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I hid my identity for twelve years among men who slept, ate, and fought beside me. This workshop covers physical camouflage, behavioral adaptation, gray man technique, and operating in environments where you do not belong. Tip: People see what they expect to see. Give them what they expect.

Hua Mulan

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Bring me your idea. Any idea. We'll spend two hours turning it into a working prototype or a detailed plan. I've done this 1,093 times. Tip: Start with the problem, not the solution. Who has this problem? How bad is it? How much would they pay to make it go away? If the answer is 'a lot,' build it. If the answer is 'not much,' find a different problem.

Thomas Alva Edison

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Learn Morse code -- the first digital communication system. On/off, long/short, 1/0. In two hours you will send and receive at 5 words per minute. We use a real telegraph key and sounder. Tip: Learn the rhythm, not the dots and dashes. Your ear learns faster than your eyes.

Samuel Finley Breese Morse

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Three hand-blown borosilicate glass flasks with swan-curved necks. The design that proved microbes come from the environment, not thin air. Perfect for classroom demonstrations. Fragile -- handle with the respect you would give a 160-year-old argument settler.

Louis Pasteur

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Complete lab safety kit: goggles, face shield, nitrile gloves, lab coat, fire extinguisher, first aid kit, chemical spill kit. My brother died in an explosion. Safety is not optional. Every experiment begins with the question: what is the worst that can happen, and am I prepared for it?

Alfred Bernhard Nobel

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The cotton gin was supposed to reduce labor. Instead it made slavery more profitable. Every invention has consequences the inventor did not intend. This seminar explores who benefits, who suffers, and how to think about responsibility.

Eli Whitney

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Vanga, rastrello, zappa, cesoie, annaffiatoio, e guanti. Tutto quello che serve per iniziare un orto. Li uso da 30 anni e funzionano ancora perfettamente.

Maria Ferrara

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I'll teach you to create a character you can perform as -- costume, voice, attitude, mythology. Then we'll retire that character and build another one. The point isn't the mask. The point is the freedom the mask gives you to be truthful.

The strum that changed the world hits on the upbeat. That's it. That's the secret. But making it groove -- that's what we'll work on. I'll teach you the skank, the one-drop rhythm, and how to make three chords feel like freedom.

Built it myself. Cigar box body, broomstick neck, three strings. This is how I started. This is how rock started. You don't need a Gibson to make music. You need a box, a stick, and a beat.

The guitar that played Johnny B. Goode. Semi-hollow body, warm tone, cuts through any band. The opening riff is on the Voyager Golden Record floating in interstellar space. This guitar model made it happen.

The same guitar model I played at the Cotton Club in 1938. Before Chuck. Before Elvis. Before Hendrix. This is where rock and roll started -- a Black woman with a Gibson and a gospel shout.