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The Lightbulb Moment
The surprising impact of less-celebrated inventions and the moments of inspiration that made them possible.
S1, EP5 "Mauve: The Fake Color That Made Our Modern World"
In 1856, a chemistry student accidentally created a strange substance with a rich purple hue; Mauve takes over the fashion industry, make food look more appetizing, and enable stunning advances in medicine.
S1, EP6 "Vanilla: The Bean That Shaped the Future of Food"
In 1841 on the small island of Réunion, a 12-year-old slave did something no one had done before; the vanilla bean takes the world by storm, sparking the artificial flavor revolution and forever changing how we eat.
S1, EP1 "The Hollywood Actress That Laid the Groundwork for WiFi"
During WWII, Actress Hedy Lamarr, deemed the world's most beautiful woman, invented a technology that laid the groundwork for the wireless internet of today.
S1, EP11 "Like Button: The Unintended Consenquences of the Facebook Like Button"
When first presented with the like button Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg worried that a quick thumbs up or down would discourage more meaningful online interaction but eventually his team changed his mind and transformed the world.
S1, EP2 "Cubicle: How the Cubicle Became Universally Hated"
The Cubicle was originally designed to set workers free; a futuristic designer named Robert Propst dreamed up the cubicle as a groovy 1960s workplace utopia that would unleash the modern knowledge worker's vast untapped potential.
S1, EP10 "Edison: How Edison Reinvented Invention"
Edison pioneered the world's first research and development center in Menlo Park and worked with a group of experimenters to methodically zero in on the holy grail of electric light.
S1, EP9 "Interstate: How the Interstate Connected and Divided America"
Dwight Eisenhower's interstate highway system was the biggest infrastructure project of its time, a bold plan to connect all corners of America and boost the post-war economy but it also ended up deepening the divide between rich and poor.
S1, EP8 "Streaming: The Invention That Revolutionized Streaming Video"
The early days of online video were plagued by low resolution, stamp-sized video, and unbearable buffering times but that changed when a breakthrough technology revolutionized streaming video and set the foundation for the era of Netflix.
"The Lightbulb Moment"
The surprising impact of less-celebrated inventions and the moments of inspiration that made them possible.