Innovators Aren't Born

Innovators Aren't Born Show, # 102, Interview with Dava Sobel  GPS is a ubiquitous technology - it's found everywhere.  We take knowing our exact location for granted, all it takes is a quick glance at your phone to know exactly where you are.  It's so easy and convenient, that it's difficult to imagine a time, when knowing your exact location was impossible. On today's episode of Innovators Aren't Born, I speak with author Dava Sobel, author of "Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time" who brought back to our modern memories, the fascinating story of the British watchmaker, John Harrison, who solved this technical challenge. In the early 18th century, as the great seafaring nations established far-flung trading empires, billions of dollars of goods and thousands of sailors were being lost at sea due to poor navigation.   While a ship's latitude could be determined by the movement of the sun and s

Innovators Aren't Born Show, # 101, Interview with NASA SpaceApps DC Organizer, Korina Ysabel, and NASA's Nobel Prize Winning Physicist, Dr. John Mather  For this inaugural podcast, we are excited to be broadcasting from the 2016 NASA Space Apps Challenge at the Tech Shop in Arlington, Virginia.  One of many locations around the world, where over 5,600 engineers, coders, makers, artists, and storytellers are connecting to address mission-related challenges for NASA--making it one of the world's largest international annual hackathons.   On this podcast, we'll be speaking with Korina Ysabel, a former SpaceApps Challenge winner, and the woman responsible for bringing this event to Washington, DC.  Also, we'll have the chance to speak about innovation with Nobel Prize Winner, Dr. John Mather, who's research helped cement the big-bang theory of the universe and who is currently working as the project scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope, which will replace the Hubble in 2018.