Inventions

The invention: The first generation of “radar-invisible” aircraft, stealth planes were designed to elude enemy radar systems. The ...

The invention: A device that detects soundwaves transmitted through water, sonar was originally developed to detect enemy submar...

The invention: The first commercially practical plant for generating electricity from solar energy. The people behind the invention: ...

The invention: Synthetic polymers characterized by lubricity, extreme water repellency, thermal stability, and inertness that are w...

The invention: A major advance on the field ion microscope, the scanning tunneling microscope has pointed toward new directions in t...

The invention: The first successful chemotherapeutic for the treatment of syphilis The people behind the invention: Paul Ehrlich ...

The invention: Taking its name from the acronym for symbolic automatic integrator, SAINT is recognized as the first “expert system”— ...

The invention: The first device allowing callers to connect their telephones to other parties without the aid of an operator, the rot...

The invention: Liquid-fueled rockets developed by Robert H. Goddard made possible all later developments in modern rocketry, which in t...

The people behind the invention: Karel Capek (1890-1938), a Czech playwright George C. Devol, Jr. (1912- ), an American inventor Jose...

Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas and Virginia Tech have created an undersea vehicle inspired by the common jellyfis...

The invention: The first available personal robot, Hero 1 could speak; carry small objects in a gripping arm, and sense light, motion,...

The invention: A scale for measuring the strength of earthquakes based on their seismograph recordings. The people behind the invent...

The invention: Artificially created high-yielding wheat and rice varieties that are helping food producers in developing countries kee...

The invention: A drug with unique hypertension-decreasing effects that provides clinical medicine with a versatile and effective tool. ...

The invention: A safe refrigerant gas for domestic refrigerators, dichlorodifluoromethane helped promote a rapid growth in the accepta...

The invention: An astronomical instrument that combines multiple radio telescopes into a single system that makes possible the exploratio...

The invention: The first primitive radio receivers, crystal sets led to the development of the modern radio. The people behind the in...

The invention: The first radio transmissions of music and voice laid the basis for the modern radio and television industries. The peopl...

The invention: An electronic system for detecting objects at great distances, radar was a major factor in the Allied victory ofWorld W...

The invention: Asuperhard and durable glass product with widespread uses in industry and home products. The people behind the invention...

The invention: A mechanism that synchronized machine gun fire with propeller movement to prevent World War I fighter plane pilots from...

The invention: A clear, moldable polymer with many industrial uses whose overuse has also threatened the environment. The people behind t...

The invention: An artificial polymer with strong insulating properties and many other applications. The people behind the invention: Kar...

The invention: Asynthetic fibrous polymer used especially in fabrics. The people behind the invention: Wallace H. Carothers (1896-1937)...

The invention: Jonas Salk’s vaccine was the first that prevented polio,resulting in the virtual eradication of crippling polio epidemics...

The invention: Albert Bruce Sabin’s vaccine was the first to stimulate long-lasting immunity against polio without the risk of causing p...

The invention: The first portable and reliable hand-held calculator capable of performing a wide range of mathematical computations. Th...

The invention: The first totally synthetic thermosetting plastic, which paved the way for modern materials science. The people behind ...

Photovoltaic cell The invention: Drawing their energy directly from the Sun, the first photovoltaic cells powered instruments on early s...