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Steve Jobs

What is the story behind the co-founder of Apple Computers Steve Jobs

Guglielmo Marconi

Radio pioneer, Guglielmo Marconi sent and received his first radio signal in Italy in 1895.

Dennis Ritchie

Dennis Ritchie was a noted computer scientist who invented the C programming language and co-invented Unix.

Steve Wozniak

What is the story behind the co-founder of Apple Computers Steve Wozniak.

Mark Zuckerberg

Biography of Mark Zuckerberg or the story of how a kid from Dobbs Ferry became the youngest billionaire in the world.

Microsoft - History of a Computing Giant

Profile and history of the innovations of Microsoft.

Ted Hoff - First Microprocessor

Ted Hoff thought it would be neat to use MOS LSI technology to produce a “computer on a chip”

Federico Faggin - First Microprocessor

Federico Faggin, currently CEO of Synaptics, led the design and development of the world's first microprocessor, the Intel 4004 and conceived and supervised the design of the landmark 8080, the first modern microprocessor.

Stanley Mazor - First Microprocessor

Stanley Mazor worked for Intel on several of Intel's early microprocessors including the first, the Intel 4004.

Biography of Gordon Moore

Gordon Moore is the co-founder and Chairman Emeritus of Intel Corporation and the author of Moore's Law.

Robert Noyce 1927 - 1990

Robert Noyce is credited as being the co-inventor of the integrated circuit aka microchip along with Jack Kilby.

Jean Bartik - The First ENIAC Computer Programer

A profile of Jean Bartik the first ENIAC computer programmer also known as Elizabeth Jennings

John Presper Eckert (1919-1995)

John Presper Eckert co-invented the first general-purpose electronic digital computer called the ENIAC and later co-invented the first commercial digital electronic computer called the UNIVAC.

John Mauchly

John Mauchly co-invented the first general-purpose electronic digital computer called the ENIAC and later co-invented the first commercial digital electronic computer called the UNIVAC.

Elon Musk

Elon Musk

Sir James Dyson

Sir James Dyson,vacuum cleaner

Introduction to Green Technology

What can be considered a ecofriendly green invention. What makes green technology.

Biography of Wilbur Wright

Wilbur Wright was one half of the aviation pioneering duo known as the Wright Brothers, together with his brother Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright invented the first airplane to make the first manned and powered flight possible.

Biography of Orville Wright

Orville Wright was one half of the aviation pioneers known as the Wright Brothers, together with his brother Wilbur Wright, Orville Wright invented the first airplane to make the first manned and powered flight possible.

Francisco Quisumbing

Filipino chemist Francisco Quisumbing invented Quink ink

William Padolina

William Padolina has served as the Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology for the Philippines.

Eduardo Quisumbing 1895 -1986

Eduardo Quisumbing was a noted expert in the medicinal plants of the Philippines.

Amando Kapauan - Filipino Chemist

Amando Kapauan was a Filipino chemist who specialized in environmental chemistry.

Lourdes Cruz

Doctor Lourdes Cruz has made scientific contributions to the biochemistry field of conotoxins.

Julian Banzon

Julian Banzon researched methods of producing alternative fuels.

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