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Asad Madni
MEMS Gyroscope for Aerospace and Automotive Safety
Asad Madni led the development and commercialization of the MEMS gyroscope for aerospace and automotive safety. Commercialized as the GyroChip and…
John Mauchly
ENIAC
John Mauchly co-invented the first practical electronic digital computer. ENIAC, the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, was initially…
Ed Morgan
Tubular Steel Track Roller Coaster
Ed Morgan and Karl Bacon set the standard for roller coaster design technology when they engineered the world’s first tubular steel track roller…
Morton Mower
Implantable Heart Defibrillator
Morton Mower co-invented the automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator, now implanted in well over 300,000 people. The ICD monitors and…
Andrew J. Moyer
Method for Production of Penicillin
Andrew J. Moyer's discoveries provided the foundation for the industrial production of penicillin. Born in Star City, Indiana, Moyer received his A.B…
Arthur Nobile
Prednisone
Arthur Nobile's patent for the invention, medical use, and production of the steroids prednisone and prednisolone was one of the most significant…
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…
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…
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…
Charon Robin Ganellin
Tagamet - Cimetidine
In 1964, C. Robin Ganellin began work with Graham Durant and John Emmett that led to the discovery of histamine blockers and that eventually…
William Painter
Bottle Cap
William Painter invented the crown bottle cap in 1892. Crown caps, both pry-offs and twist-offs, are still used today.
Although bottled carbonated…
Peter Mansfield
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Peter Mansfield invented echo-planar imaging (EPI), the first fast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique. EPI provides precise images of 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…
John Colin Emmett
Tagamet - Cimetidine
With Graham Durant and Robin Ganellin at SmithKline Beecham Corporation, John Colin Emmett worked to discover the H2 receptor class of drugs. Their…
S. Duncan Black
Portable Hand-Held Electric Drill
S. Duncan Black and Alonzo G. Decker laid the foundation for the modern power tool industry with their invention of the portable hand-held electric…
Alonzo G. Decker
Portable Hand-Held Electric Drill
Virtually all of today’s electric drills descend from the original portable hand-held drill patented in 1917 by S. Duncan Black and Alonzo Decker,…
Howard S. Jones Jr.
Conformal Antennas
Howard Jones invented conformal antennas – lightweight antennas found in rockets, missiles and spacecraft. His innovations in antenna technology…
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.…
Marjorie Stewart Joyner
Permanent Wave Machine
Marjorie Stewart Joyner invented a permanent wave machine and was a leading figure in the beauty industry as a beautician, salon owner, instructor…
Andrea Goldsmith
Adaptive Beamforming for Multi-Antenna Wi-Fi
Andrea Goldsmith created technical innovations including adaptive beamforming for multi-antenna Wi-Fi. Her work has shaped the performance of…
Virginia Norwood
Multispectral Scanner
Virginia Norwood invented the Multispectral Scanner (MSS), the first in a series of satellite-based instruments that have been continuously imaging…
Reuben Trane
Lightweight Convector Radiator
Mechanical engineer Reuben Trane began making advancements to heating and cooling technologies early in the 20th century, providing reliable comfort…
John R. Adler Jr.
CyberKnife® Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Neurosurgeon John Adler invented the CyberKnife stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) system, which enabled precision robotic, image-guided therapeutic…
Sara Blakely
SPANX® Shapewear
Sara Blakely invented footless control top pantyhose and created the Spanx brand, which has revolutionized and become synonymous with shapewear.…