STEM Presentation San Antonio History of Technology SATX

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INNOVATION
WHAT IS STEM?
CORE4 [STEM] is changing
existing situations to preferred
situations.
--Nobel Laureate Herbert Simon
STEM is an acronym for science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics
(STEM).
NOVEMBER 22, 2015
By Jim Brazell, Volunteer concept for San
Antonio Chamber of Commerce. Contact:
jim@armour.io

--G.P. Singh, Ph.D., Karta
“San Antonio is a
CAN DO CITY!”
WHAT IS STEM?
CORE4 INNOVATION
In San Antonio, Texas, STEM is #CORE4
INNOVATION: The Alamo City's story of
transforming existing situations to
preferred situations since 1745.
STEM – science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics.

WHAT IS STEM?
CORE4 INNOVATION
San Antonio’s story of STEM
innovation, CORE4--transforming
existing situations to preferred
situations since 1745.
CORE4 is a synonym for STEM, an
acronym for science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics.
Notice: This is a concept, all
copyrights and photos owned by
respective owners. Citations for 3rd
party work on slides or in notes.

What 2,000 middle school students and
teachers say they want to change in San
Antonio, November 18, 2015, #Core4.
There’s a town to be.
San Antonio is that place.
I’m going to be everything.
We stand together.
To become something new, now.
The STEM change our art of change.
San Antonio is Future of U.S.
We are on the top:
Good achievement, no violence
in the city, people achieve goals…
San Antonio will be
leading edge of technology
because of us.
Change is around us:
San Antonio is Cool.
School is Cool.
TEAMS (STEM+ARTS) poetry in action led by
Jim Brazell Chairman and CEO of Armour.io
and Ventureramp.com.
WHAT IS STEM?
CORE4 is changing existing
situations to preferred
situations.
CORE4 is a synonym for STEM--
science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics.

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INNOVATION
What 2,000 middle school students and teachers
say they want to change in San Antonio,
November 18, 2015, #Core4.
CHANGE:
• To become a great doctor.
• Engineering robots in San Antonio,
spacecraft and hover boards to make for the
world.
• San Antonio to be futuristic.
• Add more schools and colleges to San
Antonio so we can be the future of the United
States.
• I want Brentwood to let students dissect a
frog.
• E.T. Wrenn to have a mechanics class.
• I want a better science class and a higher
rank for study of robotics.
• Better library and gym.
• I’d change the way people look at this city. I
would also like to change bullying.
TEAMS (STEM+ARTS) poetry in action led by Jim
Brazell Chairman and CEO of Armour.io and
WHAT IS STEM?
situations.
--Nobel Laureate Herbert SimonCORE4 is a synonym for STEM--
mathematics.

CORE4
INNOVATION
What 2,000 middle school students and
teachers say they want to change in San
Antonio, November 18, 2015, #Core4.
CHANGE:
• The world. –Ben
• The number of terrorists in the world.
• I want to end war and the world will be
together… For the world to work
together and live better.
• The change I want is better schools and
a criminal justice class.
• I want more people in homes and not on
street.
• I’d change education, I’d change the way
we view people.
• I want peace in San Antonio and for my
future to be fun and safe.
TEAMS (STEM+ARTS) poetry in action led by Jim
Brazell Chairman and CEO of Armour.io and
Ventureramp.com.
WHAT IS STEM?
situations.
CORE4 is a synonym for STEM--
mathematics.

CORE4 SAN ANTONIO INNOVATION
• What does Fiesta, Battle of the Flowers, in San
Antonio celebrate every year? What is a
Maverick character in American jargon? What is
the sprit of innovation in Southwest Texas and
the Alamo City?
• What does John O’Gorman’s mural “Confluence
of Civilizations” depict and why is municipal
water a distinction for San Antonio in America?
Who are some of San Antonio’s Maverick
innovators from this period of Texas
Independence and settlement? What is the
mathematics of water called (Discuss calculus,
math of change and process, and hydraulic
engineering)?
• What young Maverick boy inspired the Alamo
City to work robots, video games, and
cybersecurity into schools and programs around
town? Who did he work with on Space-Based
Solar Power and Cloud 2.0 when he was in high
school? What do you think is important to society

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INNOVATION
9000 B.C.–1745, Confluence of Civilizations
1834–1890, Texas Republic, Independence!
1859-1890, Texas Settlement & Age of
Health
1910-1947, Age of Aviation & Movie Magic
1948-1967, Space Age
1968-2015, Computer Age
San Antonio, City of the Future
CORE4 means STEM, an acronym for
mathematics (STEM).

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INNOVATION
What does the Battle of the
Flowers, FIESTA,
celebrate?

