Inventive Minds: Ralph Baer
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- Lemelson Center, National Museum of American History
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- Video Title
- Inventive Minds: Ralph Baer
- Description
- Ralph Baer is known as the "Father of Video Games. He created the first home video game system in 1966, launching a multi-billion dollar industry. Through first-person videos, artifacts, and archival materials, visitors to Inventive Minds gallery at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History learn about the traits that successful inventors share—insatiable curiosity, keen problem-solving skills, tenacity, and flexibility in the face of failure—and explore the creative spirit of American invention.
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- 2 min 45 sec
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- invention innovation
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- 2015-11-18T21:11:54.000Z
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- Lemelson Center, National Museum of American History
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- LemelsonCenter
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- Film & Animation
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- American History
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- yt_2khxC19OQ68
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