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George R. Stibitz
Digital Computer
George R. Stibitz is recognized as the father of the modern digital computer. Born in York, Pennsylvania, Stibitz attended Moraine Park, an…
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…
Arthur Leonard Schawlow
Laser
Arthur L. Schawlow was co-inventor of the laser. He worked with Charles H. Townes, who was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1976…
Gerd Karl Binnig
Scanning Tunneling Microscope
Gerd Karl Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer based their scanning tunneling microscope (STM) on a principle of quantum mechanics which allows the surface of…
Nikola Tesla
Electro-Magnetic Motor
Nikola Tesla invented the induction motor with rotating magnetic field that made unit drives for machines feasible and made AC power transmission an…
Jay W. Forrester
Random Access Memory
Jay W. Forrester was a pioneer in early digital computer development and invented random-access, coincident-current magnetic storage, which became…
Ken Thompson
UNIX Operating System
During the late 1960s and early 1970s, Bell Labs colleagues Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie developed UNIX, a multi-tasking, multi-user operating…
George Devol
Industrial Robot
In the 1930s, George Devol began realizing the value of factory automation while working on magnetic recording technology. In 1954, he filed a patent…
Charles P. Ginsburg
Video Tape Recording
Charles Ginsburg led the research team at Ampex Corporation in developing the first practical videotape recorder (VTR). The system used a rapidly…
Oliver Joseph Lodge
Electric Telegraphy
Physicist Oliver Lodge made several important technological contributions, most notably his advancement of wireless telegraphy.
Lodge's invention of…
Charles Hard Townes
Maser
Charles Townes' invention of the maser, a device that amplifies electromagnetic waves, created a means for the sensitive reception of communications…
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.…
Granville Woods
Railway Telegraphy
A prolific inventor, Granville Woods developed the railroad telegraph, a device that transmitted messages, through static electricity, between moving…
Kenneth H. Olsen
Magnetic Core Memory
Kenneth H. Olsen, described by Fortune magazine in 1986 as the "most successful entrepreneur in the history of American business," invented vital…
Grote Reber
Radio Telescope
Grote Reber, inventor and pioneering radio astronomer, built the first substantial radio telescope dedicated to astronomy. Radio astronomy allows for…
Edmund O. Schweitzer III
Digital Protective Relay
Edmund O. Schweitzer III invented the first microprocessor-based digital protective relay, revolutionizing the performance of electric power systems…
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…
Ming-Jun Li
Bend-Insensitive Optical Fiber
Ming-Jun Li, Dana Bookbinder and Pushkar Tandon invented bend-insensitive optical fiber. This technology can bend without causing significant signal…
Dana Bookbinder
Bend-Insensitive Optical Fiber
Dana Bookbinder, Ming-Jun Li and Pushkar Tandon invented bend-insensitive ClearCurve® optical fiber. Because this breakthrough technology can bend…