Inventions

Charles Fredrick Weisenthal, a German-born engineer working in England was awarded the first British patent for a mechanical device to

The early history of radio is the history of technology that produces and uses radio instruments that use radio waves.

Robert Hutchings Goddard (October 5, 1882 – August 10, 1945) was an American engineer, professor, physicist, and inventor who is

Although some animals (dolphins, bats, some shrews, and others) have used sound for communication and object detection for millions of

The first electrically amplified stringed instrument to be marketed commercially was designed in 1931 by George Beauchamp, the general manager

The modern parachute was invented in the late 18th century by Louis-Sébastien Lenormand in France, who made the first recorded

The invention of the television was the work of many individuals in the late 19th century and early 20th century.

The history of the camera can be traced much further back than the introduction of photography. Cameras evolved from the

The idea of the modern hovercraft is most often associated with a British mechanical engineer Sir Christopher Cockerell. Cockerell’s group

In 1902, the first modern electrical air conditioning unit was invented by Willis Carrier in Buffalo, New York. After graduating

The Newtonian telescope (Newton telescope) is a type of reflecting telescope invented by the British scientist Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727),

In 1907, James Murray Spangler, a janitor from Canton, Ohio, invented the first practical, portable vacuum cleaner. Unable to produce

In 1953, while working at the Aeronautical Research Laboratories (ARL) of the Defence Science and Technology Organisation, in Melbourne, Australian

In 1919, American inventor Lee De Forest was awarded several patents that would lead to the first optical sound-on-film technology

A catapult is a ballistic device used to launch a projectile a great distance without the aid of explosive devices—particularly

Eugene Burton Ely (October 21, 1886 – October 19, 1911) was an aviation pioneer, credited with the first shipboard aircraft

Harry Wexler is one of the first scientists to envision using satellites for meteorological purposes; he is remembered as the

Canadian inventor Donald Hings was the first to create a portable radio signaling system for his employer CM&S in 1937.

George Devol applied for the first robotics patents in 1954 (granted in 1961). The first company to produce a robot

Konrad Zuse (22 June 1910 — 18 December 1995) was a German civil engineer, inventor and computer pioneer. He created

AM broadcasting is a radio broadcasting technology, which employs amplitude modulation (AM) transmissions. It was the first method developed for

Jack Cover, a NASA researcher, began developing the Taser in 1969. By 1974, Cover had completed the device, which he

Ralph Henry Baer (born Rudolf Heinrich Baer; March 8, 1922 – December 6, 2014) was a German-born American inventor, game

A microwave oven (also commonly referred to as a microwave) is an electric oven that heats and cooks food by

A handheld mobile radio telephone service was envisioned in the early stages of radio engineering. In 1917, Finnish inventor Eric