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Eric R. Fossum
CMOS Active Pixel Image Sensor Camera-on-a-Chip
Eric Fossum invented the CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) active pixel sensor camera-on-a-chip, the miniaturized camera technology that…
Edmund Germer
Fluorescent Lamp
Edmund Germer's development of the fluorescent lamp and the high-pressure mercury-vapor lamp increased the efficiency of lighting devices, allowing…
Philip Drinker
Respiration Apparatus
Philip Drinker invented the first iron lung, a respirator that has helped save lives, especially those afflicted with polio and other cases of…
Jack S. Kilby
Integrated Circuit
In 1959 electrical engineer Jack S. Kilby invented the monolithic integrated circuit, which is still widely used in electronic systems. Born in…
Dennis L. Moeller
Peripherals
Dennis Moeller and Mark Dean together created a microcomputer system with bus control means for peripheral processing devices. The bus serves as the…
Charles Jenkins
Motion Picture Projector
Charles Jenkins was an innovator of early cinema and one of the first inventors of television, though he used mechanical rather than electronic…
James A. Parsons Jr.
Durimet 20 (Alloy 20) Stainless Steel Alloy
Metallurgist James A. Parsons Jr. invented Durimet 20, also known as Alloy 20, stainless steel alloy. Developed in the 1930s, this corrosion-…
Robert S. Langer, Jr.
Controlled Drug Delivery
Robert Langer revolutionized biomedical technology through the development of a controlled drug delivery system.
Langer was born in Albany, New York…
Paul Baran
Digital Packet Switching
Paul Baran developed a fundamental concept behind today's advanced communications networking systems: digital packet switching.
Baran was born in…
Dawon Kahng
MOSFET
Dawon Kahng was an inventor of the first practical field-effect transistor, a device that controls electronic signals by switching them on or off or…
Eadweard Muybridge
Stop-Action Photography
Eadweard Muybridge made three major achievements in photography: first, the development of a photographic process fast enough to capture bodies in…
J. Franklin Hyde
Transparent Silica
J. Franklin Hyde was with Corning Glass when he discovered a way to create a pure glass called fused silica. He was also a forerunner in developing…
Vannevar Bush
Differential Analyzer
In 1931, Vannevar Bush completed work on his most significant invention, the differential analyzer, a precursor to the modern computer. It used…
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…
Carl Benz
Modern Automobile
German engineer Carl Benz was the first to design a car around the internal combustion engine rather than adding an engine to an existing wagon or…
John Mauchly
ENIAC
John Mauchly co-invented the first practical electronic digital computer. ENIAC, the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, was initially…
Don Arney
Bambi Bucket® for Aerial Firefighting
For over a half century, helicopters and water buckets have been essential forest firefighting tools. The first aerial firefighting water bucket was…
Raffaello D’Andrea
Mobile Robotic Material Handling for Order Fulfillment
Raffaello D’Andrea, Mick Mountz and Peter Wurman dramatically advanced warehouse order fulfillment for e-commerce by creating the Kiva system, which…
C. Donald Bateman
Ground Proximity Warning System
C. Donald Bateman invented the Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS), one of a series of innovations he developed to dramatically improve aircraft…
Irwin Mark Jacobs
CDMA Technology
Qualcomm's co-founders Irwin Jacobs, Klein Gilhousen, and Andrew Viterbi made major contributions to code division multiple access (CDMA), the…
Garrett Morgan
The Gas Mask; Three-Way Traffic Signal
Inventor and entrepreneur Garrett Augustus Morgan pioneered important inventions including the “safety hood” — the forerunner of the gas mask — and…
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…
Amos Joel, Jr.
Mobile Communication System
Amos Joel pioneered the system for cell phones of switching communication links from one cell region to another in response to movement, while…
Jesse Wilford Reno
Escalator
Jesse Reno is one of several individuals credited with the beginnings of the modern escalator.
Born in Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, Reno obtained…
Victor B. Lawrence
Signal Processing in Telecommunications
Victor Lawrence has improved transmission for the modern Internet, made high-speed connections more available, and stimulated the growth of the…