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Wright brothers

Orville and Wilbur Wright were American inventors whose work established a practical foundation for powered aviation. Th...

American 20TH Century Aviation Airplane

9.61 Brilliant

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Bob Noyce

Robert Noyce (1927–1990) was an American physicist, inventor, and businessman nicknamed 'the Mayor of Silicon Valley.' H...

American Silicon Valley 20TH Century Microchip

9.46 Excellent

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Ted Hoff

Ted Hoff is an American electrical engineer who, while working at Intel in 1971, collaborated with Federico Faggin and S...

American Intel Late 20TH Electronics

9.43 Excellent

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Bob Moog

Robert Moog was an American engineering physicist and inventor who designed the first voltage-controlled subtractive syn...

Music American Electronics Mid 20TH

9.35 Excellent

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Henry Ford

Henry Ford was an American inventor best known for revolutionizing automobile manufacturing. His development of the movi...

American Manufacturing 20TH Century Automobile

9.24 Excellent

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J.C.R. Licklider

Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider was an American psychologist and computer scientist who made significant contributions to...

American 20TH Century Computing Arpanet

9.21 Excellent

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Norman Woodland

Norman Joseph Woodland was an American inventor who co-created an early system for identifying products with machine-rea...

American Retail 20TH Century Barcode

9.19 Excellent

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Karl Ferdinand Braun

Karl Ferdinand Braun (1850-1918) was a German physicist whose work contributed to early electronics, radio engineering,...

German Radio 19TH Century Electronics

9.16 Excellent

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Bob Kahn

Bob Kahn was a pivotal American inventor instrumental in developing the foundations of the internet. His work with Vint...

Internet American Networking 20TH Century

9.15 Excellent

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Arthur Leonard Schawlow

Arthur Leonard Schawlow was an American physicist who worked with Charles Townes on extending maser principles to optica...

American Optics 20TH Century Laser

9.08 Excellent

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Charles Ginsburg

Charles Ginsburg was an American engineer who led the Ampex research team that developed the first practical videotape r...

American 20TH Century Broadcasting Electronics

8.83 Great

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Robert Moog

Robert Moog developed pioneering electronic musical instruments beginning in the mid-20th century. His innovations cente...

Music American 20TH Century Synthesizer

8.74 Great

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Edwin H. Armstrong

Edwin H. Armstrong was a pioneering American inventor instrumental in shaping modern broadcast technology. He developed...

American Radio Broadcast 20TH Century

8.42 Great

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Samuel Ruben

Samuel Ruben was an American inventor associated with the development of the mercury battery and with the battery busine...

American 20TH Century Electronics Alkaline Battery

8.28 Great

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Edwin Armstrong

Edwin Armstrong was an American electrical engineer pivotal to 20th-century broadcasting technology. His development of...

American 20TH Century Broadcasting Electronics

8.23 Great

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Greenleaf Whittier Pickard

Greenleaf Whittier Pickard (1877-1956) was an American engineer and inventor associated with the development of early ra...

American Radio 20TH Century Electronics

8.12 Great

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Eugene Polley

Eugene Polley was an American engineer at Zenith Radio who developed the Flash-Matic wireless television remote control,...

Television American 20TH Century Electronics

7.92 Good

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Marvin Camras

Marvin Camras was an American electrical engineer and inventor whose work helped establish magnetic recording as a pract...

Audio American 20TH Century Electronics

7.82 Good

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Otis Boykin

Otis Boykin was an American electrical engineer and inventor known for his significant advancements in electronic resist...

American 20TH Century Pacemaker Electronics

7.65 Good

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Clifford Berry

Clifford Berry was an American physicist and electrical engineer who played a crucial role in the early development of e...

Computer American 20TH Century Electronics

7.12 Good