The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation

Season 4

26 episodes · Sep 30, 2017

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  • Luxury Tree Houses
    S4E1

    Luxury Tree Houses

    Sep 30, 201730m

    Host Mo Rocca shows us the man making mansions in the trees; the innovator turning your smart phone into an underwater camera; making Mexico’s highways greener with vertical gardens; and, when the railroad world ditched steam for diesel.

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  • Inland Surf Park
    S4E2

    Inland Surf Park

    Oct 7, 201730m

    Host Mo Rocca shows us an innovative surf park in the North Wales countryside; stopping police chases with a tire lasso; the watch for the blind getting popular with the sighted; and the speed of flight, from the Wright brothers to space.

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  • Globe Maker
    S4E3

    Globe Maker

    Oct 14, 201730m

    Host Mo Rocca shows us the London innovator creating artistic globes of the world; the woman who took her grandmother’s tea recipe to make food last longer; the drone finding and clearing landmines from war-torn countries; and, the place where modern-day technology began.

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  • Gloving
    S4E4

    Gloving

    Oct 21, 201730m

    Host Mo Rocca shows us the new art form of lighting your fingertips; inventing the alien rock grabber; earbuds that translate languages in real time; and, the history of roads connecting the country.

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  • Fog Catchers
    S4E5

    Fog Catchers

    Oct 28, 201730m

    Host Mo Rocca shows us the social worker who created a wireless phone-charging purse; reversing hidden hunger by enhancing food nutrition; the daddy of java, Mr. Coffee; and, turning fog into water.

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  • Origami Kayak
    S4E6

    Origami Kayak

    Nov 4, 201730m

    Host Mo Rocca shows us the fold-up kayak; the British inventor changing hair color with the wind; how Thomas Edison inadvertently invented the electric tattoo pen; and, the mesmerizing movements of the Strandbeest.

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  • Shoes That Grow
    S4E7

    Shoes That Grow

    Nov 11, 201730m

    Host Mo Rocca shows us the art of the folding pop-up greeting cards; the inventor of shoes that grow along with the child’s foot; tents that are taking to the trees; and, how electricity first moved from the lab to the home.

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  • Floating Hammocks
    S4E8

    Floating Hammocks

    Nov 18, 201730m

    Host Mo Rocca shows us the innovation of floating down a river on a hammock; the fingerprint padlock; looking back at the female pioneers of the sky; and, saving eyesight in Africa with a smartphone app.

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  • Peg Leg Crutch
    S4E9

    Peg Leg Crutch

    Jan 13, 201830m

    Host Mo Rocca shows us the hands-free peg leg crutch for leg injuries; the latest inventions for pregnancy and babies; smelling the world with your phone; and, the reading book that taught our ancestors.

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  • Telehealth
    S4E10

    Telehealth

    Jan 20, 201830m

    Host Mo Rocca shows us the cargo carrier that follows you; the device that allows doctors to examine you from the other side of the world; a new spin on the old-world butter churn; and, when the car industry moved to muscle cars.

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  • Bat Hotel
    S4E11

    Bat Hotel

    Jan 27, 201830m

    Host Mo Rocca shows us the bat B&B keeping bugs at bay; the wristband saving electrical workers from shocking danger; the historic balloon reaching the stratosphere; and, the kinder, gentler horseshoe.

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  • United Kingdom Innovations
    S4E12

    United Kingdom Innovations

    Feb 3, 201830m

    Host Mo Rocca shows us the latest innovations coming out of London and Wales, including an inland surfing park; hair coloring that changes with wind and temperature; earbuds that translate foreign languages in real time; and, Edison’s delivery room for the technology boom.

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  • 3D Printing Inventor
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    3D Printing Inventor

    Feb 10, 201830m

    Host Mo Rocca shows us the underwater drone bringing bait to the fish; the inventor of 3D printing; updates on past innovators; and, how railroad signals changed train traffic.

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  • Sound Tunnels
    S4E14

    Sound Tunnels

    Feb 17, 201830m

    Host Mo Rocca shows us tunnels of sound with directional speakers; how silver thread has put an end to smelly clothes; the first modern copying machine; and, an innovative manual clothes washer.

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  • Solar Grill
    S4E15

    Solar Grill

    Feb 24, 201830m

    Host Mo Rocca shows us the fireless grill that cooks using heat from the sun; the sponge that can sop up ocean oil spills; the scuba diving tank you can pump up by hand; and, the innovator whose “car of tomorrow” failed to catch on.

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  • Food Huggers
    S4E16

    Food Huggers

    Mar 3, 201830m

    Host Mo Rocca shows us the women who invented a new way to keep food fresh; the inventor of the self-cleaning gym bag; the newest way to travel with wheels on your feet; and, the designer who changed the world’s taste.

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  • Stress Wristbands
    S4E17

    Stress Wristbands

    Mar 10, 201830m

    Host Mo Rocca shows us the wristband that relieves stress; a chair that makes you balance and sit up straight; the personal air monitor; and, the history of clocks.

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  • Female Inventors
    S4E18

    Female Inventors

    Mar 31, 201830m

    Host Mo Rocca shows us the woman who used her grandmother’s tea to keep food from spoiling; the social worker who invented the phone charging purse; the scientist who took a balloon into the stratosphere; and the new take on the age-old butter churner.

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  • Spray-on Touchscreen
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    Spray-on Touchscreen

    Apr 7, 201830m

    Host Mo Rocca shows us the underwater trash can cleaning up harbors; the spray-on touchscreen that can change the computing world; concrete cloth building fast, rock-hard homes; and, the history of roadside lodging.

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  • Super Soaker Inventor
    S4E20

    Super Soaker Inventor

    Apr 14, 201830m

    Host Mo Rocca shows us the rocket scientist who invented the Super Soaker squirt gun; the street-traveling delivery robot; the light that uses gravity as power; and, the historic Le Mans race between Ford and Ferrari.

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  • Magnetic Design
    S4E21

    Magnetic Design

    Apr 21, 201830m

    Host Mo Rocca shows the amazing designs of magnetic liquid; the app that can detect head injuries; the drone planting forests; and, the history of the lathe which changed machinery.

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  • 100th Episode
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    100th Episode

    Apr 28, 201830m

    Host Mo Rocca shows us the best of our first 100 shows, including the wolves of Yellowstone; the teen who created an app to help those being bullied in school; the Jetman who flies with wings on his back; and, the story of Rosa Parks and restoring the bus where she made history.

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  • Girls Who Code
    S4E23

    Girls Who Code

    May 5, 201830m

    Host Mo Rocca shows us the woman who started an organization to encourage young women to learn computer coding; the man who created a paper airplane drone; how designers Charles and Ray Eames used design to teach math; and, the glove helping the disabled.

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  • Segway Inventor
    S4E24

    Segway Inventor

    May 12, 201830m

    Host Mo Rocca shows us the cat backpack; the man who invented the Segway; we get inventive advice from the innovators we’ve profiled; and, the history of pressed glass.

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  • Artificial Arm Inventor
    S4E25

    Artificial Arm Inventor

    May 19, 201830m

    Host Mo Rocca shows us the inexpensive artificial arm invented by a teen; the mouthpiece that’s an automatic toothbrush; the mechanical snake that seeks out water pollution; and, the machine based on early computer theories.

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  • Strandbeest
    S4E26

    Strandbeest

    May 26, 201830m

    Host Mo Rocca shows us the innovation of floating down a river on a hammock; the inventor of shoes that grow along with the child’s foot; the mesmerizing movements of the wind-driven sculptures called Strandbeests; and, how electricity first moved from the lab to the home.

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