List of National Inventors Hall of Fame inductees

The National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) inductees includes nearly 500 inventors spanning three centuries of lifetimes. John Fitch

John Fitch (inventor)

John Fitch was an American inventor, clockmaker, and silversmith who, in 1787, built the first recorded steam-powered boat in the United States...

was the earliest born inventor inducted into the NIHF (1743), while Mark Dean is currently the most recently born (1957).

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*	Denotes inventor was also awarded the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is a non-profit professional association headquartered in New York City that is dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence... 's Medal of Honor IEEE Medal of Honor The IEEE Medal of Honor is the highest recognition of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers . It has been awarded since 1917, when its first recipient was Major Edwin H. Armstrong. It is given for an exceptional contribution or an extraordinary career in the IEEE fields of... , given for an exceptional contribution or extraordinary career in the IEEE fields of interest

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Inductee	Birth	Death	Notability	Year	NIHF
	1856	1931	Carborundum Silicon carbide Silicon carbide , also known as carborundum, is a compound of silicon and carbon with chemical formula SiC. It occurs in nature as the extremely rare mineral moissanite. Silicon carbide powder has been mass-produced since 1893 for use as an abrasive...	1997	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/1.html
	1913	2007	Television remote control	2008	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/372.html
	1893	1972	Coaxial cable Coaxial cable Coaxial cable, or coax, has an inner conductor surrounded by a flexible, tubular insulating layer, surrounded by a tubular conducting shield. The term coaxial comes from the inner conductor and the outer shield sharing the same geometric axis...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/244.html
*	1878	1975	Radio Radio Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...	1983	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/2.html
	1904	1992	VHF omnidirectional range VHF omnidirectional range VOR, short for VHF omnidirectional radio range, is a type of radio navigation system for aircraft. A VOR ground station broadcasts a VHF radio composite signal including the station's identifier, voice , and navigation signal. The identifier is typically a two- or three-letter string in Morse code...	1983	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/3.html
	1841	1918	Flexible flyer sled Sled A sled, sledge, or sleigh is a land vehicle with a smooth underside or possessing a separate body supported by two or more smooth, relatively narrow, longitudinal runners that travels by sliding across a surface. Most sleds are used on surfaces with low friction, such as snow or ice. In some cases,...	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/314.html
	1911	1988	Radio distance and direction indicator Radar Radar is an object-detection system which uses radio waves to determine the range, altitude, direction, or speed of objects. It can be used to detect aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, weather formations, and terrain. The radar dish or antenna transmits pulses of radio... ; Hydrogen bubble chamber Bubble chamber A bubble chamber is a vessel filled with a superheated transparent liquid used to detect electrically charged particles moving through it. It was invented in 1952 by Donald A. Glaser, for which he was awarded the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physics...	1978	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/4.html
	1866	1953	Windshield wiper	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/index.asp
	1866	1948	Movie projector Movie projector A movie projector is an opto-mechanical device for displaying moving pictures by projecting them on a projection screen. Most of the optical and mechanical elements, except for the illumination and sound devices, are present in movie cameras.-Physiology:...	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/index.asp
*	1890	1954	FM radio	1980	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/5.html
	1924	2009	MOSFET MOSFET The metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor is a transistor used for amplifying or switching electronic signals. The basic principle of this kind of transistor was first patented by Julius Edgar Lilienfeld in 1925...	2009	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/391.html