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INNOVATION
In 1834 Stephen F. Austin petitions
Mexico to settle Americans in Texas.
This eventually led to the battle of
the Alamo where all were killed
except 2 wives, several children, and
a slave.
1834

San Antonio de Béxar
Presidio, the center of Spanish
defense in western Texas, was
founded by Martín de
Alarcónon May 5, 1718. San
Antonio has a recorded history
starting in 1691 with the St.
Anthony day mass through
numerous immigrations, its
selection as the Texas state
capital in 1773, opening the
first school in 1789, Battle of
the Alamo in 1836, Bexar
County organized and city
incorporation 1836-1837.
Image & Caption Source: Moran, Percy,
artist. "Battle of the Alamo." Reproduction
of an original painting. Joliet, Illinois,
Gerblach Barklow Co., copyright 1912.
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of
Congress in Digital History, Explorations -
Remembering the Alamo
Battle of the Alamo,
Mexicans and Texans
fight to the death
February 23-to-
March 6, 1836

Santa Anna surrendered to a wounded Sam Houston at the Battle of
San Jacinto. In 1845 Texas became a state.
1845

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Fiesta, Battle of the
Flowers, is the
celebration of the
defeat of Santa Anna at
the Battle of San
Jacinto. In 1845 Texas
became a state.

The U.S. Army has maintained a presence in the Alamo City since 1845. During that time, the installation has performed five
distinct and important roles: that of a headquarters, logistical base, mobilization and training site, garrison and provider of medical
support. At first, the Army leased facilities in the City of San Antonio, including the Alamo. In fact, the Army repaired the Alamo
structure and added a roof so it could be used as a headquarters. In 1876, the Army began to move its facilities to the present site
of Fort Sam Houston upon completion of the Quadrangle. The post has since increased in size from the original 92 acres donated
to the Army by the city, to
approximately 3,000 acres today.
1845
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INNOVATION

SAMUEL A. MAVERICK
(1803-1870)
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Legend Samuel Maverick was a signer of the Texas
Declaration of Independence, an Alamo defender, a
cattleman and a prominent San Antonian.
American Heritage Dictionary Definition of a Maverick:
1. An unbranded or orphaned range animal,
especially a calf.
2. a nonconformist
3. An independent as in politics. “Unbranded
Character”

SAMUEL A. MAVERICK
1849
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INNOVATION
Spirit of the Maverick.
California Gold Rushers who
traveled by ship to Corpus Christi
and Galveston wagon trained
through San Antonio. They picked
up the Maverick story and spirit to
propel their risky venture… This
gold rush mentality is one of the
factors often attributed to why
Silicon Valley is a risk tolerant.
The ethos is from San Antonio.

SAN ANTONIO
INNOVATION
In 1856, what odd ungulate (cattle,
horse, pig, etc.) did the U.S. Army
relocate to San Antonio as pack
animals for the corps?

Camel Corps
established in
1856 in San
Antonio.
1856
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INNOVATION
San Antonio is a crucible wherein men
and women who are outspoken about
realities that are not popular or
understood forge the future—this is
true in all major periods of time from
the mission period through today.
San Antonio, leading the world in
STEM innovation since 1764.
America's First
Spacewalk, San
Antonio’s Astronaut Hero
Edward H. White II.
Image: Compliments of NASA

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“Confluence of civilizations”, as depicted by John O. Gorman on the Lila Cockrell Theatre downtown: To the
right, from center, depicted are the native Inca, Aztec, and Indian tribes of the Southwest and to the left the
history of Western Civilization. One of the oldest regions inhabited by people in the world, San Antonio is the
cradle of innovation in the Americas.

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For over 11,000 years Native American hunter-gatherers utilized the
lush and varied ecosystems of San Antonio's Olmos Creek basin
fresh water springs and rivers leaving evidence of tools and
technology here for millennia. 1691 Spaniards Camped with Payaya
Indians at the river’s head waters. It was the day of Saint Anthony de
Padua and they named the spot San Antonio de Padua.

Missions
San Jose
San Juan
Espada
Concepcion

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INNOVATION
In 1761 the Spanish missions
utilized started what would become
the first municipal water distribution
system in North America—a ditch,
a dam, and ultimately a network of
irrigation canals—aqueducts or
“acequias”.
The first canal dug at the San
Antonio Springs was the Alamo
Madre in 1745, and it diverted
water from the east side of the
headwaters just below the Springs.
The site, present-day Brackenridge
Park.

Carl Gunther 1859
Edward Steves (1829-1890), owner of the successful Edward Steves & Sons lumber
company in San Antonio, was born in Germany and sailed to Galveston in 1849. In
1866 Steves entered the lumber business in San Antonio. His business expanded
rapidly after the arrival of the railroad in 1877.
Ed Steves 1866
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Thomas
Claiborne
FrostFrost starts mercantile
and auction Business
on Main Plaza in
1868 which would
become a banking
enterprise.
1868
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INNOVATION
The Sisters of Charity of the
Incarnate Word, Sisters
Madeleine Chollet, Pierre
Cinquin, and Agnes Buisson,
came to San Antonio in 1869,
shortly after the close of the
Civil War. These early
developments have endured to
the present in CHRISTUS
Health, the University of the
Incarnate Word, and our
Incarnate Word Schools in
Mexico.
1869

Famous cattle drives started 1866-1870.
10 million cattle driven from Texas.
Samuel Maverick
became known for
unbranded cattle,
“mavericks.”
1866-
1870
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Union Stock Yard
1877 Rail Arrived
1877

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Old, Pearl Brewery 1883, Lone Star Started 1940

Military Medical Center USA
The story of the Alamo city's military history of medical-bio-
life science begins in 1879 when the US Army opened a
small medical dispensary, in a single story, wooden
building. During the early years the Fort Sam Houston Post
hospital was housed in temporary structures.
From 1959-1970, The US Air Force School of Aerospace
Medicine (USAFSAM) was the site of scientific research
integral to the US Man-in-Space effort, which culminated in
the Apollo missions of the late 1960s.
Today known as Medical Military City USA, the San
Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC) is home of the
Wounded Warrior Program, center of excellence for
military medical education and training, and a major
treatment center for our uniformed service members and
their families worldwide.
Arguably, there’s no other city in the nation with a larger
complex of uniformed services training and intelligence
units allied with local defense research, development, and
contracting activities.
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1879

Constructed in 1890,
Ft Sam Houston was
the second largest
military post in the
nation.
1890
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Two members of the US
Department of Defense's Ebola
Military Medical Support Team
help each other with the
protective gear during training at
San Antonio.

