Stanford Ovshinsky at United Solar Ovonic Facility, Auburn Hills, Michigan, 2009

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Artifact Overview

With 400 patents spanning a 50-year career, Stan Ovshinsky and his late wife Iris developed an array of energy and information-related inventions with the goal of a hydrogen-based economy. His inventions include nickel-metal hydride batteries for hybrid vehicles and flexible solar panels for use in buildings. United Solar Ovonic is a subsidiary of Energy Conversion Devices Inc., founded by Ovshinsky in 1960.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Digital photograph

Subject Date

April 2009

Creator Notes

Photographed by Michelle Andonian.

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2009.156.3.46

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Stanford Ovshinsky.

Technique

Digital photography (Digital camera)

Color

Multicolored