Stanford Ovshinsky at United Solar Ovonic Facility, Auburn Hills, Michigan, 2009
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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.
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
Digital photograph
Subject Date
April 2009
Collection Title
On Exhibit
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
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