. 

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At 16, a Punch, Then Life Without Parole

Tuesday, January 05, 2016

Taurus Buchanan was only a teenager when he punched a classmate and was sentenced to life in prison without parole. A 2016 Supreme Court case could be his ticket to freedom. 

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