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Inductee	Birth	Death	Notability	Year	NIHF
	1785	1842	Cast iron Cast iron Cast iron is derived from pig iron, and while it usually refers to gray iron, it also identifies a large group of ferrous alloys which solidify with a eutectic. The color of a fractured surface can be used to identify an alloy. White cast iron is named after its white surface when fractured, due... piano Piano The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal... frame	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/315.html
	1832	1893	Steam generator Steam generator A steam generator is a device used to boil water to create steam. It may refer to:*Boiler , a closed vessel in which water is heated under pressure...	1997	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/6.html
	1863	1944	Bakelite	1978	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/7.html
	1922		Television gaming and training apparatus Video game console A video game console is an interactive entertainment computer or customized computer system that produces a video display signal which can be used with a display device to display a video game...	2010	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/406.html
	1934		Substrate for catalytic converters	2002	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/169.html
	1795	1886	Steam locomotive Steam locomotive A steam locomotive is a railway locomotive that produces its power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fueled by burning some combustible material, usually coal, wood or oil, to produce steam in a boiler, which drives the steam engine...	2005	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/230.html
	1921	1989	Polypropylene Polypropylene Polypropylene , also known as polypropene, is a thermoplastic polymer used in a wide variety of applications including packaging, textiles , stationery, plastic parts and reusable containers of various types, laboratory equipment, loudspeakers, automotive components, and polymer banknotes... plastics	2001	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/165.html
	1891	1941	Isolated and purified insulin Insulin Insulin is a hormone central to regulating carbohydrate and fat metabolism in the body. Insulin causes cells in the liver, muscle, and fat tissue to take up glucose from the blood, storing it as glycogen in the liver and muscle....	2004	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/220.html
	1926	2011	Digital packet switching Packet switching Packet switching is a digital networking communications method that groups all transmitted data – regardless of content, type, or structure – into suitably sized blocks, called packets. Packet switching features delivery of variable-bit-rate data streams over a shared network...	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/316.html
*	1908	1991	Transistor Transistor A transistor is a semiconductor device used to amplify and switch electronic signals and power. It is composed of a semiconductor material with at least three terminals for connection to an external circuit. A voltage or current applied to one pair of the transistor's terminals changes the current...	1974	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/8.html
	1932		Ground proximity warning system Ground Proximity Warning System A ground proximity warning system is a system designed to alert pilots if their aircraft is in immediate danger of flying into the ground or an obstacle. The United States Federal Aviation Administration defines GPWS as a type of terrain awareness warning system...	2005	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/231.html
	1849	1921	Improved Janney coupler for railroad cars	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/245.html
	1900	2004	pH meter PH meter A pH meter is an electronic instrument used for measuring the pH of a liquid...	1987	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/9.html
	1905	1995	Magnetic recording	1998	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/10.html
	1847	1922	Telephone Telephone The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...	1974	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/11.html
	1916		Wrinkle-free cotton Permanent press A permanent press is a characteristic of fabric that has been chemically processed to resist wrinkles and hold its shape. Alternative terms include wrinkle resistant, wash and wear, no-iron,durable press, and easy care...	2008	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/373.html
	1903	1987	Mass spectrometry Mass spectrometry Mass spectrometry is an analytical technique that measures the mass-to-charge ratio of charged particles.It is used for determining masses of particles, for determining the elemental composition of a sample or molecule, and for elucidating the chemical structures of molecules, such as peptides and...	1991	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/12.html
	1851	1929	Gramophone Phonograph The phonograph record player, or gramophone is a device introduced in 1877 that has had continued common use for reproducing sound recordings, although when first developed, the phonograph was used to both record and reproduce sounds... and microphone Microphone A microphone is an acoustic-to-electric transducer or sensor that converts sound into an electrical signal. In 1877, Emile Berliner invented the first microphone used as a telephone voice transmitter...	1994	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/13.html
	1813	1898	Bessemer process Bessemer process The Bessemer process was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass-production of steel from molten pig iron. The process is named after its inventor, Henry Bessemer, who took out a patent on the process in 1855. The process was independently discovered in 1851 by William Kelly... for steel production	2002	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/183.html
	1899	1978	Isolation of insulin Insulin Insulin is a hormone central to regulating carbohydrate and fat metabolism in the body. Insulin causes cells in the liver, muscle, and fat tissue to take up glucose from the blood, storing it as glycogen in the liver and muscle....	2004	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/202.html
	1814	1879	Powered loom Loom A loom is a device used to weave cloth. The basic purpose of any loom is to hold the warp threads under tension to facilitate the interweaving of the weft threads...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/246.html
	1866	1934	Carbon black Carbon black Carbon black is a material produced by the incomplete combustion of heavy petroleum products such as FCC tar, coal tar, ethylene cracking tar, and a small amount from vegetable oil. Carbon black is a form of amorphous carbon that has a high surface-area-to-volume ratio, although its... manufacturing	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/index.asp
	1947		Scanning tunneling microscope Scanning tunneling microscope A scanning tunneling microscope is an instrument for imaging surfaces at the atomic level. Its development in 1981 earned its inventors, Gerd Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer , the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1986. For an STM, good resolution is considered to be 0.1 nm lateral resolution and...	1994	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/14.html
	1921		Respirator Respirator A respirator is a device designed to protect the wearer from inhaling harmful dusts, fumes, vapors, or gases. Respirators come in a wide range of types and sizes used by the military, private industry, and the public...	1995	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/15.html
	1886	1956	Frozen food Frozen food Freezing food preserves it from the time it is prepared to the time it is eaten. Since early times, farmers, fishermen, and trappers have preserved their game and produce in unheated buildings during the winter season. Freezing food slows down decomposition by turning water to ice, making it...	2005	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/232.html
	1899	1985	Ballpoint pen Ballpoint pen A ballpoint pen is a writing instrument with an internal ink reservoir and a sphere for a point. The internal chamber is filled with a viscous ink that is dispensed at its tip during use by the rolling action of a small sphere...	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/317.html