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INNOVATION
In this Oct. 24, 2014, file photo,
members of the Department of
Defense's Ebola Military Medical
Support Team use checklists during
training at San Antonio Military Medical
Center in San Antonio.
(AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

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1910
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INNOVATION
Gaston Meilies opens the Star Film
Ranch at the site of Hot Well
Springs and creates the first
documentary, The Immortal
Alamo, 1911. Film stars such as
Francis Ford and others would
appear in his films and frequent the
city before there was a Hollywood
west of the Alamo City.

CORE4 ARTS
INNOVATION
Star Wars: Episode 2, Harry Potter and the
Prisoner of Azkaban, Lord of the Rings, The
Passion of the Christ, Spider-Man 2, The Matrix,
Pirates of the Caribbean, Black Hawk Down, Star
Trek Nemesis, AI, Jimmy Neutron, Jurassic Park
III, Spy Kids, Charlie’s Angels, The Gladiator, Red
Planet, Titanic.
Tim Jenison
2015

CORE4 ARTS INNOVATION
“Tim’s Vermeer follows the meticulous
lengths Jenison goes to in order to realize
his personal dream of recreating Vermeer’s
studio and painting his masterpiece “The
Music Lesson” (1662-1664).
Tim’s Vermeer is a fascinating new
documentary which explores subjects such
as art, technology, and obsession. The film
is directed by Teller, best known as the
silent partner in the illusionist duo Penn and
Teller. Penn Jillette is also featured as a
narrator in the film as well as being
instrumental in its production.” --C.L. Illsley,
Art and Technology Meet in Tim’s Vermeer.
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2014

CORE4 ARTS INNOVATION
2015
Alamo – 1910
Wings - 1927
Sugarland Express - 1973
The Yellow Rose - 1983
Lost in America - 1984
Johnny Be Good - 1987
Nadine - 1986
Pee Wee's Big Adventure - 1985
Toy Soldiers - 1990
Fatherhood - 1992
8 Seconds - 1993
Lolita - 1995
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls - 1995
The Newton Boys - 1997
Waking Life - 1999
All the Pretty Horses - 1999
Miss Congeniality - 2000
American Outlaws - 2000

http://www.saysi.orghttp://www.saysi.org
CORE4 ARTS
INNOVATION
SAY Sí is a year round, long-term, non-
profit multidisciplinary arts program that
provides students opportunities to develop
artistic and social skills in preparation for
higher educational advancement and
professional careers. SAY Sí strives to
develop each individual student by
enhancing their character so that they will
possess all the tools and motivation
necessary to become productive,
thoughtful citizens of our community.
2015

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INNOVATION
Captain Benjamin D. Foulois
seated at the controls of a
Wright Military
biplane; a radio transmitter is
tied into the passenger seat;
1911.
1911

KATHERINE STINSON,
Courtesy Photo / University Of
New Mexico Library
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INNOVATION
Katherine Stinson, a barnstormer,
was the first person to perform a
snap roll at the top of a loop-to-loop
and the first person to perform night
sky writing in the world.
Stinson Municipal Airport – The
first airfield in the world owned and
operated by a woman.
1915

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INNOVATION
In 2008, Evan Gray won
the Global Kbot K’Nex
Robot Competition.
From Evan Gray’s
inspiration,
SpaceTEAMS, the Texas
Institute for Educational
Robotics (TIER),
SASTEMIC, and much,
much more was born.
Collaboration between
the millennial Gay and
Kane from the silent
generation sparked a
STEM and arts, or
TEAMS, innovation storm
in the city and region…

Evan Gray
Duke Kane
2011
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INNOVATION
March 2, 2010, Col. (Dr.) Francis X.
Kane (born December 12, 1918)
became the fiftieth inductee into the Air
Force Space and Missile Pioneers Hall
of Fame for his lifetime contributions to
the Air Force Space Program including:
Space-based missile warning (Defense
Support Program), space-based
missile defense, manned maneuvering
reentry vehicles (Space Shuttle),
detection and attack of mobile missiles,
laser anti-satellite weapons [ASAT], the
advanced ballistic missile (MX or
Peacekeeper), and a navigation
satellite (NAVSTAR/GPS) system.
“Duke” and his life long friend “Bernie”
would lead programs to link technology
forecasting (Project Forecast),
Strategy of Technology, and concurrent
engineering to achieve competitive
advantage and bankrupt Soviet
measures and countermeasures in
R&D leading to the collapse of the
Soviet Union.
2010

