Stan Ovshinsky

Visionary of Solar-Hydrogen-Based Economy

Interview Highlights
Stan Ovshinsky
Length: 7:25
Solar Cell Manufacturing Machine (Part One)
Stan Ovshinsky
Length: 3:36
Origins of an Idea
Stan Ovshinsky
Length: 2:20
Methods and Philosophy
Stan Ovshinsky
Length: 3:46
Solar Cell Manufacturing Machine (Part Two)
Stan Ovshinsky
Length: 4:51
Vision and Opposition
Stan Ovshinsky
Length: 2:29
Solar Panels
Stan Ovshinsky
Length: 2:05
Solar Panels by the Mile
Stan Ovshinsky
Length: 4:24
Nurturing Ideas
Stan Ovshinsky
Length: 3:54
Hydrogen Hybrid Car (Part One)
Stan Ovshinsky
Length: 2:33
Hydrogen Hybrid Car (Part Two)
Stan Ovshinsky
Length: 3:42
Hydrogen Hybrid Car (Part Three)
Stan Ovshinsky
Length: 4:30
Hydrogen Hybrid Car (Part Four)
Stan Ovshinsky
Length: 3:36
Ovshinksy Innovation LLC
Stan Ovshinsky
Length: 3:39
Big Problems Big Solutions
Stan Ovshinsky
Length: 2:34
Gaining Efficiencies of Scale
Stan Ovshinsky
Length: 4:36
Loving Science
Stan Ovshinsky
Length: 2:16
What Are You Proud of?
Stan Ovshinsky
Length: 3:18
Disorder and the Amorphous
Stan Ovshinsky
Length: 4:25
Amorphous Materials
Stan Ovshinsky
Length: 2:59
Putting Elements Together
Stan Ovshinsky
Length: 2:27
Pattern Recognition Problem Solving
Stan Ovshinsky
Length: 3:26
Influence
Stan Ovshinsky
Length: 2:19
Intellectual Development
Stan Ovshinsky
Length: 2:39
The Process of Invention
Stan Ovshinsky
Length: 3:07
Collaboration
Stan Ovshinsky
Length: 3:49
Convincing People
Stan Ovshinsky
Length: 4:18
Nickel Metal Hydride Battery
Stan Ovshinsky
Length: 1:11
I Never Did Anything Because I Wanted Money
Stan Ovshinsky
Length: 3:39
The Role of Science
Stan Ovshinsky
Length: 4:41
Advice to Youth
Stan Ovshinsky
Length: 1:35
Message to the Future
Stan Ovshinsky
Length: 1:33
How Do You Want to Be Remembered
Stan Ovshinsky
Length: 2:06
Innovation in Tough Times
Stan Ovshinsky
Length: 5:21
Legacy and Advice
Stan Ovshinsky
Length: 3:11
We Changed the World
Stan Ovshinsky
Length: 3:37
Marriage Is a Partnership
Stan Ovshinsky
Length: 1:15

About the Innovator

With 400 patents spanning a 50-year career, Stan Ovshinsky, together with his wife Iris, developed an array of energy and information-related inventions that advanced many technologies and industries--all in pursuit of a vision of a hydrogen-based economy.

Why He Innovated

Driven by a love of science as well as strongly held social convictions, Stan Ovshinsky's wide-ranging interests took him from the study of how certain types of materials perform to how the human mind itself processes information. His striking insights and surprising connections have helped to enable the devices we use every day--from computer memory, liquid crystal displays, electric and hybrid vehicles to solar energy systems and more.