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Dean Kamen

Born: 1951 Medication Infusion Pumps. Kamen's first major innovation was the AutoSyringe, a wearable device that delivered precise doses of medication to diabetics and other patients with a variety…

Nikola Tesla

  Born: 1856 Birthplace: Smiljan, Lika, Croatia   Electro-magnetic motor—Tesla invented the induction motor which had a rotating magnetic field. The electro-magnetic motor was…

Marvin Camras

Born: 1916Birthplace: Chicago, Ill Method and means of magnetic recording—Camras's inventions are used in modern magnetic tape and wire recorders, including high frequency bias, improved recording…

Yegorevsk

(Encyclopedia) YegorevskYegorevskyĭgôˈryəfsk [key], city (1989 pop. 74,000), W central European Russia. It is a cotton-milling and textile center and also produces machine tools.

DK Science: Nanotechnology

MINIATURE ENGINENANO MEDICALCARBON NANOTECHNOLOGYFIND OUT MORENanotechnology gives us the ability to make incredibly small objects. Some of its methods came from microchip technology. Shapes are…

Farmer

What is this job like? Farmers grow crops and raise animals. American farmers run some of the most productive farms in the world. They sell their extra produce to other countries. Farmers decide…

Warren de la Rue

astronomer, physicistBorn: 1/15/1815Birthplace: Guernsey, United Kingdom After studying in Paris, he began working in his father's papermaking business, inventing an envelope-folding machine. He…

The History of the ATM

The Question: Can you tell me who invented the ATM and when? The Answer: Don Wetzel is credited with inventing the Automated Teller Machine in the late 1960's, while working for a company in…

H(erbert) G(eorge) Wells

writerBorn: 9/21/1866Birthplace: Bromley, Kent, England Pioneering writer whose novels The Time Machine (1985), The Invisible Man (1897) and War of the Worlds (1898) were among the first science-…