|
| Invention |
 |
Inventor |
|
| 56K Modem |
|
Brent
Townshend |
|
| Adding Machine |
|
William
Seward Burroughs |
|
| AO-DVD |
|
Fred
Thomas III |
|
| Antenna Systems
(Conformal) |
|
Howard
S. Jones, Jr. |
|
| Apple® Computer |
|
Steve
Jobs & Steve Wozniak |
|
| Automated Scanning
& Sorting Machines |
|
Jacob
Rabinow |
|
| Blue Laser Diode
|
|
Shuji Nakamura |
|
| C Programming
Language |
|
Dennis
Ritchie |
|
| CB Radio |
|
Al
Gross |
|
| Cellular Technology |
|
Richard
Frenkiel & Joel Engel |
|
| Chemically Amplified
Resists |
|
Ellen
Reichmanis |
|
| Compact Disc
(CD-ROM) |
|
James
Russell |
|
| CompUrest |
|
Joanna
Hardin |
|
| Computer Compiler |
|
Grace
Murray Hopper |
|
| Computer Database
Systems |
|
Louise
Kirkbride |
|
| Computer Disk
Drive |
|
Reynold
Johnson |
|
| Computer Games |
|
Roberta
Williams |
|
| Computer Mouse |
|
Douglas
C. Engelbart |
|
| Computer, Mark
I |
|
Howard
Aiken |
|
| Computer-aided
Tomography Scanner |
|
Bernard
Gordon |
|
| Computerized
Telephone Switching System |
|
Erna
Schneider Hoover |
|
| Conformal Antenna
Systems |
|
Howard
S. Jones, Jr. |
|
| Control-Alt-Delete |
|
David
J. Bradley |
|
| Difference Engine |
|
Charles
Babbage |
|
| Differential
Calculus |
|
Gottfried
Wilhelm Leibniz |
|
| Digital Micromirror Device (DMD) |
|
Larry J. Hornbeck |
|
| Digital Packet-Switching |
|
Paul
Baran |
|
| Digital Protective
Relay Systems |
|
Edmund
O. Schweitzer III |
|
| Direct/Reflecting
Audio Speakers |
|
Amar
Bose |
|
| Disk Gramophone |
|
Emile
Berliner |
|
| Doppler Radar |
|
Bernard
Gordon |
|
| Dynamic Random
Access Memory |
|
Robert
Dennard |
|
| EDVAC |
|
John
von Neumann |
|
| Electrical Resistor
and Variable Resistor |
|
Otis
F. Boykin |
|
| Electrochemical
Paintbrush |
|
Adam
Cohen |
|
| Electronic Numerical
Integrator And Computer (ENIAC) |
|
John
William Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert |
|
| Ethernet |
|
Robert
Metcalfe |
|
| Fiberoptic Communications |
|
Robert
D. Maurer, Donald B. Keck, and Peter C. Schultz |
|
| FM Radio |
|
Edwin
Armstrong |
|
| Foil Electret
Microphone |
|
James
Edward West and Gerhard M. Sessler |
|
| Fortran |
|
John
Backus |
|
| Gerber Variable
Scale® |
|
Joseph
Gerber |
|
| Google (PageRank) |
|
Sergey Brin & Larry Page |
|
| G-Speak Gestural Technology System |
|
John Underkoffler |
|
| Haptic Computer
Interface |
|
Thomas
Massie |
|
| HEMT |
|
Carver
Mead |
|
| Hologram |
|
Dennis
Gabor |
|
| Humanoid Robotic Torso |
|
Aaron Edsinger |
|
| Hypertext |
|
Vannevar
Bush |
|
| Illusion Transmitter |
|
Valerie
Thomas |
|
| Industry Standard Architecture Bus |
|
Mark Edward Dean and Dennis Moeller |
|
| Injection Laser |
|
Robert
Hall |
|
| Integrated Circuit
(IC) |
|
Jack
St. Clair Kilby |
|
| Integrated Optical
Add/Drop Filter |
|
Michael
Lim, M. Jalal Khan, Thomas Murphy |
|
| Internet Browser
Technology |
|
Marc
Andreesen & Eric Bina |
|
| Internet Protocols
(TCP/IP) |
|
Vinton
G. Cerf |
|
| Keyboard, World's
Smallest |
|
David
Levy |
|
| Laser |
|
Gordon
Gould,
Kumar Patel (CO2 Laser),
Robert N. Hall (Semiconductor Laser) |
|
| Laser Targeting
& Telemetry Systems |
|
Hildreth
(Hal) Walker |
|
| LEDs and Lasers
(Semiconductor and Quantum well) |
|
Nick
Holonyak, Jr. |