	1898	1983	Feedback amplifier Feedback amplifier A negative feedback amplifier is an amplifier which combines a fraction of the output with the input so that a negative feedback opposes the original signal...	1981	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/16.html
	1795	1886	Machine for crushing stone Rock (geology) In geology, rock or stone is a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals and/or mineraloids.The Earth's outer solid layer, the lithosphere, is made of rock. In general rocks are of three types, namely, igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic...	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/318.html
	1840	1922	Innovations to sewing machine Sewing machine A sewing machine is a textile machine used to stitch fabric, cards and other material together with thread. Sewing machines were invented during the first Industrial Revolution to decrease the amount of manual sewing work performed in clothing companies...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/247.html
	1788	1864	Pattern lathe Lathe A lathe is a machine tool which rotates the workpiece on its axis to perform various operations such as cutting, sanding, knurling, drilling, or deformation with tools that are applied to the workpiece to create an object which has symmetry about an axis of rotation.Lathes are used in woodturning,...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/248.html
	1898	1979	Langmuir-Blodgett film Langmuir-Blodgett film A Langmuir–Blodgett film contains one or more monolayers of an organic material, deposited from the surface of a liquid onto a solid by immersing the solid substrate into the liquid. A monolayer is adsorbed homogeneously with each immersion or emersion step, thus films with very accurate...	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/319.html
	1920		LASIK LASIK LASIK or Lasik , commonly referred to simply as laser eye surgery, is a type of refractive surgery for correcting myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism... eye surgery	2002	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/172.html
	1925	2011	Vaccine for hepatitis B	1993	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/17.html
	1800	1874	Iron frame Cast iron Cast iron is derived from pig iron, and while it usually refers to gray iron, it also identifies a large group of ferrous alloys which solidify with a eutectic. The color of a fractured surface can be used to identify an alloy. White cast iron is named after its white surface when fractured, due... building	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/320.html
	1920	2002	Safety belt	2002	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/179.html
	1801	1874	Process for condensed milk Condensed milk Condensed milk, also known as sweetened condensed milk, is cow's milk from which water has been removed and to which sugar has been added, yielding a very thick, sweet product which when canned can last for years without refrigeration if unopened. The two terms, condensed milk and sweetened...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/249.html
	1884	1940	Haber-Bosch process for ammonia production	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/250.html
	1929		Audio feedback Audio feedback Audio feedback is a special kind of positive feedback which occurs when a sound loop exists between an audio input and an audio output... control	2008	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/374.html
	1936		MOSFET MOSFET The metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor is a transistor used for amplifying or switching electronic signals. The basic principle of this kind of transistor was first patented by Julius Edgar Lilienfeld in 1925...	1997	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/18.html
	1788	1870	Process for making malleable iron Malleable iron Malleable iron is cast as White iron, the structure being a metastable carbide in a pearlitic matrix. Through an annealing heat treatment the brittle as cast structure is transformed. Carbon agglomerates into small roughly speherical aggregates of graphite leaving a matrix of ferrite or pearlite...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/251.html
	1936		Genetic engineering Genetic engineering Genetic engineering, also called genetic modification, is the direct human manipulation of an organism's genome using modern DNA technology. It involves the introduction of foreign DNA or synthetic genes into the organism of interest...	2001	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/163.html
	1924	2011	Charge coupled device	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/236.html
	1836	1911	Game board	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/252.html
	1872	1954	Cellophane Cellophane Cellophane is a thin, transparent sheet made of regenerated cellulose. Its low permeability to air, oils, greases, bacteria and water makes it useful for food packaging...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/253.html
	1903	1992	Brannock device Brannock Device The Brannock Device is a measuring instrument invented by Charles F. Brannock for measuring a person's shoe size. The son of a shoe industry entrepreneur, Brannock attended Syracuse University, New York, U.S.A. where he became a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. Brannock spent two years... for foot measuring	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/321.html
	1902	1987	Transistor Transistor A transistor is a semiconductor device used to amplify and switch electronic signals and power. It is composed of a semiconductor material with at least three terminals for connection to an external circuit. A voltage or current applied to one pair of the transistor's terminals changes the current...	1974	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/19.html
	1924		Dual thrust level monopropellant Monopropellant Monopropellants are propellants composed of chemicals or mixtures of chemicals which can be stored in a single container with some degree of safety. While stable under defined storage conditions, they react very rapidly under certain other conditions to produce a large volume of energetic gases... spacecraft propulsion system	2010	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/407.html
	1898	1980	Nystatin Nystatin Nystatin is a polyene antifungal medication to which many molds and yeast infections are sensitive, including Candida. Due to its toxicity profile, there are currently no injectable formulations of this drug on the US market... antifungal	1994	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/20.html
	1855	1926	Breech-loading rifle	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/322.html
	1849	1929	Arc light Arc lamp "Arc lamp" or "arc light" is the general term for a class of lamps that produce light by an electric arc . The lamp consists of two electrodes, first made from carbon but typically made today of tungsten, which are separated by a gas... for street lighting	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/254.html
	1910	2008	Diamond synthesis	2010	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/408.html
	1849	1926	Plant breeding Plant breeding Plant breeding is the art and science of changing the genetics of plants in order to produce desired characteristics. Plant breeding can be accomplished through many different techniques ranging from simply selecting plants with desirable characteristics for propagation, to more complex molecular...	1986	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/21.html
	1912	2004	Isothiocyanates	1995	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/22.html
	1857	1898	Adding machine Adding machine An adding machine was a class of mechanical calculator, usually specialized for bookkeeping calculations.In the United States, the earliest adding machines were usually built to read in dollars and cents. Adding machines were ubiquitous office equipment until they were phased out in favor of...	1987	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/23.html
	1865	1954	Catalytic cracking	1984	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/24.html
	1890	1974	Differential analyzer	2004	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/203.html

