Inventor Archive

Electrical engineer, physicist, and computing pioneer, Howard Hathaway Aiken, was born on March 8, 1900 in Hoboken, New Je

Electrical engineer and inventor, Ernst Fredrick Werner Alexanderson, developed pioneering technological concepts during t

Randice-Lisa "Randi" Altschul is proof that lack of expertise in a certain field need not restrict an inventor from creati

Betsy Ancker-Johnson began a uniquely diverse and illustrious career in physics, engineering, and public service just afte

The age of the Internet continues to be one filled with tremendous opportunity for young, up-and-coming technologists to m

Edwin Howard Armstrong, the "father of FM radio," was born on December 18, 1890 in New York City.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, was in its heyday when the organization established The Marsha

Mathematician Charles Babbage is credited as being one of the forefathers of the computing era.

John Backus developed Fortran, or Formula Translator, one of the first general purpose, high-level computer programming la

Computer scientist, David Bacon, makes it his mission to improve the efficiency of computer programming languages.

The smashing success of home video games, one of the world’s fastest growing and most popular forms of entertainment, was

Paul Baran, computer technologist and entrepreneur, was responsible for one of the fundamental concepts that enable today’

Some of the most profound technological inventions take their inspiration from what is found in nature.

Many individuals around the world, particularly in third world countries, lack access to electricity, which makes it diffi

Magnetic recording technology, introduced in the later part of the 19th century, inspired an entirely new world of electro

When the word "inventor" is mentioned, Alexander Graham Bell, creator of the telephone, is undoubtedly one of the first na