Invented optical analysis systems and was the world's first Hispanic female astronaut.
Co-inventor of the first jet engine.
Samuel O'Reilly and the history of inventions related to tattoos.
Invented vital computer components and is best known for inventing "Magnetic Core Memory" and for co-founding the Digital Equipment Corporation.
Invented Rollerblades.
Invented the elevator brake making safe elevators possible.
A pioneer of full-spectrum lighting, Ott first became interested in the effects of artificial light while doing time-lapse photography.
Invented the first practical alternative to the steam engine, the "Four-Stroke Internal-Combustion Engine" or gas motor engine in 1876. He named his invention the "Otto Cycle Engine". As soon as he had completed his engine, Otto invented a motorcycle to use it with.
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