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Inductee	Birth	Death	Notability	Year	NIHF
	1838	1912	Stock ticker Ticker tape Ticker tape was the earliest digital electronic communications medium, transmitting stock price information over telegraph lines, in use between around 1870 through 1970...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/255.html
	1904	2002	Catalytic cracking	1999	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/25.html
	1870	1954	Loading coil Loading coil In electronics, a loading coil or load coil is a coil that does not provide coupling to any other circuit, but is inserted in a circuit to increase its inductance. The need was discovered by Oliver Heaviside in studying the disappointing slow speed of the Transatlantic telegraph cable...	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/index.asp
	1916	1995	Magnetic recording	1985	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/26.html
	1906	1968	Xerox Xerox Xerox Corporation is an American multinational document management corporation that produced and sells a range of color and black-and-white printers, multifunction systems, photo copiers, digital production printing presses, and related consulting services and supplies... photocopying process	1981	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/27.html
	1896	1937	Synthetic rubber Synthetic rubber Synthetic rubber is is any type of artificial elastomer, invariably a polymer. An elastomer is a material with the mechanical property that it can undergo much more elastic deformation under stress than most materials and still return to its previous size without permanent deformation...	1984	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/28.html
	1876	1950	Air conditioner	1985	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/29.html
	1939		Ultraviolet Ultraviolet Ultraviolet light is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength shorter than that of visible light, but longer than X-rays, in the range 10 nm to 400 nm, and energies from 3 eV to 124 eV... camera	2003	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/185.html
	1864	1943	Peanut Peanut The peanut, or groundnut , is a species in the legume or "bean" family , so it is not a nut. The peanut was probably first cultivated in the valleys of Peru. It is an annual herbaceous plant growing tall... products	1990	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/30.html
	1936		Satellite Satellite In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an object which has been placed into orbit by human endeavour. Such objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon.... servicing techniques	2003	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/186.html
	1943		Internet protocol Internet Protocol The Internet Protocol is the principal communications protocol used for relaying datagrams across an internetwork using the Internet Protocol Suite... (IP)	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/238.html
	1906	1995	Solar Cell Solar cell A solar cell is a solid state electrical device that converts the energy of light directly into electricity by the photovoltaic effect....	2008	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/375.html
	1925		Bioluminescence Bioluminescence Bioluminescence is the production and emission of light by a living organism. Its name is a hybrid word, originating from the Greek bios for "living" and the Latin lumen "light". Bioluminescence is a naturally occurring form of chemiluminescence where energy is released by a chemical reaction in...	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/323.html
	1911	1982	Hip replacement surgery	2008	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/376.html
*	1937		Molecular beam epitaxy Molecular beam epitaxy Molecular beam epitaxy is one of several methods of depositing single crystals. It was invented in the late 1960s at Bell Telephone Laboratories by J. R. Arthur and Alfred Y. Cho.-Method:...	2009	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/392.html
	1870	1960	Neon light	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/324.html
	1839	1913	Dishwasher Dishwasher A dishwasher is a mechanical device for cleaning dishes and eating utensils. Dishwashers can be found in restaurants and private homes.Unlike manual dishwashing, which relies largely on physical scrubbing to remove soiling, the mechanical dishwasher cleans by spraying hot water, typically between ...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/256.html
	1935		Genetic engineering Genetic engineering Genetic engineering, also called genetic modification, is the direct human manipulation of an organism's genome using modern DNA technology. It involves the introduction of foreign DNA or synthetic genes into the organism of interest...	2001	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/164.html
	1892	1965	Isolated and purified insulin Insulin Insulin is a hormone central to regulating carbohydrate and fat metabolism in the body. Insulin causes cells in the liver, muscle, and fat tissue to take up glucose from the blood, storing it as glycogen in the liver and muscle....	2004	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/219.html
	1814	1862	Colt revolver with interchangeable parts	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/257.html
	1923	2003	Oral contraceptives	1988	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/31.html
	1923		Tetracycline	1992	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/32.html
	1873	1975	X-ray tube X-ray tube An X-ray tube is a vacuum tube that produces X-rays. They are used in X-ray machines. X-rays are part of the electromagnetic spectrum, an ionizing radiation with wavelengths shorter than ultraviolet light...	1975	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/33.html
	1791	1883	Steam locomotive Steam locomotive A steam locomotive is a railway locomotive that produces its power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fueled by burning some combustible material, usually coal, wood or oil, to produce steam in a boiler, which drives the steam engine...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/258.html
	1917	2011	Superglue	2004	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/221.html
	1817	1888	Improvements to steam engine Steam engine A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid.Steam engines are external combustion engines, where the working fluid is separate from the combustion products. Non-combustion heat sources such as solar power, nuclear power or geothermal energy may be...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/259.html
	1826	1904	Signal flare Signal Flare Signal Flare is the name of several fictional characters in the various Transformers universes.-Transformers: Energon:Signal Flare is a young Omnicon. Signal Flare is one of the greatest Energon welders of his kind. His Omnicon brothers depend greatly on his skills and experience... used for ships	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/260.html
	1877	1948	Electrostatic precipitator Electrostatic precipitator An electrostatic precipitator , or electrostatic air cleaner is a particulate collection device that removes particles from a flowing gas using the force of an induced electrostatic charge...	1992	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/34.html
	1913	1998	Coulter principle Coulter principle The term “Coulter Principle” refers to the use of an electric field for counting and sizing dilute suspensions of particles in conducting liquids. The phrase was coined when Wallace H. Coulter was awarded US Patent #2,656,508, Means for Counting Particles Suspended in a Fluid...	2004	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/218.html
	1910	1997	Diving unit Aqua-lung Aqua-Lung was the original name of the first open-circuit free-swimming underwater breathing set in reaching worldwide popularity and commercial success...	2010	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/409.html
	1877	1965	Model train	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/325.html
	1839	1895	Traveling grate furnace Furnace A furnace is a device used for heating. The name derives from Latin fornax, oven.In American English and Canadian English, the term furnace on its own is generally used to describe household heating systems based on a central furnace , and sometimes as a synonym for kiln, a device used in the...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/261.html
	1925	1996	Supercomputer Supercomputer A supercomputer is a computer at the frontline of current processing capacity, particularly speed of calculation.Supercomputers are used for highly calculation-intensive tasks such as problems including quantum physics, weather forecasting, climate research, molecular modeling A supercomputer is a...	1997	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/35.html
	1829	1886	Loom Loom A loom is a device used to weave cloth. The basic purpose of any loom is to hold the warp threads under tension to facilitate the interweaving of the weft threads...	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/326.html
	1878	1930	Hydroplane	2003	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/187.html
	1939	2000	Captopril Captopril Captopril is an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor used for the treatment of hypertension and some types of congestive heart failure. Captopril was the first ACE inhibitor developed and was considered a breakthrough both because of its novel mechanism of action and also because of the...	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/327.html