Under Andrew Schuetze’s
leadership, SpaceTEAMS/TIER
is a Pre-K to PhD network of
STEM and arts programs linked
by SASTEMIC. Focusing on
CYBER-OT, SpaceTEAMS serves
many industry sectors in the
Alamo City including aerospace,
information technology,
cybersecurity, manufacturing,
energy, automotive, aviation,
and scientific research and
development.
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Col. Francis X. Kane’s (USAF, 1918-2013) greatest hope
in his last days of work was to promote “creativity” and
“collaboration” in everything we do, from early childhood
development and education to international cooperation
in cyber/space.
Duke believed creativity and collaboration to be the two
most important principals to drive our pursuit of both
national security and economic competitiveness. Today,
Duke’s legacy is seen all around us: From the freedoms
we enjoy to the booms of hypersonic flight. With the
support of Ramiro Cavazos, Duke and Evan’s dreams
would be materialized in the following Alamo City Cyber-
STEM programs 2003-2015:
• SPACETEAMS
• TEXAS INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL
ROBOTICS (TIER)
• ALAMO AREA AEROSPACE ACADEMY
• SASTEMIC
2011

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INNOVATION
Northwest Vista College, Alamo Community College
District: Funded by Texas Workforce Commission
Education Innovation launching FIRST ROBOTICS in
the State of Texas in the Alamo City.
Seeded by investment in SpaceTEAMS by Ramiro
Cavazos, San Antonio would garner over $2 million in
grants to lead educational robotics and gaming.
Following Ramiro’s lead investment, San Antonio
collaboration among Andrew Schuetze
(SpPACETEAMS/TIER) and Cliff Zintgraff, Da Vinci
Minds, Inc) resulted in first Career and Technical
Education course to meet Texas 4x4 requirements for
rigorous mathematics—beyond Algebra II.
ROBOT MATH as it was known, Analytical Integrated
Mathematics was derived from the work of Michael
Bettersworth and Jim Brazell at Texas State Technical
College System and IC2.org respectively.
2013

To reengineer the Gatling gun
mount on the Sea Hawk
Helicopter—Military STEM. Led
by student Evan Gray (far
right), students at RAM
partnered with a defense
contractor and Hubert Davis,
Apollo 11, Lunar Capsule 5,
Vehicle Manager (Hu pictured
four from right).
AECOM ERAP Lifecycle
Innovation & Security by
Design Workforce
Scott and Evan GrayHu Davis
2011
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David Spencer
Jim Brazell

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INNOVATION
Together with Duke Kane, Father of GPS,
and Hu Davis Apollo 11 Eagle Vehicle
Manager, Evan Gray and classmates
from RAM STEM in Academy in San
Antonio conceptualize Cloud 2.0--energy,
communications, and computing via
space-based solar power.
After Peter Glaser introduced Davis to the
concept, he was earned responsibility for
NASA’s work with the Department of
Energy to study the implications of SBSP
for supporting global energy markets. Hu
and his cadre of retired AF and NASA
engineers who are working to show that
the launch costs for towing all the gear in
space have come into alignment with
energy markets and the eminent
commercialization of space 2.0 (by IPP,
Inter Planetary People;).
2012

“The first person to walk on
Mars will be from San
Antonio.”
--Col. Francis X. “Duke” Kane, Founder SPACETEAMS &
Military Father of NAVSTAR/GPS, 2005, First Annual
SPACETEAMS
Image Credit: NASA/Pat Rawlings, SAIC
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INNOVATION
In 2004, when Duke was President of the
Schriever Institute, he developed a concept for
a virtual school to connect philosophy,
technology, space, and the arts to sustain the
Alamo city’s legacy of aerospace and “cloud”
innovation.
The program, SPACETEAMS, would lead the
State of Texas and the nation in the pursuit of
next generation computing, Cloud 2.0—tightly
coupled energy, communications, and
computing.
CLOUD 2.0 is at the heart of the critical
infrastructure that enables the free flow and

CORE4 SAN ANTONIO INNOVATION
What does Fiesta, Battle of the Flowers, in San
Antonio celebrate every year? What is a Maverick
character in American jargon? What is the sprit of
innovation in Southwest Texas and the Alamo City?
What does John O’Gorman’s mural “Confluence of
Civilizations” depict and why is municipal water a
distinction for San Antonio in America? Who are
some of San Antonio’s Maverick innovators from
this period of Texas Independence and settlement?
What is the mathematics of water called (Discuss
calculus, math of change and process, and
hydraulic engineering)?
What young Maverick boy inspired the Alamo City to
work robots, video games, and cybersecurity into
schools and programs around town? Who did he
work with on Space-Based Solar Power and Cloud
2.0 when he was in high school? What do you think
is important to society related to computers and
technology in general?

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INNOVATION
The aqueducts of the Alamo City utilized
hydraulics, engineering, and physics from
Western Europe pioneered by the Greeks. The
mathematics of water would ultimately transform
the natural springs and landscape of the San
Antonio region to a mega city—the 7th largest
city in America.

