James Howard and the Black Inventors Hall of Fame

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Our interview with James Howard, Founder and Executive Director of the Black Inventors Hall of Fame.
James Howard is a college professor, design historian, entrepreneur, industrial designer, inventor, filmmaker, and restauranteur. He brings over 25 years of experience as a design professor and has authored a course on Design Thinking and Design History that explores the impact of design on society. As an accomplished Industrial Design educator and entrepreneur, Howard has lectured on the experience of Black American inventors. Howard himself is an extraordinary inventor with 20 patents, several of which we discuss, cover innovations that save people's lives daily.
James' life work is now culminating in his mission of bringing a broad and detailed awareness to the important work of African American inventors, artists, and innovators who have inspired and forged ahead against tremendous odds and adversity. In creating the Black Inventors Hall of Fame, James hopes to have a place where kids of all ages and persuasions can go and be inspired to become the next generation of scientists, engineers, doctors, and inventors. Because like the great inventor Lonnie Johnson says, “What they see, they will be.”
** Mossoff Minute **
In this month's Mossoff Minute, Professor Adam Mossoff discusses how there’s a pirate living in your Apple Watch and why the media’s coverage of Apple’s predatory infringement of Masimo's patents is missing the mark.
** Discussed Links **
⦿ Black Inventors Hall of Fame
⦿ BIGG documentary: The Gathering
⦿ Tech Boy Book
⦿ Why Patents Exist
⦿ Inventor Stories Vol. 1

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Chapter

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. Mossoff Minute: Masimo and Apple (00:02:09)

3. Meet James Howard (00:08:51)

4. Origin story as an inventor (00:09:19)

5. Inspiring the next generation (00:14:12)

6. Black Inventors Hall of Fame mission (00:22:23)

7. Untold stories of black inventors (00:30:56)

8. Advice to new inventors (00:37:01)

9. STEM hope for youth (00:41:26)

10. BIGG documentary learnings (00:55:15)

11. How you can help (01:00:27)

12. Outro (01:04:37)