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Inductee	Birth	Death	Notability	Year	NIHF
	1834	1900	Design of automobile and motorcycle engine Motorcycle engine A motorcycle engine is an engine that powers a motorcycle.Motorcycle engines may be two-stroke or four-stroke, reciprocating or Wankel, single-cylinder or multicylinder , or single-rotor or twin-rotor . The engine typically drives the rear wheel, but some small bikes such as the Velosolex have a... s	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/262.html
	1936		MRI	1989	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/36.html
	1924	2000	Digital packet switching Packet switching Packet switching is a digital networking communications method that groups all transmitted data – regardless of content, type, or structure – into suitably sized blocks, called packets. Packet switching features delivery of variable-bit-rate data streams over a shared network...	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/328.html
*	1873	1961	Audion tube Audion tube The Audion is an electronic amplifying vacuum tube invented by Lee De Forest in 1906. It was the forerunner of the triode, in which the current from the filament to the plate was controlled by a third element, the grid... for radio detection	1977	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/40.html
	1907	1990	Velcro Velcro Velcro is the brand name of the first commercially marketed fabric hook-and-loop fastener, invented in 1948 by the Swiss electrical engineer George de Mestral...	1999	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/37.html
	1957		Computer peripherals	1997	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/38.html
	1804	1886	Farm plow	1989	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/39.html
*	1932		DRAM Dram Dram or DRAM may refer to:As a unit of measure:* Dram , an imperial unit of mass and volume* Armenian dram, a monetary unit* Dirham, a unit of currency in several Arab nationsOther uses:...	1997	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/41.html
	1912	2011	Industrial robot Industrial robot An industrial robot is defined by ISO as an automatically controlled, reprogrammable, multipurpose manipulator programmable in three or more axes...	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/1_3_11_induction_devol.asp
	1870	1954	Duplicating equipment Photocopier A photocopier is a machine that makes paper copies of documents and other visual images quickly and cheaply. Most current photocopiers use a technology called xerography, a dry process using heat...	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/index.asp
	1858	1913	Internal combustion engine Internal combustion engine The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer in a combustion chamber. In an internal combustion engine, the expansion of the high-temperature and high -pressure gases produced by combustion apply direct force to some component of the engine...	1976	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/42.html
	1944		Public-key cryptography Public-key cryptography Public-key cryptography refers to a cryptographic system requiring two separate keys, one to lock or encrypt the plaintext, and one to unlock or decrypt the cyphertext. Neither key will do both functions. One of these keys is published or public and the other is kept private...	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/1_3_11_induction_diffie.asp
	1901	1966	Multiplane camera Multiplane camera The multiplane camera is a special motion picture camera used in the traditional animation process that moves a number of pieces of artwork past the camera at various speeds and at various distances from one another...	2000	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/43.html
	1923		Oral contraceptives	1978	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/44.html
	1933		Dolby noise reduction	2004	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/217.html
	1866	1930	Bromine Bromine Bromine ") is a chemical element with the symbol Br, an atomic number of 35, and an atomic mass of 79.904. It is in the halogen element group. The element was isolated independently by two chemists, Carl Jacob Löwig and Antoine Jerome Balard, in 1825–1826... extraction	1983	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/45.html
	1901	1987	Stabilizing gyroscopic	1981	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/46.html
	1899	1980	Adhesive tape Adhesive tape Adhesive tape is one of many varieties of backing materials coated with an adhesive. Several types of adhesives can be used.-Types:Pressure sensitive tape...	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/329.html
	1894	1972	Iron lung Iron lung A negative pressure ventilator is a form of medical ventilator that enables a person to breathe when normal muscle control has been lost or the work of breathing exceeds the person's ability....	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/330.html
	1840	1921	Pneumatic tire	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/263.html
	1934	2009	Cimetidine Cimetidine Cimetidine INN is a histamine H2-receptor antagonist that inhibits the production of acid in the stomach. It is largely used in the treatment of heartburn and peptic ulcers. It is marketed by GlaxoSmithKline under the trade name Tagamet...	1990	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/47.html

