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Nikola Tesla

Yes, He is the best. More than all his inventions His idea of free energy will be true. Just wait for it!
—Guest Grittin James

Inventor

Jobs and Wozniac -- the real inventors of the personal computer
—Guest Jeff

Favorite inventor

My favorite inventor is myself. Because of that I have invented very successful herbal medicine for growing hair on bald heads. Already many people including doctors also got hair after applying this herbal liquid on to their bald heads, Proofs can be given as required .
—Guest G.L.W.A Jayathilaka

Jhon Logie Bard

This is my fav inventor cuz he invented the TELEVISION and I simply LOVE watching it!!
—Guest Stella Montez

Can you say Conspiracy?

It has to be Nicola Tesla. Everything we use is a directly tied to what he invented. Alternating Current and the Tesla Coil. Your world would not operate correctly without AC and without the ignition coil in your car. Even the current hybrids and electric cars use a form of Tesla's AC dynamos. Doesn't anyone remember Edison who went around electrocuting animals to prove that AC would kill, where as Edison's DC current could easily kill too (about the same volts). Tesla discovered that over 2K+ cycles per second pulses of AC would flow over someone's skin instead of through it. Tesla also invented other devices we are still trying to figure out. Since he was not even in top 10, I have to seriously question this polling and the history being taught in schools. Even i didn't know about Tesla until I did researched him on my own. What an inspirational, complicated and unsung super genius the world had the privilege of neglecting.
—Guest Honor

Johann Gutenberg

Before the printing press ideas were passed around by letters. This was very slow and limited the number of people who received new ideas. With the printing press an idea could now reach thousands of people. The idea could then be expanded and passed again to thousands of people. Once knowledge began to expand the world was off and running.
—sjkac1

The guy who invented the toilet

Sir John Harrington. Everybody thinks it is Thomas Crapper but it is not.
—Guest Bob McJoe

james watt

He was the first revolutionary inventor who inspired and created history by becoming the first person to become part of galaxy of continuing inventors
—karrar786

Nikola Tesla

If we can imagine what wil be happend to our world if we at once "switsh off" inventions of Nikola Tesla! The World be become dead!
—Guest Misa Milas

Mr. Hall

The best inventor of modern times in my opinion has to be Trevor Baylis, who came up with the wind-up radio. It was a great revolution for those in Africa, and brought news to those who previously would not have been able to receive it. A great invention for people in the Third World.
—Guest Daniel Hall

james nimsmith

he invented basketball, and without him i would be bored at lunch time. he also has a cool name. he is the only inventor that has actually invented any thing usefaul
—Guest me , myself, and i

Graham Bell second to none

Graham is the best because he invented the telephone and without him we could not transport messages easily
—Guest Emmanuel

WTF

I CANT BELIEVE, NIKOLAS TESLA IS NOT THERE !!! HE IS THE BEST OF ALL TIME AND HE IS MUCH BETTER THAN EDISON
—Guest TESLA

edison is overated!

edison had very few original ideas,his major invention was gathering greater minds to do his work while taking the credit.tesla,in one week,improved the efficiency of the d.c. dynamo and was denied promised compinsation by edison.edisons d.c. distr. was clearly infirior to tesla,s a.c distribution,as well as t.e.,s incandesant lamp to n.t.,s flour. lamp.edison=group effort/trial and error..tesla=indv,effort no trial no error!!!!the world operates on poly phase a.c and many countries are outlawing incd.lamps in favor of more efficient flourc,lamps...not to mention teslas individual inovations in radio,radar,remote control,ect...edison was the p.t. barnum of electricity...tesla was the jesus christ of electricity..lets not confuse an administrator as an inventor..lets celebrate the single greatest mind in history(rivaled closely by divinci)!!!!
—Guest tesla disciple

marie curie

she discovered radioactivity and died of cancer due to it.she took the x-ray to the battlefield to help injured soldiers and taught her sister and daughter. the cool thing is that her notebooks are radioactive and to see them you have to be extremely careful and are located in france
—Guest funnygurl

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