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Garrett W. Brown
Steadicam® Camera Stabilizer
Garrett Brown invented the Oscar-winning Steadicam® camera stabilizer, ushering in new technology that let movie and television directors obtain…
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Harry W. Coover
Superglue
Harry Coover's discovery of cyanoacrylates, a class of chemicals with powerful adhesive properties, opened the door to a wide range of industrial,…
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Ernst F. W. Alexanderson
High-Frequency Alternator
Ernst Alexanderson was the General Electric Company engineer whose high-frequency alternator gave America its start in the field of radio…
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Vinton G. Cerf
Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn designed the architecture of the Internet and the procedures known as the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol…
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Edward W. Bullard
Hard Hat
Edward W. Bullard invented the hard hat, the first commercially available industrial head protection device. Bullard’s lightweight, non-conducting…
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Emmett W. Chappelle
Bioluminescence Techniques
Biochemist Emmett Chappelle discovered that a specific combination of chemicals caused a living organism to produce and emit light. Chappelle's…
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Robert Widlar
Linear Integrated Circuits
Bob Widlar is considered the father of the analog monolithic integrated circuit. Called linear ICs, these tiny silicon chips process real-world…
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Harriet W. R. Strong
Water Storage and Flood Control
In 1887, Harriet Strong patented her invention of a system of dams and reservoirs for water storage and flood control. Her system was a series of…
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Charles W. Tyson
Fluid Catalytic Cracking
Charles "Wes" Tyson and his three co-inventors at Exxon Research & Engineering Co. (ER&E), called the Four Horsemen, were part of the team…
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Robert A. Moog
Moog Synthesizer
In 1964, inventor Bob Moog introduced the first complete voltage controlled modular synthesizer, an instrument capable of producing a wide variety of…
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Louis W. Parker
Television Receiver
Louis W. Parker invented the intercarrier sound system for television sets, the modern basis for coordinating sound and picture. Born in Budapest,…
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W. Lincoln Hawkins
Polymer Cable Sheath
By finding a way to stabilize the polymers used to coat communications cable, Lincoln Hawkins and his Bell Labs colleagues Vincent Lanza and Field…
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Ivan E. Sutherland
Display Windowing by Clipping
In 1963, Ivan Sutherland engineered a revolution in computer graphics with his highly-interactive program Sketchpad. It enabled users to design and…
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J. Paul Hogan
High-Density Polyethylene and Polypropylene Plastics
Paul Hogan was working with Robert Banks at Phillips Petroleum in 1951 when they invented crystalline polypropylene and a breakthrough process for…
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William J. Sparks
Butyl Rubber
William Sparks and Robert Thomas co-invented poly-isobutylene-coisoprene, commonly known as butyl rubber, while conducting research at Standard Oil…
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H. Gene Slottow
Plasma Display
Gene Slottow was on the faculty of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign when he worked with fellow faculty member Don Bitzer and graduate…
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Donald B. Keck
Optical Fiber
Donald B. Keck worked with Robert Maurer and Peter Schultz at Corning Laboratories to create the first successful optical fiber in 1970. In the 1880s…
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H. Tracy Hall
Diamond Synthesis
The GE Research Laboratories announced on February 15, 1955 that H. Tracy Hall, along with Francis Bundy, Robert Wentorf, and Herbert Strong, had…
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Herbert M. Strong
Diamond Synthesis
Herbert Strong, along with Tracy Hall, Francis Bundy, and Robert Wentorf, synthesized diamonds as part of Project Superpressure, as announced by the…
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Donald L. Bitzer
Plasma Display
In the mid-1960s, Don Bitzer, Gene Slottow, and graduate student Robert Willson worked together to create the first plasma display.
Bitzer was a…
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Joseph H. Burckhalter
Isothiocyanate Compounds for Antigen Identification
Antibodies are the body's protectors. When antigens, like bacteria or viruses, enter the body, antibodies from a previous infection or vaccine…
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Richard Hoe
Double-Cylinder Printing Press
Richard Hoe's advanced printing technology allowed for the development of the first mass media.
Born in New York City, Hoe was the son of Robert Hoe…
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Peter C. Schultz
Optical Fiber
Fiber optics have become an integral part of our world since Peter C. Schultz, Robert Maurer, and Donald Keck found a way to produce an efficient…
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Francis P. Bundy
Diamond Synthesis
Francis Bundy, along with Tracy Hall, Robert Wentorf, and Herbert Strong, synthesized diamonds as part of Project Superpressure, as announced by the…
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Jean A. Hoerni
Method of Manufacturing Semiconductor Devices
Early in 1959 while at Fairchild Semiconductor, Jean Hoerni invented the planar manufacturing process, a method in which a silicon wafer is…