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Karst Aquifer
The San Antonio Segment of the Balcones Fault
Zone Edwards Aquifer (the “Edwards Aquifer” or
“Aquifer”) in south-central Texas is one of the most
productive aquifers in the United States.
The Edwards Aquifer is a karst aquifer and is
characterized by the presence of sinkholes, sinking
streams, caves, large springs, and highly productive
water wells. Karst aquifers are considered triple
permeability aquifers - water is contained in the
rock matrix, in fractures and faults, and in caves
and conduits.
Conduits or solution channels within the Aquifer
range from the size of a finger to 10’s of feet in
diameter. The interconnected fractures and
conduits in the Edwards Aquifer accounts for its
extremely high yielding wells and springs.
http://www.edwardsaquifer.org/scientific-research-and-reports/edwards-aquifer-overview

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INNOVATION
The Edwards’s Aquifer, the artesian well of the
Edward’s Aquifer is the fastest public works
project in the history of the United States to pay
for itself, 7 years.

CORE4 INNOVATION: A River City in West Texas.

Star Film Ranch
Gaston Méliès’, brother of
Georges Méliès’, the
subject of the movie
HUGO, created the STAR
FILM RANCH at Hot Wells
Springs in San Antonio in
1910.
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1910

1911
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Gaston Méliès’
The Immortal Alamo
Star Film Company
Francis Ford, pictured right with Sombrero

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Wright Model B on the
ground, in front of a hangar,
at Fort Sam Houston,
Texas, 1910—first flight and
crash landing, March 2, 1910.
1910

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INNOVATION
Katherine Stinson was the 4th
woman in the United States to
obtain a pilot's license, July
24, 1912. She learned to fly at
Max Lillie's Flying School at
Cicero Field, Chicago.
On July 18, 1915, at this same
field, she became the first
woman in the world to loop-
the-loop.
1912

SAN ANTONIO
INNOVATION
KELLY USA.
Texas.

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INNOVATION
KELLY USA.
Texas.
On 13 November 1917 Cadet San Antonio
aviator Sidney Johnson Brooks, Jr. was
first to die in flight training. His Curtiss JN-
4 nosed down as he prepared to land after
a training flight at Kelly Field, TX. Brooks
was one of the first to volunteer at the call
for men for the American Flying Corps; he
was in training for a commission as a
military aviator. He was awarded his wings
and commission posthumously.
1917

Jimmy Doolittle
(second row,
standing, third from
left) is shown with
Kelly Field personnel
who helped prepare
his plane for a 1922
coast-to-coast flight.
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KELLY USA.
Texas.

1923
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Gutzon Borglum works out designs
for Mount Rushmore in his studio at
Pump House #2, Brackenridge
Park, where he wintered spent
brutal winter’s of the Black Hills
construction site.
Gutzon served as a chairman of
Central Park in New York and gave
his support to San Antonio’s
preservation of the historic
Missions and meandering river for
future generations (Gene Elder,
Emergeoning).
San Antonio has a rich heritage of
conservation including one of the
first public parks in the nation and
Botanical culture connected to the
Battle of Flowers tradition. (Image

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ANTONIO
INNOVATION
Charles Lindbergh trained at Brooks
and graduated from Air Corps
Advanced Flying School, Kelly Field, in
Class 4-A on March 14, 1925.
He entered training at Kelly in
September 1924 and made an
emergency parachute jump one week
prior to graduation on March 6, 1925,
after having a mid-air collision while
flying in a nine-ship formation.
(Express News, San Antonio, online)
1925

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Following the Star Film Ranch
start in San Antonio, in 1927,
the film Wings was the first film
to win the Academy Award for
Best Picture Production for the
film year 1927/1928. Wings
also won a second Academy
Award for Engineering Effects.
Starring Clara Bow, Charles
"Buddy" Rogers, Richard Arlen
and Gary Cooper, in a bit role,
the film completed with a
budget of $2 million in San
Antonio. Gary Cooper would
be the only one from the first
"brat pack" to go on to fame in
the talkies.
The movie featured scout
aircraft including Thomas-

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1930

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School of Aviation Medicine
1929

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INNOVATION
Harold Clark designed Randolph A.F.B. on
the back of dispatch sheets when he was
a radio operator at Kelly A.F.B. Randolph
was the largest construction project
undertaken by the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers since the Panama Canal at the
time of its construction.

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INNOVATION
Founded in 1941 by Tom Slick, the Texas
Institute for Biomedical Research (TIBR)
houses the AT&T Genomic Center--the
largest computer cluster dedicated to
statistical genomic analysis.
TIBR is one of two biosafety Level 4
laboratories in the city and the only
privately owned BLS4 in the nation. The
site houses 4,000 nonhuman primates—
while the institutes pioneering computer
science techniques are phasing out the
need for live animals.
Research programs at TIBR include
studying cardiovascular disease and its
associated risk factors; cancer; infectious
diseases such as AIDS, hepatitis and
herpes; new and emerging disease
threats such as dengue, SARS and avian
flu, and possible bioterror agents like
anthrax and Ebola, and more.
1941

CORE4 INNOVATION
Founded in 1941, Texas Institute for
Biomedical Research (TIBR) hosts the
world’s largest computer cluster dedicated to
statistical analysis of the human genome.
While other scientists were focused on gene
expression in a person with hereditary
disease, TIBR’s Dr. John Blangerro's tracks
gene variation up and down the hereditary
ladder across generations—studying the
target patient as well as his or her spouse,
children, and parents.
1941

CORE4
INNNOVATIO
N
The TBIR spin-out, Evestra,
Inc., is based on the 50 year
life-time organic chemistry
career of Dr. P.N. Rao. Rao and
his team of chemists who
pioneered many aspects of
steroid chemistry, women’s
fertility and cancer.
Evestra is commercializing a
pipeline of products in fertility
control, hormone replacement
therapy, and oncology.
Evestra also generates revenue
from the synthesis of steroids
for the National Institutes of
Health pursuant to a contract
SFBR has had for over 30
years, which was transferred to
Evestra.

