Inventor Archive

“Now that’s the best thing since sliced bread!”

Born in Kansas City in 1910, Hazelle (Hedges) Rollins secured her place in history with the dedication she had to the a

The mother-daughter team of Betty Rozier and Linda Vallino, of Hazelwood, Missouri, invented a simple device that makes it

One of the best-loved toys of all time, the Rubik’s Cu

Microbiologist Benjamin A.

Many of the most significant developments in private aircraft development over the last several decades may be attribut

Emanuel “Ely” Sachs was born in New York, New York, on November 30, 1954.

Canada native Donald Robert Sadoway has devoted

Before the 1950s, when a person suffered cardiac arrest, this generally meant death was imminent.

Jonas Edward Salk, developer of the first successful vaccine for polio, was born on October 28, 1914 in New York City.

Jordan Sand was a high school senior (class of 2001) at Ellendale High School in Ellendale, North Dakota who had a bright

Beginning around the turn of the 19th century, a movement toward bringing attractive design to everyday household items be

Klaus K. Schmiegel helped to change the lives of millions of people around the world suffering from depression.

Terahertz radiation, which consists of electromagnetic waves sent at Terahertz (trillion cycles-per-second) frequencies

Biochemist Florence Barbara Seibert developed a groundbreaking procedure that led to the standard tuberculosis test used t

Waldo Semon took a detour in his assigned laboratory research one day and ended up inventing the world’s second-best-se