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Who Invented the World's First Computer Program?
Ever wondered when, how and why the world's very first computer program was written? And more importantly, who actually wrote it?
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Australian Inventions
The telegraph, refrigeration, even the humble ute - all prove that at least a page in the history of invention has to be reserved for some ingenious Australian creations.
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Hedy Lamarr, Not Just Another Pretty Face
Lamarr's shared patent with George Antheil for spread spectrum communications technology was the forerunner of wireless communication, yet 20 years ahead of its time.
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Barbie® Inventor Ruth Handler
Handler created a controversial icon with which young girls the world over could identify. She also created breast prostheses for cancer survivors.
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Ida Henrietta Hyde Invented the Microelectrode
The first woman to graduate from Heidelberg University in Germany, Hyde used her microelectrode for research without knowing the far-reaching effects of its applications.
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Frank Lloyd Wright, Visionary Architect
Frank Lloyd Wright is one of the world's most famous architects. He created hundreds of home designs, as well as commercial buildings, churches, and hotels.
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Oldsmobile Cars Inventor Ransom E. Olds
Automotive pioneer Ransom Eli Olds deserves credit for patenting the first assembly line process, and for starting the automotive industry in the Detroit area.
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Stephanie Kwolek, Inventor of Kevlar®
As a scientist at DuPont, Kwolek stumbled upon the right mixture and created a fiber capable of stopping a bullet.
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 -1859)
Brunel not only developed a railway but also steamships, bridges and tunnels. His celebrated works and his contribution to engineering are still highly regarded today.
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Josephine Cochrane, Inventor of the Dishwasher
Unhappy with her servants' treatment of her fine china, opposed to doing manual labor, Cochrane invented a machine to do the work for her.
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Mary Anderson Invented Windshield WIpers
A ride on a streetcar in snowy weather prompted the imagination of this woman entrepreneur from Birmingham, Alabama.
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Liquid Paper® Inventor Bette Nesmith Graham
Art inspired this artist, secretary and single mother to invent a way to cover up her typing mistakes.
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Chester F. Carlson, Inventor of the Photocopier
Employed as an analyzer of patents, Carlson had to make flawless copies of inventors' drawings. He would invent the photocopier because he wanted effortless copying.
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Sir Richard Arkwright
Born into a poor family, Arkwright used his ingenuity to create the first cotton manufacturing mills but his rise to wealthy industrialist was dogged by controversy.
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Luther Burbank the Wizard of Horticulture
Luther Burbank's love of nature, and his belief that development of plants could help end world hunger, led him to become a world-renowned horticulturist.
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The Early History of the Volkswagen Beetle
The Volkswagen got its name when Adolph Hitler wanted a car for the common people of Germany. Ferdinand Porsche was the man behind the creation of the Volkswagen.
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ENIAC is Prominent in Computer Industry History
The ENIAC computer story is well known, the six women computer programmers who operated the ENIAC have only recently been awarded for their achievements from the 1940s.
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Linus Pauling Double Nobel Prize Winner
Linus Pauling was a genius who described the chemical bond, protein structure and the benefits of Vitamin C and became the only person to win two unshared Nobel Prizes.
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Charles Herrold Father of Radio Broadcasting
It was in the Silicon Valley 100 years ago which the inventor, Charles "Doc" Herrold, started his regularly scheduled live radio broadcasts to listeners.
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Who Invented London's A-Z Street Map?
The London A-Z street map is an essential item for every tourist and inhabitant of this vast city. Few people know about Phyllis Pearsall, the woman who invented it.
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Samuel Morse (1791 – 1872)
Samuel Finley Breese Morse is best known for his creation of the single wire telegraph system and the Morse Code, but he was also a gifted painter.
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Frozen Foods and Clarence Birdseye
Clarence Birdseye revolutionized the food industry with flash-freeze methods he observed in Labrador, Canada.
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Mary Dixon Kies, Female Patent Pioneer
Mary Kies, the first woman issued a U.S. patent, was granted the rights to a technique for weaving straw with silk and thread.
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Potato Chip Legend
It is believed that George Crum's independent spirit led to the creation of the most popular snack food.
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Alfred Nobel
The country of Sweden is synonymous with Volvo and ABBA, but Alfred Nobel, creator of the Nobel Prize is perhaps Sweden's most endearing commodity.
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