|
| Linux |
|
Linus
Torvalds |
|
| LP Record |
|
Peter
Goldmark |
|
| Machine Vision
Technology |
|
Jerome
H. Lemelson |
|
| Magnetic Computer
Memory |
|
Jacob
Rabinow |
|
| Magnetic Core
Memory |
|
An
Wang |
|
| Magnetic Recording |
|
S. Joseph Begun |
|
| Maser |
|
Charles
Townes |
|
| Mechanical Calculator |
|
Blaise
Pascal |
|
| Microchip |
|
Jack
St. Clair Kilby |
|
| Microprocessor |
|
Marcian
E. (Ted) Hoff |
|
| Microscopic "Hands" |
|
Chang-Jin Kim |
|
| Microwave Scanning
Systems |
|
Robert
Rines |
|
| Military Communications
System |
|
Hedy
Lamarr |
|
| Modern Photocopier |
|
Robert W. Gundlach |
|
| Morse Code |
|
Samuel
Morse |
|
| Mouse, Computer |
|
Douglas
Engelbart |
|
| Multiplane Camera |
|
Walt
Disney |
|
| Multiplex Telegraph |
|
Granville
T. Woods |
|
| Nano-Assembly
technology |
|
Brian
Hubert |
|
| Optical Analysis
Systems |
|
Ellen
Ochoa |
|
| Optical Data
Storage & Retrieval |
|
James
T. Russell (Compact Disc),
Stanford Ovshinsky (Phase Change)
|
|
| Optical Information
Processing Technology |
|
Cardinal
Warde |
|
| Palm Pilot (PC) |
|
Jeff
Hawkins |
|
| Personal Computer
(PC) |
|
Steve
Jobs & Steve Wozniak |
|
| Plastic Sheath
Cable |
|
W.
Lincoln Hawkins |
|
| Polarized Light Emitting Diode |
|
Martin Schubert |
|
| Pong® |
|
Nolan
Bushnell |
|
| PostScript |
|
Charles Geschke and John Warnock |
|
| Programming Languages
and Real-Time Computing, Innovations in |
|
David
Bacon |
|
| Pulse Transfer
Controlling Device |
|
An
Wang |
|
| Puppet Control System |
|
Tom Newby |
|
| Radar |
|
Robert
Watson-Watt |
|
| Radio Operated
Remote Control Systems |
|
John
Haynes Hammond |
|
| Radio Telescope |
|
Grote
Reber |
|
| Range Estimation
Trainer |
|
Luther
Simjian |
|
| Reading Machine
for the blind |
|
Raymond
Kurzweil |
|
| Real-time Computing
Technologies |
|
Robert
Everett and Jay Forrester |
|
| Reduced Instruction
Set Computing (RISC) |
|
John
Cocke |
|
| RFID Contributions |
|
Charles
Walton |
|
| Robot Ants |
|
James
McLurkin |
|
| Satellite, geosynchronous |
|
Harold
Rosen |
|
| Satellite Servicing
Techniques |
|
Frank
Cepollina |
|
| Scanning &
Sorting Systems, Automated |
|
Jacob
Rabinow |
|
| Signal Generators |
|
Betsy
Ancker-Johnson |
|
| Sketchpad |
|
Ivan
Sutherland |
|
| Smalltalk |
|
Alan
Kay |
|
| Socially Intelligent
Robots |
|
Cynthia
Breazeal |
|
| Software Innovations |
|
Irene
Greif |
|
| Sonar |
|
Robert
Rines |
|
| Sound Absorption |
|
Ilene
Busch-Vishniac |
|
| Spanning Tree Algorithm |
|
Radia Perlman |
|
| Supercomputer |
|
Seymour
Cray |
|
| Telecommunications
Cable Additives |
|
W.
Lincoln Hawkins |
|
| Telegraph Systems |
|
Thomas
Edison, Samuel Morse, Granville
T. Woods |
|
| Telegraphone |
|
Valdemar
Poulsen |
|
| Telephone Switching
System |
|
Erna
Schneider Hoover |
|
| Telephony Software |
|
Krisztina
Holly |
|
| The Stylus |
|
Krisztina
Holly |
|
| Thin Film Transistor
(TFT) technology |
|
Anne
Chiang |
|
| Transistor |
|
William
Shockley, Jonn Bardeen & Walter Brattain |
|
| Triode Amplifier |
|
Lee
DeForest |
|
| Very Large Scale
Integrated (VLSI) Circuits |
|
Carver
Mead |
|
| Walkie-Talkie |
|
Al
Gross |
|
| Wireless Communication |
|
Guglielmo
Marconi |
|
| World Wide Web
(WWW) |
|
Tim
Berners-Lee |
|
