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Lewis Latimer
Durable Carbon Filament for Electric Light Bulbs
Lewis Latimer invented a method for producing a more durable carbon filament, making incandescent lighting practical and affordable for consumers.…
Ronald M. Lewis
Ceramic Substrate in Catalytic Converters
Ronald Lewis co-invented the ceramic substrate found in catalytic converters, the device used on cars to reduce pollutants into harmless byproducts.…
Howard S. Jones Jr.
Conformal Antennas
Howard Jones invented conformal antennas – lightweight antennas found in rockets, missiles and spacecraft. His innovations in antenna technology…
Howard Aiken
Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (Mark I)
With the Mark I calculator, Howard Aiken showed that a computer could provide high-powered, speedy mathematical solutions to many problems. Aiken…
Howard Head
Laminate Ski; Oversized Tennis Racket
Technical revolutions by Howard Head impacted the playing, performance and economics of two major sports industries: skiing and tennis. Head's…
Lewis Edson Waterman
Fountain Pen
Lewis Waterman invented a superior fountain pen that made inkwells and dip pens obsolete.
Waterman was born in Decatur, New York. With only five…
Edwin Howard Armstrong
FM Radio
The inventions of engineer Edwin Howard Armstrong were so important that to this day every radio or television set makes use of one or more of his…
Lewis Miller
Improvement in Mowing Machines
Holder of ninety-two patents, Lewis Miller's most significant invention was the Buckeye Mower and Reaper, the prototype for the modern mower.
Miller…
Lewis Hastings Sarett
Synthetic Cortisone
Chemist Lewis Hastings Sarett prepared a synthetic version of the hormone cortisone, which was soon demonstrated as an effective treatment against…
Alexander Miles
Improved Method for Opening and Closing Elevators
Alexander Miles developed innovations for elevator cabin and shaft doors, making it possible for the doors to automatically open and close. His work…
W. Lincoln Hawkins
Polymer Cable Sheath
By inventing a way to stabilize the polymers used to coat communications cable, Walter Lincoln Hawkins and his Bell Labs colleagues Vincent Lanza and…
George Edward Alcorn
X-ray Spectrometer
George Alcorn was a pioneering physicist and engineer noted for his aerospace and semiconductor inventions. His X-ray imaging spectrometer, patented…
Francis Hamilton
Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (Mark I)
Frank Hamilton, along with Benjamin Durfee, assisted IBM's Clair Lake in developing the large-scale calculator conceived by Harvard's Howard Aiken.…
Rev. Julius Arthur Nieuwland, C.S.C
Synthetic Rubber
The inventor of the first synthetic rubber, neoprene, was Julius Arthur Nieuwland. Nieuwland was a professor at the University of Notre Dame and a…
Benjamin Durfee
Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (Mark I)
IBM engineer Benjamin Durfee, along with Clair Lake and Frank Hamilton, translated Harvard physicist Howard Aiken's concept for a large scale…
Edith Clarke
Graphical Calculator
Pioneering electrical engineer Edith Clarke invented a graphical calculator that greatly simplified the calculations necessary to determine the…
Clair Lake
Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (Mark I)
Already a prolific inventor at IBM in May 1939, Clair Lake was chosen to be chief engineer for the IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator, also…
Xiaowei Zhuang
Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy (STORM)
Xiaowei Zhuang introduced one of the most widely used methods of super-resolution imaging: stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy, or STORM.…
Patricia Bath
Laserphaco Cataract Surgery
Dr. Patricia Bath invented laserphaco, a new device and technique to remove cataracts. It performed all steps of cataract removal: making the…
David Walt
Microwell Arrays
David Walt created microwell arrays that could analyze thousands of genes simultaneously, revolutionizing the field of genetic analysis. His…
Roger Tsien
Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) Variants
Biochemist Roger Tsien invented green fluorescent protein (GFP) variants. Having discovered how to make GFP, a substance found in the jellyfish…
Harald Hess
Photoactivated Localization Microscopy (PALM)
Harald Hess and Eric Betzig co-invented photoactivated localization microscopy (PALM), a super-resolution imaging technology that enables imaging at…
Eric Betzig
Photoactivated Localization Microscopy (PALM)
Eric Betzig and Harald Hess co-invented a super-resolution imaging technology called photoactivated localization microscopy (PALM), which allows…
Lloyd Augustus Hall
Food Preservatives
Lloyd Hall was a pioneer in the field of food chemistry, creating many of the preservative chemicals that are now used to keep food fresh without…
Charles Richard Drew
Blood Plasma Preservation
One of the world’s most impactful surgeons, educators and innovators, Charles Drew invented a safe way to store, process and transport blood plasma.…