Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
From the Nobel Prize to the X Prize and everything in between, Tech Tuesday looks at what drives human innovation. Does technology move forward in small steps or leaps and bounds? And does financial or philosophical considerations work better as a reward?
Guests
- Edward Tenner Historian of technology; also columnist, "Technology Review"; Senior Research Associate at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History's Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation; and author of "Our Own Devices: The Past and Future of Body Technology" (Vintage Paperback)
- Paul Ceruzzi Curator of Aerospace Electronics and Computing at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum
- Richard King Director of The Solar Decathalon; and Team Leader for Photovoltaic Research and Development at the U.S. Department of Energy
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