E

Inductee	Birth	Death	Notability	Year	NIHF
	1854	1932	Photography Photography Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...	1977	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/48.html
	1921		TIMATION Timation The Timation satellites were conceived, developed, and launched by the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. beginning in 1964. The concept of Timation was to broadcast an accurate time reference for use as a ranging signal to receivers on the ground. On May 31, 1967 the Timation-1... satellite navigation system	2010	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/410.html
	1919	1995	ENIAC ENIAC ENIAC was the first general-purpose electronic computer. It was a Turing-complete digital computer capable of being reprogrammed to solve a full range of computing problems....	2002	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/181.html
	1903	1990	Stroboscope Stroboscope A stroboscope, also known as a strobe, is an instrument used to make a cyclically moving object appear to be slow-moving, or stationary. The principle is used for the study of rotating, reciprocating, oscillating or vibrating objects... photography	1986	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/49.html
	1847	1931	Practical electric light Electric light Electric lights are a convenient and economic form of artificial lighting which provide increased comfort, safety and efficiency. Most electric lighting is powered by centrally-generated electric power, but lighting may also be powered by mobile or standby electric generators or battery systems...	1973	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/50.html
	1856	1917	Novocain	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/331.html
	1860	1927	Electrocardiograph	2008	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/377.html
	1918	1999	Leukemia Leukemia Leukemia or leukaemia is a type of cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal increase of immature white blood cells called "blasts". Leukemia is a broad term covering a spectrum of diseases... drug	1991	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/51.html
	1876	1941	Margarine Margarine Margarine , as a generic term, can indicate any of a wide range of butter substitutes, typically composed of vegetable oils. In many parts of the world, the market share of margarine and spreads has overtaken that of butter...	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/index.asp
	1939		Cimetidine Cimetidine Cimetidine INN is a histamine H2-receptor antagonist that inhibits the production of acid in the stomach. It is largely used in the treatment of heartburn and peptic ulcers. It is marketed by GlaxoSmithKline under the trade name Tagamet...	1990	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/52.html
	1925		Computer mouse	1998	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/53.html
	1803	1889	Screw propeller	1993	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/54.html
*	1889	1986	Coaxial cable Coaxial cable Coaxial cable, or coax, has an inner conductor surrounded by a flexible, tubular insulating layer, surrounded by a tubular conducting shield. The term coaxial comes from the inner conductor and the outer shield sharing the same geometric axis...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/264.html
	1755	1819	High pressure steam engine Steam engine A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid.Steam engines are external combustion engines, where the working fluid is separate from the combustion products. Non-combustion heat sources such as solar power, nuclear power or geothermal energy may be...	2001	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/159.html
	1877	1934	Outboard motor Outboard motor An outboard motor is a propulsion system for boats, consisting of a self-contained unit that includes engine, gearbox and propeller or jet drive, designed to be affixed to the outside of the transom and are the most common motorized method of propelling small watercraft...	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/332.html

F

Inductee	Birth	Death	Notability	Year	NIHF
	1921	2004	Space capsule Space capsule A space capsule is an often manned spacecraft which has a simple shape for the main section, without any wings or other features to create lift during atmospheric reentry....	2003	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/188.html
	1941		CPU	1996	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/55.html
	1820	1893	Electric fire alarm system	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/265.html
	1906	1971	Television Television Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...	1984	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/56.html
	1934	2008	Liquid crystal display Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display is a flat panel display, electronic visual display, or video display that uses the light modulating properties of liquid crystals . LCs do not emit light directly....	1998	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/57.html
	1901	1954	Nuclear fission Nuclear fission In nuclear physics and nuclear chemistry, nuclear fission is a nuclear reaction in which the nucleus of an atom splits into smaller parts , often producing free neutrons and photons , and releasing a tremendous amount of energy...	1976	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/58.html
*	1866	1932	AM radio	2000	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/59.html
	1868	1938	Pneumatic tire	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/266.html
	1743	1798	Steamboat Steamboat A steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a ship in which the primary method of propulsion is steam power, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/267.html
	1929		Molecular sieves	2004	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/216.html
	1934		Embolectomy catheter Catheter In medicine, a catheter is a tube that can be inserted into a body cavity, duct, or vessel. Catheters thereby allow drainage, administration of fluids or gases, or access by surgical instruments. The process of inserting a catheter is catheterization...	2001	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/162.html
	1933	2008	Angiogenesis Angiogenesis Angiogenesis is the physiological process involving the growth of new blood vessels from pre-existing vessels. Though there has been some debate over terminology, vasculogenesis is the term used for spontaneous blood-vessel formation, and intussusception is the term for the formation of new blood... inhibition	2010	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/411.html
	1863	1947	Automobile Automobile An automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor...	1982	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/60.html
*	1918		Random access memory (RAM)	1979	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/61.html
	1957		CMOS active pixel image sensor Active pixel sensor An active-pixel sensor is an image sensor consisting of an integrated circuit containing an array of pixel sensors, each pixel containing a photodetector and an active amplifier. There are many types of active pixel sensors including the CMOS APS used most commonly in cell phone cameras, web... camera-on-a-chip	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/1_3_11_induction_fossum.asp
	1929		Roundup	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/333.html
	1913	2000	Glucose Glucose Glucose is a simple sugar and an important carbohydrate in biology. Cells use it as the primary source of energy and a metabolic intermediate... detection for diabetes	2000	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/62.html
	1923		Glucose Glucose Glucose is a simple sugar and an important carbohydrate in biology. Cells use it as the primary source of energy and a metabolic intermediate... detection for diabetes	2000	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/63.html
	1948	1989	Configurable electrical circuit having configurable logic elements and configurable interconnects	2009	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/393.html
	1939		Erasable programmable read only memory array	2009	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/394.html
	1931		Post-it notes	2010	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/412.html
	1902	1994	Solar Cell Solar cell A solar cell is a solid state electrical device that converts the energy of light directly into electricity by the photovoltaic effect....	2008	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/378.html
	1765	1815	Steamboat Steamboat A steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a ship in which the primary method of propulsion is steam power, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/268.html

