The 2008 Class of Inductees
Updated August 5, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
The following inventors—seven are living and eight are received posthumous recognition—were honored because their accomplishments have improved human lives. LED, the solar cell, and acoustics technology are among the inventions of those acknowledged in 2008.
 Louis Stevens pioneered the development of magnetic disk storage drive Related Links |
- Robert Adler
- Television remote control
- Ruth Benerito
- Wrinkle-free cotton
- Amar Bose
- Audio technology
- John Charnley
- Hip replacement surgery
- Willem Einthoven
- Electrocardiograph
- Calvin Fuller, Gerald Pearson, Daryl Chapin
- Silicon Solar Cell
- Nick Holonyak
- LED
- Erna Hoover
- Computerized telephone switching
- Amos Joel
- Switching concept for cellular phones
- Clarence Johnson
- Aircraft
- Ray McIntire
- Styrofoam brand foam
- Malcom McLean
- Containerized shipping
- Harold McMaster
- Tempered glass
- William Murphy
- Medical devices
- David Pall
- Filtration
- Kenneth Richardson
- Fluconazole
- Louis Stevens
- Magnetic disk storage drive
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