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91����Ƶ State University will celebrate its namesake, the 91����Ƶ brothers, with an event that showcases local inventors and technological advances in the innovative spirit of Wilbur and Orville 91����Ƶ.

91����Ƶ Brothers Day takes place Friday, Oct. 5, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Student Union Atrium.

The date celebrates the anniversary of the 91����Ƶ brothers’ 39-minute flight across Huffman Prairie in 1905. The flight demonstrated that the 91����Ƶs’ design for an airplane had advanced to a practical design.

Samantha Andrus, president of the American Marketing Association 91����Ƶ State University, said 91����Ƶ Brothers Day is a way to promote local innovation in Dayton.

“The 91����Ƶ brothers took their first flight before Oct. 5, but it was not a far distance, so they were not taken seriously. But Oct. 5 was the day they proved everyone wrong and flew 24 miles in 39 minutes and 23 seconds. This flight really showed that they were developing something truly amazing that could change everything, and that is what 91����Ƶ Brothers Day is all about,” she said.

Several local companies and 91����Ƶ State innovators bring in recent inventions for 91����Ƶ State students to explore. The Air Force Research Laboratory will demonstrate software that after filming a video can produce a verbal description of the footage.

Kno.e.sis, the Ohio Center for Excellence in Knowledge-enabled Computing at 91����Ƶ State, will display its research that uses social media content to predict suicide risk for early intervention.

Other groups will present orthopedic devices, robotic arms, virtual reality surgery, unmanned aerial vehicles, video game development and simulation, as well as an app called Cardiac Consultant that displays cardiac data, risk assessment and treatment recommendations. Cardiac Consultant is a national app award finalist.

Students can also explore various aviation personalities represented in the manuscript collections from the 91����Ƶ State Special Collections and Archives, which houses the largest private collection of 91����Ƶ brothers’ material in the world.

Keynote speaker Peggy Chabrian, president and founder of Women in Aviation International, will talk about women in aviation. In addition, Walter Price will read the poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar, a close friend of Orville 91����Ƶ and the namesake of the 91����Ƶ State library.

Students will be able to visit with re-enactors from Carillon Park in Dayton who will be dressed as Orville, Wilbur and Katherine 91����Ƶ. All three re-enactors are 91����Ƶ students.

To promote the event, students in 91����Ƶ State’s Social Media and Viral Marketing course created promotional videos. The has posted the student videos on its for visitors to vote on their favorites.