G

Birth	Death	Notability	Year	NIHF
1900	1984	Aqua-lung Aqua-lung Aqua-Lung was the original name of the first open-circuit free-swimming underwater breathing set in reaching worldwide popularity and commercial success... diving equipment	2010	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/413.html
1937		HIV HIV Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive... isolation	2004	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/214.html
1934		Cimetidine Cimetidine Cimetidine INN is a histamine H2-receptor antagonist that inhibits the production of acid in the stomach. It is largely used in the treatment of heartburn and peptic ulcers. It is marketed by GlaxoSmithKline under the trade name Tagamet...	1990	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/64.html
1901	1987	Fluorescent lighting	1996	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/65.html
1912	2003	Global Positioning System Global Positioning System The Global Positioning System is a space-based global navigation satellite system that provides location and time information in all weather, anywhere on or near the Earth, where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites... (GPS)	2004	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/210.html
1903	1973	Heart-lung machine Heart-lung machine Cardiopulmonary bypass is a technique that temporarily takes over the function of the heart and lungs during surgery, maintaining the circulation of blood and the oxygen content of the body. The CPB pump itself is often referred to as a heart–lung machine or "the pump"...	2004	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/204.html
1855	1932	Safety razor Safety razor A safety razor is a razor that protects the skin from all but the very edge of the blade. These razors reduce the possibility of serious injury, which makes them more forgiving than a straight razor.-Cartridges introduced:...	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/334.html
1920	1992	Video tape recording	1990	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/66.html
1813	1906	Barbed wire Barbed wire Barbed wire, also known as barb wire , is a type of fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strand. It is used to construct inexpensive fences and is used atop walls surrounding secured property...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/269.html
1882	1945	Rocket Rocket A rocket is a missile, spacecraft, aircraft or other vehicle which obtains thrust from a rocket engine. In all rockets, the exhaust is formed entirely from propellants carried within the rocket before use. Rocket engines work by action and reaction... s	1979	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/67.html
1913	1997	Hard drive and floppy disk Floppy disk A floppy disk is a disk storage medium composed of a disk of thin and flexible magnetic storage medium, sealed in a rectangular plastic carrier lined with fabric that removes dust particles...	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/335.html
1900	1983	Kodachrome Kodachrome Kodachrome is the trademarked brand name of a type of color reversal film that was manufactured by Eastman Kodak from 1935 to 2009.-Background:...	2005	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/233.html
1906	1977	Long playing record	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/336.html
1822	1900	Transparent flexible nitrocellulose Nitrocellulose Nitrocellulose is a highly flammable compound formed by nitrating cellulose through exposure to nitric acid or another powerful nitrating agent. When used as a propellant or low-order explosive, it is also known as guncotton...	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/index.asp
1800	1860	Vulcanization Vulcanization Vulcanization or vulcanisation is a chemical process for converting rubber or related polymers into more durable materials via the addition of sulfur or other equivalent "curatives." These additives modify the polymer by forming crosslinks between individual polymer chains. Vulcanized material is... of rubber	1976	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/68.html
1937		Gore-Tex Gore-Tex Gore-Tex is a waterproof/breathable fabric, and a registered trademark of W. L. Gore and Associates. It was co-invented by Wilbert L. Gore, Rowena Taylor, and Gore's son, Robert W. Gore. Robert Gore was granted on April 27, 1976, for a porous form of polytetrafluoroethylene with a...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/240.html
1920	2005	Laser Laser A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of photons. The term "laser" originated as an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation...	1991	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/69.html
1826	1901	Direct-current dynamo Dynamo - Engineering :* Dynamo, a magnetic device originally used as an electric generator* Dynamo theory, a theory relating to magnetic fields of celestial bodies* Solar dynamo, the physical process that generates the Sun's magnetic field- Software :...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/270.html
1835	1901	Telephone Telephone The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other... and telegraph improvements	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/337.html
1919	2011	Heart pacemaker	1986	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/70.html
1918	2006	Aircraft stall Stall (flight) In fluid dynamics, a stall is a reduction in the lift coefficient generated by a foil as angle of attack increases. This occurs when the critical angle of attack of the foil is exceeded... warning	1991	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/71.html
1895	1982	Retractable landing gear Landing Gear Landing Gear is Devin the Dude's fifth studio album. It was released on October 7, 2008. It was his first studio album since signing with the label Razor & Tie. It features a high-profile guest appearance from Snoop Dogg. As of October 30, 2008, the album has sold 18,906 copies.-Track...	2003	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/189.html
1926	2010	Photocopier Photocopier A photocopier is a machine that makes paper copies of documents and other visual images quickly and cheaply. Most current photocopiers use a technology called xerography, a dry process using heat...	2005	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/234.html

