Innovation Fellows Roadside Assistance: Creativity and Innovation

Exploring documentation and assessment strategies for maker-centered learning

Implementing creativity - Only the organizational insider—the apparent conformist—has the practical intelligence to overcome bureaucratic impediments and bring a good idea to a fruitful conclusion.

Laws of UX is a collection of the maxims and principles that designers can consider when building interfaces.

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re:3D is an innovator and leader in affordable, large format 3D printing. But rather than call themselves a tech company, they describe what they do as a social enterprise first. Learn from Ambassador Charlotte Craff how re:3D make good on their mission to empower communities through the use of their technologies to build-up local economies and solve urgent problems. Recorded live on October 29, 2020

Jeff Reichman has promoted the important role technology can play in advocating for social good both through his company, January Advisors, as well as through his role in Sketch City, an open community of over 2,700 civic technologists. Hear firsthand how you can harness the power of data to create change and make an impact on issues that matter to you. Recorded live on November 3, 2020.

Textile waste has grown by over 800% percent in the last fifty years, mostly fueled by "fast fashion". Hear from fashion designer and educator Jessica McMahon how innovative new approaches in the industry are focused on making fashion's future "circular", as in the Circular Economy, through creative reuse, upcycling, and a revolution in materials science. Recorded live on November 5, 2020

Celebrate the United Nations' 75th Anniversary and learn more about how you can support the Global Goals for Sustainable with The Honorable Teta V. Banks, Past United Nations Association-USA National Council Chair. Recorded live on October 22, 2020.

Hear the story about how Houston area makers and makerspaces has responded to the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Recorded live on October 27, 2020

Join us as we visit with Jesse Bounds, Director of Innovation for the City of Houston, to find out how Houston is leading the way in the Smart City movement and how our evolving technology and innovation ecosystem is making the region more sustainable and resilient to change. Recorded October 13, 2020

Hear from Ruben Duran, Director for HCC's XR Lab & Studio, how virtual reality can be used to promote empathy, bring understanding, and promote healing. Find out how you can get involved in the XR Lab & Studio this year and develop your own project for good. Recorded live on October 22, 2020

Podcast - A few years ago, economics professor Mike Andrews decided to take a closer look at the link between bars and innovation by looking at patent filings during the Prohibition era. What he found was striking.

A new activity center at the American Indian Museum in NYC sheds light on the original know-how of the Americas

Laws of UX is a collection of the maxims and principles that designers can consider when building interfaces.