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S. Joseph Begun
S. Joseph Begun Born: 1905Birthplace: (Danzig, Germany, now Gdansk Poland) Magnetic recording— Early recording machines of the 1920s were cumbersome at best. Sound was recorded magnetically…Douglas Engelbart
Douglas EngelbartBorn: 1925Birthplace: near Portland, Oregon X-Y position indicator for a display system: the mouse—Douglas Engelbart envisioned a computer that would work in the modern…James L. Fergason
James L. FergasonBorn: 1934Birthplace: Wakenda, Missouri Liquid crystal display (LCD)—Liquid crystal displays were originally based on a concept that used a large amount of powder, provided a limited…Kary Banks Mullis
Kary Banks MullisBorn: 1944Birthplace: North Carolina PCR, Polymerase chain reaction—Mullis invented PCR, the process for amplifying nucleic acids, in 1993 while at Cetus Corporation. PCR…Henry Timken
Henry Timken Born: 1831 Birthplace: Bremen, Germany Tapered roller bearings—The bearings that existed in the late…Raymond Kurzweil
Raymond KurzweilBorn: Feb. 12, 1948 Reading machine—When entrepreneur Kurzweil introduced the Kurzweil Reading Machine in 1976, it was hailed as the most important advance in reading for the…Nils Bohlin
Nils Bohlin Born: July 17, 1920 Birthplace: Sweden Three-point safety belt—The now-standard three-point safety belt,…Rangaswamy Srinivasan
Rangaswamy Srinivasan Born: Feb. 28, 1929 Excimer eye surgery— IBM researchers Srinivasan, Wynne, and Blum developed this technique used in LASIK (Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis) eye…James Wynne
James WynneBorn: March 19, 1943Birthplace: Brooklyn, N.Y. Excimer eye surgery— IBM researchers Srinivasan, Wynne, and Blum developed this technique used in LASIK (Laser-Assisted In Situ…Samuel Blum
Samuel BlumBorn: Aug. 28, 1920Birthplace: New York Excimer eye surgery— IBM researchers Srinivasan, Wynne, and Blum developed this technique used in LASIK (Laser-Assisted In Situ…Trending
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