CORE4
INNOVATION
Aviation legend Dee Howard helped Lear
Jet off the ground safely by designing the
"wings" and reverse thrusters for jets.
Howard is exemplary of the San Antonio
entrepreneurial model—inventive,
bootstrapping, light-hearted, and
pioneering. (1947) Betty Howard listens
as Dee Howard (left), James Raisbeck &
Bob Hoover talk aviation. Image Source:
Airport Journals.
1947

CORE4
INNOVATION
Col. Harry Armstrong,
“Aeromedical Problems of
Space Travel”
1948

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San Antonio
1949
CORE4
INNOVATION
Created in 1948, the United
States Air Force Security Service
(often abbreviated USAFSS)
was essentially the United
States Air Force's cryptographic
intelligence branch; its motto
was Freedom through Vigilance.
Today, USAFSS is and is
currently designated as the
Twenty-Fifth Air Force (25 AF)
operating in San Antonio along
side 24 AF Cyber, and the
United States Cyber Command
in San Antonio.

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers Southern Gas Association Analog
A National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark, Southwest Research Institute San Antonio, Texas August 17, 1990
CORE4 INNOVATION
The Analog, 1955: The first device of its kind applied to gas pipeline systems. 70 Members 10 Nations – Still is use today.

.
CORE4
INNOVATION
Dreamers and doers do come
in the same package
The very first teacher to use a computer in
a classroom is Brig. Gen. Robert F.
McDermott. He used games and
simulations to teach astronaut candidates
space physics.
Founding U.S. Air Force Academy dean of
the faculty from 1956 to 1968, McDermott
went on to serve as chairman
and chief executive officer of USAA, for 25
years. He was one of the first American
scholars to advocate for seat belts in cars.
“McD” was a key connector between the
Alamo region and global economic
players. Co-founder of Texas Research
Park,
He was a broker, a deal maker, a
collaborator, a visionary, a thinker, an
orator, an artist, an accomplished
trombonist, and a do’er.
He led by example and with one rule—the
golden rule.
1956

Maj. General Bernard
Schriever
Commander of Western
Development Division
Headquarters
Feb. 19, 1957
Inaugural Air Force Office of Scientific
Research Astronautics Symposium in
San Diego.
CORE4 INNOVATION
Schriever would go on after the rebuffed
“space speech” to control 40% of the USAF
Budget and is the Father of Air Force Space
and Missile programs.
April 1, 1957
http://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19570401,00.html

For the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
compliments of Armour.io.
CORE4
INNOVATION
Beep, beep, beep… February 19,
1957, the Russians field Sputnik, a
global positioning system. President
Eisenhower contacts San Antonian
General Bernard Schriever to respond.
Schriever hires Philadelphia native Col.
Francis X. “Duke Kane” to lead
Strategy of Technology and Project
Forecast.
1957

The aqueducts of the Alamo City utilized hydraulics,
engineering, physics from Western Europe pioneered by
the Greeks. The mathematics of water would ultimately
transform the natural springs and landscape to a mega
city, the 7th largest city in America. The world would never
be the same…
1961
First American
in Space
May 5, 1961, NASA
astronaut Alan Shepard
blasted off in a Freedom 7
capsule atop a Mercury-
Redstone rocket to become
the first American in His 15-
minute sub-orbital flight
made him the first American
in space.
Image Credit: NASA

CORE4
INNOVATION
Pres. Kennedy talks with crew
members training in an oxygen
chamber beyond a window during his
visit to Brooks AFB. Photo courtesy of
Brooks City-Base.
Frank O’Connor, the Irish writer, tells in
one of his books how, as a boy, he and
his friends would make their way
across the countryside, and when they
came to an orchard wall that seemed
too high and too doubtful to try and too
difficult to permit their voyage to
continue, they took off their hats and
tossed them over the wall–and then
they had no choice but to follow them.

CORE4
INNOVATION
“Whatever the difficulties, they
will be overcome. Whatever the
hazards, they must be guarded
against. With the vital help of
this Aerospace Medical Center,
with the help of all those who
labor in the space endeavor,
with the help and support of all
Americans, we will climb this
wall with safety and with speed-
and we shall then explore the
wonders on the other side.”
“This Nation has tossed its cap over the wall of space, and we have no
choice but to follow it.”
John F. Kennedy’s Last Official Act as President, Dedication of the
Aerospace Medical Health Center, San Antonio, Texas, Nov. 21, 1963.
1963

CORE4
INNOVATION
White performed the first American
spacewalk during the Gemini 4 mission
on June 3, 1965. White, pilot of the
Gemini IV four-day Earth-orbital
mission, floats in the zero gravity of
space outside the Gemini IV
spacecraft.
America's First Spacewalk,
San Antonio’s Astronaut
Hero Edward H. White II.
1965

