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Material Information
- Title:
- Generation STEAM interview with Tom Foster, May 2, 2015
- Series Title:
- Generation STEAM Interviews
- Creator:
- Foster, Tom ( Interviewee )
Hamilton-Brehm, Anne Marie, 1970- ( Interviewer )
Hamilton-Brehm, Anne Marie, 1970-
- Place of Publication:
- Paseo Verde Library, Henderson, Nevada
- Publisher:
- Henderson District Public Libraries
- Creation Date:
- 2015-05-02
- Publication Date:
- 2015-05-02
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 42 minutes, 58 seconds
Notes
- Summary:
- Interview with Tom Foster, conducted and filmed by Anne Marie Hamilton-Brehm at Paseo Verde Library in Henderson, Nevada, May 2, 2015. Foster teaches the Renewable Energy: Liter of Light workshop in Henderson Libraries’ Generation STEAM workshop series. His father’s work on the X-15 Rocket Plane inspired him to pursue engineering and employment at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he contributed to the space program. Foster helped build and design science instruments used in Pioneer X and XI, sent to fly by Jupiter and Saturn, Mariner 6 and 7, which first identified the presence of water on Mars, and the Pioneer Venus Orbiter. He has more recently designed lighting, power, and communications systems for buildings and parks. Foster shares how he became involved in the Liter of Light movement, which seeks to improve conditions in impoverished regions where there is no access to electricity by illuminating homes with sunlight shining through a bottle of water secured in a tin roof. Workshop participants learn to construct his photovoltaic Liter of Light, which additionally provides nighttime illumination. For more information, please visit www.hendersonlibraries.com, synshop.org, and www.literoflightusa.org.
- Creation/Production Credits:
- Special thanks to Bill Tomiyasu of SYN Shop for helping to arrange this interview. For more information about SYN Shop, please visit https://synshop.org/
- Additional Physical Form:
- The digital files are stored in the Archives of the Paseo Verde branch of the Henderson District Public Libraries in Henderson, Nevada.
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- Henderson District Public Libraries
- Holding Location:
- Henderson District Public Libraries
- Rights Management:
- Henderson Libraries holds copyright to all of the materials in this collection. All images and materials included in this digital project are intended for personal, educational or research purposes only. Any other use without prior expressed permission is prohibited. Please contact Henderson Libraries staff at digitalcollections@hdpl.org for additional information.
- Resource Identifier:
- hle0086 ( Digital Id )
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