<p>So many amazing young scientists are out there, and there's bound to be a source of inspiration for them. They cannot just think up of in their heads: yes, I shall research <em>long complicated scientific name</em> without something else. Magazines? Internships? TV?</p>
<p>Star trek / ten char</p>
<p>My sources of inspiration are all fictional… Chris Knight, Sheldon Cooper, Charlie Eppes</p>
<p>I’m subscribed to a couple different engineering and science magazines, so I do draw a lot of inspiration from them.
Recently, in one of them I read about that MIT student who built the ball-shaped robot that could roll up stairs.
That perked my interest quite a bit and I’ve done some research on the science behind what he did.</p>
<p>Also science fiction movies, especially if they take place in outer space. </p>
<p>Gosh, I’m such a geek. I never noticed the extent of it before.</p>
<p>I just like learning new things, no real inspiration.</p>
<p>But if I had to choose, i suppose my inspirations would be:</p>
<p>Thomas Edison
Richard Stallman
Linus Torvalds
… in no particular order</p>
<p>@PlattsburghLoser: dw i do all the same things that you do</p>
<p>Sagan, Feynman.</p>