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Beatrice Hicks
Device for Sensing Gas Density
Beatrice Hicks invented a gas density sensor for use in devices that relied on gas-phase materials as insulators or fuels. Her sensor activated a…
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Elmer Ambrose Sperry
Gyroscopic Compass
Elmer Ambrose Sperry invented gyroscopic-guided automatic pilots for ships and airplanes that have also been applied to spacecraft. Born in Cortland…
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Robert Adler
Television Remote Control
Robert Adler invented the first practical, wireless television remote control. Introduced as the "Space Command" by Zenith in 1956, Adler's device…
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George de Mestral
VELCRO® Fasteners
In 1955, George de Mestral patented VELCRO® hook and loop fasteners, an efficient way to fasten fabrics and other materials. The idea came to him…
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Robert R. Williams
Vitamin Synthesis
Robert R. Williams developed ways to synthesize vitamins to fight malnutrition and vitamin-deficiency diseases. Born in India, the son of Baptist…
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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…
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Bernard Oliver
Pulse Code Modulation
Bernard Oliver, one of the most prolific and influential inventors of his generation, helped give birth to the era of digital information with his…
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Roger Bacon
High-Performance Carbon Fibers
In 1958, Roger Bacon's chance discovery revolutionized industries and became a multibillion-dollar a year business. While measuring the triple point…
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John Joseph Lynott
Magnetic Disk Drive
John Lynott and William Goddard, together with Louis Stevens and a team of engineers, invented a unique magnetic disk storage device at the IBM Lab…
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Arnold O. Beckman
pH Meter
Arnold O. Beckman invented a pH meter and the quartz spectrophotometer, an instrument which pioneered automatic chemical analysis. Born in Cullom,…
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David Walt
Microwell Arrays
David Walt created microwell arrays that could analyze thousands of genes simultaneously, revolutionizing the field of genetic analysis. His…
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John Raphael Rogers
Matrix for Linotype Machine
John Rogers invented an improved version of automatic typesetting, significantly advancing typography.
His work began by focusing on the problem of…
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Jacqueline Quinn
EZVI (Emulsified Zero-Valent Iron)
An environmentally safe clean-up technology called emulsified zero-valent iron, or EZVI, was co-invented by NASA environmental engineer Jacqueline…
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Samuel Alderson
Crash Test Dummy
Physicist, inventor, and engineer Samuel W. Alderson was a pioneer in developing the automotive crash-test dummy. Formally known as an ATD for…
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Ivan Getting
Global Positioning System
The technological triumph known as GPS the Global Positioning System of satellite-based navigation was incubated in the mind of Ivan Getting. While…
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Benjamin A. Rubin
Pronged Vaccinating Needle
Microbiologist Benjamin A. Rubin ground the eyelet of a sewing machine needle into a fork shape to create a vaccine delivery system that helped wipe…
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Raymond V. Damadian
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Raymond Damadian invented the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner, which has revolutionized the field of diagnostic medicine. Born in Forest…
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William A. Goddard
Magnetic Disk Drive
William Goddard and John Lynott, together with Louis Stevens and a team of engineers, invented a unique magnetic disk storage device at the IBM Lab…
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Andrew J. Viterbi
CDMA Technology
Andrew Viterbi and Irwin Jacobs are co-founders of Qualcomm and also the Linkabit Corporation. At Qualcomm, they were major contributors to code…
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William J. Kroll
Titanium Production
William Kroll invented a process to produce titanium and zirconium called the Kroll process. It remains the main method for extracting these metals…
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David Pall
Leukocyte Reduction Filter
David Pall received over 181 patents in the field of filtration. Among his most important inventions was a leukoreduction filter which makes blood…
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Ross Freeman
Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
Ross Freeman invented the field programmable gate array (FPGA), a computer chip full of "open gates" that engineers can reprogram as much as needed…
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Alfred Y. Cho
Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE)
Alfred Cho is considered "the father of molecular beam epitaxy," a process in which materials are layered atop one another atom-by-atom within a…
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Jeff Kodosky
Virtual Instrumentation - LabVIEW™
In the 1970s, Jeff Kodosky and James Truchard were researchers at the Applied Research Laboratories at the University of Texas, responsible for…
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Roy J. Plunkett
Teflon
Chemist Roy J. Plunkett discovered tetrafluoroethylene resin while researching refrigerants at DuPont. Known by its trade name Teflon®, Plunkett's…