Gus Grissom,
Roger Chaffee and
Ed White
January 26, 1967

CORE4
INNOVATION
1973, Datapoint’s
ARCNET, the first
Internet of Things
(IOT)—digital control of
a motor garnering the
patent for token passing
in networks.
Token passing is at the
heart of how networks
identify and pass
information around
networks such as the
Internet today. 1967

CORE4
INNOVATION
APOLLO 11
Eagle sweeps across the lunar surface
with the Earth rising on the horizon.
On July 20, 1969
at 20:18 UTC., Commander
Neil Armstrong became the first to step onto
the lunar surface. The feat changed the
world’s psychologically shifting our view of
what human’s are capable of doing.
San Antonio’s Hu Davis was a manager of
Apollo spacecraft power and propulsion
systems at NASA Johnson Space Center,
and also managed assembly and checkout
of four Lunar Modules (including EAGLE,
LM-5, the Apollo 11 lunar landing vehicle).
After Apollo, he served as JSC Future
Programs manager. working on the Inertial
Upper Stage and Shuttle C Heavy Lift
vehicles.
Image -
Compliments
of NASA
1969

1979
John Taboada, Ph.D.
Taboada Research Instruments, Inc.

1988
CORE4
INNOVATION
Developed by a collaboration of
Dr. Palmaz at the University of
Texas Health Science Center
and the Dr. Schatz at the School
of Aerospace Medicine, the
Palmaz-Shatz stent would
revolutionize medicine, cutting
in half the number of people
who die from heart disease.

CORE4 INNOVATION Network Security
WHEELGROUP - Cisco Extends Leadership
in End-To End Network Security Products
SAN JOSE, Calif. February 18, 1998 Cisco
Systems, Inc. today announced it has signed a
definitive agreement to acquire privately-held
WheelGroup Corporation of San Antonio, Texas.
Under the terms of the acquisition, between 1.8
and 2.0 million shares of Cisco common stock
will be exchanged for the outstanding shares
and options of WheelGroup. Based upon Ciscos
February 18 closing price of $65.50 the stock
exchanged would have a value of approximately
$124 million. 1998

CORE4
INNOVATION
First VLSI implementation of the IEEE
802.11b wireless LAN protocol known
as Wi-Fi.
Michael Fischer,
Intersil
Very large-scale integration allowing over 100,000 transistors on a chip

Schema for speeding up indexing of the
initial sequencing and analysis of the
human genome.
Dr. Susan Naylor and
Dawn Garcia, Journal Nature,
Feb. 12, 2001.

UTSA, most powerful scanning electron
microscope in a U.S. university—donated by
the king Ranch.

CORE4 INNOVATION
Research Parks

“San Antonio is a
city of the future.”
--Fujio Cho, President and CEO Toyota
Motor Corporation

Exactly 85 years after Clyde
Tombaugh’s historic discovery of
Pluto, the NASA spacecraft set to
encounter the icy planet this
summer is providing its first views
of the small moons orbiting Pluto.
Alan Stern, New Horizons principal
investigator from Southwest
Research Institute, leads the to
understand the formation of the
Pluto system, the Kuiper Belt, and
the transformation of the early
Solar System.Artist’s conception of the New Horizons spacecraft at Pluto.
Image Source: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics
Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute, JHUAPL/SwRI.
March 10 to April 4 and May
15 to May 27, 2015, New
Horizons will become a spin-
stabilized probe that simply
beams data back to Earth at
every opportunity.
CORE4
INNOVATION
New Horizons probe has a 1 kilobit per
second data connection from Pluto.
2015

CORE4 INNOVATION
Alamo Heights students unveil a 22-feet tall rocket that they built and which will be launched at White Sands Missile Testing Range in New
Mexico next week. On Thursday, August 2, 2012, the 22 students showed off the rocket to the public. The students all took part in building the
rocket in their Aero-Science class headed up by teacher Colin Lang. Their goal is to send the rocket up 100,000 feet at a speed of Mach 3.
Photo By Kin Man Hui/SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS
2012

2009
CORE4
INNOVATIO
N
July 2009, the 24th Air
Force, a new numbered
Air Force is activated for
cybersecurity.

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CORE4
INNOVATION
In 1948, when the USAFSS was activated our
destiny was cast by history. The Alamo City’s
workforce today includes 7,500 SCI-cleared
personnel.
The Alamo City is home to the second-largest
concentration of data centers in the country—
Rackspace, Microsoft, Caterpillar, and
CyrusOne are all here. The UTSA Cloud and
Big Data Laboratory led by Paul Rad is home
to R&D for the world’s most advanced IT
companies—from Yahoo and Facebook.
According to a recent Mayoral tally, the city
has nearly 100 cybersecurity companies and
vibrant technology startup scene. Tech talent
is cultivated at Tech Stars and Geekdom,
while being anchored by Rackspace— the #1
managed cloud company in the world,
grossing $1 billion per year.
2015

Pictured: Members of the CyberPatriot team from the New Braunfels
Information Technology Security Academy stop for a picture with Maj. Gen.
Suzanne Vautrinot, 24th Air Force commander, after attending the 2nd
Annual Mayor's Cyber Cup at the Venues at Valero here Feb. 18. (U.S. Air
Force photo by Lt. Col. Cynthia East, 24th Air Force Public Affairs)
CORE4 INNOVATION
CyberPatriot is 'super-bowl' of cyber competitions, conceived by the Air
Force Association, is growing at all levels--nationally and internationally. The
technical infrastructure for the program and the National Collegiate Cyber
Defense Competition are administered by Dr. Greg White and his team from
the Center for Infrastructure and Assurance at UTSA. Over one thousand
teams compete in the annual competition with San Antonio fielding 120
teams in 2015.
CYBER-STEM
2015

CORE4
INNOVATIONT
The big IPO of the .com era was San Antonio
RACKSPACE, a San Antonio company—not
an Austin Gazelle—an Alamo City Maverick.

