" Innovation in History: Impact and Change"
Innovations in Northwest Arkansas History or by Northwest Arkansans
The architecture of E. Fay Jones
Edgar E. Welch’s “Goods Handler”
The education of Indians: the Sophia Sawyer story
Flood control following the 1927 great Arkansas flood
Gus Malzhan's football "Hurry-up-No-Huddle" offense
J.B. Hunt, trucking visionary
J. William Fulbright and the Fulbright scholarship program
Jeff Brown: new ideas in feeding and raising poultry
Large-scale chicken farming & Millard Berry
Sam Walton and retail innovation
Strouds Mercantile (Rogers) and business innovations
Tyson Foods: new food ideas
The University of Arkansas’ Innovation Center
The University of Arkansas’ “Sand Hog”
Water-powered gristmills in NWA history
Innovations in Arkansas
Bob Burn’s bazooka
The bowie knife
“Flying-Machine Charlie” McDermott
Freeman Harrison Owens and the invention of cinematic technology
Gov. David Pryor and the Arkansas Plan
Grapette soda
The Handywagon
Klipsch Stereo Speakers
Murphy Oil and submersible drilling barges
National Innovations
Airplanes: Transforming Transportation: Connecting the World
Anesthesia: Improving Surgery, Improving Health
Automated Loom: Speed Weaving
Barbed Wire: Fencing the Future
Barometer: Under Pressure
Canning: Preserving Food
The Compass and Exploration
Cotton Gin: Expanding Production and Slavery
Dynamite: Exploding and Expanding Construction Projects
Electricity: Shedding Light
Electrum: Standard Unit of Measure
Gatlin Gun or Repeating Rifle: Faster than a Speeding Bullet
Gutenberg Press: Spreading Literacy to the Masses
Heliocentric Solar System: Centering our Thoughts on Astronomy
Household Vacuum: Cleaning Up
Internal Combustion Engine: Speed and Energy
Irrigation: Urbanization of Communities
Laser Technology: Curing without Cutting
Lateen Sails: Sailing Against the Wind
Longbow or the Stirrup or Gunpowder: Revolutionizing Warfare
Mercator’s Projection: A Grid of Directions
Metallurgy: Transforming Agricultural, Military and Artistic Tools
The National Park System
National rivers: a new idea
Ox Drawn Plow: Opening Trade, Transporting Goods
Pendulum Clock: Measuring Time
Photography: Capturing Time
Plastics: The Gift that Won’t Stop Giving
Polio Vaccine: New Hope
The Reaper: Slicing through Labor Costs
Refrigeration: Cold Storage
Sewing Machine: Seamless Production
The Sextant: Guided by the Stars
Spinning Jenny: Automation of Weaving
The Steam Engine: Faster and Stronger
Telegraph: Communicating through Code
Telephone: Communication Connection
Telescope: Bringing the Stars into Focus
Transcontinental Railroad: Linking a Continent
TV dinners
Waterwheel: Harnessing Energy
X-Ray: Seeing through the Future
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