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Theodore von Karman

Aerodynamic Structure for Planes and Wings

Theodore von Karman greatly influenced the development of high speed aircraft by applying his theory of the Vortex Trail, the first theory of…
Inducted in: 2003
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 1,962,794
Died:

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,…
Inducted in: 1988
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 2,448,908
Died:

Laszlo Josef Biro

Ballpoint Pen

Laszlo Biro invented the modern ballpoint pen. A native of Budapest, Hungary, Biro was working as a journalist when he noticed a fundamental…
Inducted in: 2007
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 2,390,636
Died:

Peter C. Goldmark

Long-Playing (LP) Record

Peter Goldmark invented the long-playing (LP) record that dominated the recorded music industry for forty years. As an engineer for CBS Laboratories…
Inducted in: 2007
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 2,950,116
Died:

Leo Szilard

Nuclear Fission

Leo Szilard, working with Enrico Fermi, was awarded a patent for the nuclear fission reactor in 1955. He made significant contributions to the fields…
Inducted in: 1996
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 2,708,656
Died:

Maria Telkes

Solar Thermal Storage Systems

Maria Telkes was a highly respected innovator in solar energy. Throughout her career, she published widely on the topics of solar heating,…
Inducted in: 2012
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 3,986,969
Died:

Dennis Gabor

Electron Holography

Dennis Gabor is known for his research in electron optics which led to the invention of holography in 1947. Gabor believed that holograms needed to…
Inducted in: 2012
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 2,452,919
Died:
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Katalin Karikó

Modified mRNA Technology Used in COVID-19 Vaccines

Biochemist Katalin Karikó and immunologist Drew Weissman discovered how to enable messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) to enter cells without triggering…
Inducted in: 2023
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 8,278,036

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