CORE4
INNOVATION
“Cybersecurity is the platform for
everything: it is our next big
opportunity.”
–Nick Longo, Geekdom

Armour.io changes the cybersecurity dynamic by bankrupting cyber adversaries’
measures and countermeasures with security design services and next generation data
security products. The company's vision is to secure the data and thereby ensure the
free flow and normal function of society for critical infrastructure industries and
companies.
SAN ANTONIO
INNOVATION
@Geekdom

X2x2 Moore’s Law Now!
Gazoo Confidential
CORE4 INNOVATION
@Geekdom

Gazoo Confidential
Core IP
Advanced Software
 XstreamCore® (automated code generation)
 DirectCore®
 XstreamMRF™
Easy To Use Interface
 Linux Programmers Can Use API Or
OpenMP/OpenCL Interfaces
 Implemented With XstreamCore® Software
Network I/O Support
 Uses network I/O on PCIe Card
 High-throughput using PA (non-NDK)
 Sockets APIs within OpenMP Pragmas
 Continuous streaming, host
virtualization compatible (KVM)
Runs at host Linux C code level
 API interface with DirectCore® software
 OpenMP interface with XstreamCore®
Auto-generation of x86 / ARM host
code and C66x code
All code interoperates at run-time
Multi-Platform Suited
(Servers, ATCA,
Embedded)
Products
ARM / x86 Cores TI Cores
Linux
DPDK
Xstrem
Core
Diret
Core
SYS BIOS
Xstream
MRF
Host Cores
Software Stack
TI Cores
Software Stack
XstreamCore® software auto-generates
Code for both host and TI cores
Automated Source Code Separation
 For Heterogeneous CPU Architectures
 Notice of Allowance Issued
DTA – Dynamic Thermal Adaptation
 Automated adjustment of thermal parameters,
clock rates, vcc levels in any server
 Patents Issued

The team that formed U.S.Air Force
Enterprise Hunt & Defensive Counter-
Cyber (DCC) Operations
Chris Gerritz
CEO
Ryan Morris
CTO
Jacob Stauffer
VP of Engineering
Pioneered “Interactive Network
Defense”, a new method to hunt for
unknown threats now being adopted
throughout the military.

CORE4 INNOVATION
@Geekdom
Companies use TrueAbility to
implement performance-based
assessments for hiring,
certification and training.

--G.P. Singh, Ph.D., Karta
“San Antonio is a
CAN DO CITY!”
CORE4
INNOVATION
situations to preferred situations.

CORE4 SAN ANTONIO
INNOVATION
9000 B.C.–1745, Confluence of Civilizations
1834–1890, Texas Republic, Independence!
1859-1890, Texas Settlement & Age of
Health
1910-1947, Age of Aviation & Movie Magic
1948-1967, Space Age
1968-2015, Computer Age
San Antonio, City of the Future
CORE4 means STEM, an acronym for
mathematics.

THE END
San Antonio CORE4 is the
confluence of civilizations and
technology: In 1745 the Spanish
brought hydraulics and aqueducts
from the West to the Americas, the
world would never be the same…
CONTACT: Jim@armour.io

CORE4 Innovation
About the storyteller.
Jim Brazell is the 1993, San Antonio,
Battle of the Flowers, Oratory
Champion. A President’s Honor Roll
student from San Antonio College, he
graduated Summa Cum Laude,
Bradley University 1995—Sociology of
cyberspace.
Jim was a George Gilder Fellow in
Space, High Technology, and Public
Policy, 1994-1995, Discovery Institute,
Seattle, Washington. From 1993-2011,
Jim was one of the 5 technology
forecasters for the State of Texas.
Today, Jim is Chairman and CEO of
Armour.io and Ventureramp.com
November 22, 2015
Contact: Jim@armour.io

For the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
compliments of Armour.io.

2000-2015, the San Antonio City of
Innovation history project started with
the collaboration and volunteer work of
the San Antonio Technology Accelerator
Initiative (Dr. Randall Goldsmith, SATAI)
and the San Antonio Council for the
Cooperation of Engineering and
Scientific (Dr. Stephen Juhasz,
SACCESS).
Thanks for support from the society,
Southwest Research Institute, and the
San Antonio audiences who have heard
and contributed to this story over the
past 16 years.
THE END

Steven Juhasz, Ph.D.
A teacher’s teacher, master chemist,
humanitarian, and overall inspiration for
gathering the stories of San Antonio’s
innovators, Steven Juhasz, Ph.D.,
Chemistry, Southwest Research Institute
(SwRI).

And Doug Prince from Studio Fabuloso (Berlin)
for the fabulous lay out for our story and
brand support.
Final thanks to:

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