H

Inductee	Birth	Death	Notability	Year	NIHF
	1868	1934	Ammonia production process	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/271.html
	1863	1914	Aluminum production process Hall-Héroult process The Hall–Héroult process is the major industrial process for the production of aluminium. It involves dissolving alumina in molten cryolite, and electrolysing the molten salt bath to obtain pure aluminium metal.-Process:...	1976	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/72.html
	1894	1971	Food preservation Food preservation Food preservation is the process of treating and handling food to stop or slow down spoilage and thus allow for longer storage....	2004	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/205.html
	1919		Magnetron	1994	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/73.html
	1827	1880	Railroad signal	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/338.html
	1919	2008	Synthetic diamond Synthetic diamond Synthetic diamond is diamond produced in a technological process; as opposed to natural diamond, which is created in geological processes. Synthetic diamond is also widely known as HPHT diamond or CVD diamond, denoting the production method, High-Pressure High-Temperature synthesis and Chemical...	2010	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/414.html
	1836	1900	Cable car Cable car (railway) A cable car or cable railway is a mass transit system using rail cars that are hauled by a continuously moving cable running at a constant speed. Individual cars stop and start by releasing and gripping this cable as required...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/272.html
	1888	1965	Radio control Radio control Radio control is the use of radio signals to remotely control a device. The term is used frequently to refer to the control of model vehicles from a hand-held radio transmitter...	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/index.asp
	1908	1996	Polyurethane Polyurethane A polyurethane is any polymer composed of a chain of organic units joined by carbamate links. Polyurethane polymers are formed through step-growth polymerization, by reacting a monomer with another monomer in the presence of a catalyst.Polyurethanes are...	1991	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/74.html
	1911	1992	Polymer Polymer A polymer is a large molecule composed of repeating structural units. These subunits are typically connected by covalent chemical bonds... cable sheath	2010	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/415.html
	1885	1975	Nystatin Nystatin Nystatin is a polyene antifungal medication to which many molds and yeast infections are sensitive, including Candida. Due to its toxicity profile, there are currently no injectable formulations of this drug on the US market...	1994	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/75.html
	1933		Defibrillator	2002	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/177.html
*	1936		Electro-optic liquid crystal Liquid crystal Liquid crystals are a state of matter that have properties between those of a conventional liquid and those of a solid crystal. For instance, an LC may flow like a liquid, but its molecules may be oriented in a crystal-like way. There are many different types of LC phases, which can be... device	2009	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/395.html
	1945		Public-key cryptography Public-key cryptography Public-key cryptography refers to a cryptographic system requiring two separate keys, one to lock or encrypt the plaintext, and one to unlock or decrypt the cyphertext. Neither key will do both functions. One of these keys is published or public and the other is kept private...	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/1_3_11_induction_hellman.asp
	1842	1921	Reinforced concrete Reinforced concrete Reinforced concrete is concrete in which reinforcement bars , reinforcement grids, plates or fibers have been incorporated to strengthen the concrete in tension. It was invented by French gardener Joseph Monier in 1849 and patented in 1867. The term Ferro Concrete refers only to concrete that is... construction	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/index.asp
	1887	1973	Ice cream freezer	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/273.html
	1861	1921	Mercury-vapor lamp Mercury-vapor lamp A mercury-vapor lamp is a gas discharge lamp that uses an electric arc through vaporized mercury to produce light. The arc discharge is generally confined to a small fused quartz arc tube mounted within a larger borosilicate glass bulb...	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/index.asp
	1913	2001	Audio signals Audio signal An audio signal is an analog representation of sound, typically as an electrical voltage. Audio signals may be synthesized directly, or may originate at a transducer such as a microphone, musical instrument pickup, phonograph cartridge, or tape head. Loudspeakers or headphones convert an electrical...	1992	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/76.html
	1902	1983	Phototypesetting Phototypesetting Phototypesetting was a method of setting type, rendered obsolete with the popularity of the personal computer and desktop publishing software, that uses a photographic process to generate columns of type on a scroll of photographic paper... machine	1985	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/77.html
	1919	2005	Vacciness	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/339.html
	1915	2007	Electron microscope Electron microscope An electron microscope is a type of microscope that uses a beam of electrons to illuminate the specimen and produce a magnified image. Electron microscopes have a greater resolving power than a light-powered optical microscope, because electrons have wavelengths about 100,000 times shorter than...	1980	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/78.html
	1812	1886	Rotary printing press Rotary printing press A rotary printing press is a printing press in which the images to be printed are curved around a cylinder. Printing can be done on large number of substrates, including paper, cardboard, and plastic. Substrates can be sheet feed or unwound on a continuous roll through the press to be printed and...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/274.html
	1924	1997	Planar Planar In computer graphics, planar is the method of representing pixel colours with several bitplanes of RAM. Each bit in a bitplane is related to one pixel on the screen... manufacturing process	2009	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/396.html
	1937		Microprocessor Microprocessor A microprocessor incorporates the functions of a computer's central processing unit on a single integrated circuit, or at most a few integrated circuits. It is a multipurpose, programmable device that accepts digital data as input, processes it according to instructions stored in its memory, and...	1996	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/79.html
	1868	1946	Aspirin Aspirin Aspirin , also known as acetylsalicylic acid , is a salicylate drug, often used as an analgesic to relieve minor aches and pains, as an antipyretic to reduce fever, and as an anti-inflammatory medication. It was discovered by Arthur Eichengrun, a chemist with the German company Bayer...	2002	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/184.html
	1919		Polypropylene Polypropylene Polypropylene , also known as polypropene, is a thermoplastic polymer used in a wide variety of applications including packaging, textiles , stationery, plastic parts and reusable containers of various types, laboratory equipment, loudspeakers, automotive components, and polymer banknotes... and HDPE	2001	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/166.html
	1840	1914	Submarine Submarine A submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation below the surface of the water. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability...	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/340.html
	1860	1929	Recording data on a machine readable medium, punched card Punched card A punched card, punch card, IBM card, or Hollerith card is a piece of stiff paper that contains digital information represented by the presence or absence of holes in predefined positions... , tabulator Tabulator Not to be confused with Tabulating machine.The Tabulator is a generic data browser and editor. Using outline and table modes, it provides a way to browse RDF/Linked Data on the web. RDF is the standard for inter-application data exchange....	1990	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/80.html
	1832	1882	Steelmaking Steelmaking Steelmaking is the second step in producing steel from iron ore. In this stage, impurities such as sulfur, phosphorus, and excess carbon are removed from the raw iron, and alloying elements such as manganese, nickel, chromium and vanadium are added to produce the exact steel required.-Older...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/275.html
	1820	1894	Fire hydrant Fire hydrant A fire hydrant , is an active fire protection measure, and a source of water provided in most urban, suburban and rural areas with municipal water service to enable firefighters to tap into the municipal water...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/276.html
	1910	1980	Polyurethane Polyurethane A polyurethane is any polymer composed of a chain of organic units joined by carbamate links. Polyurethane polymers are formed through step-growth polymerization, by reacting a monomer with another monomer in the presence of a catalyst.Polyurethanes are...	1991	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/81.html
*	1928		Light emitting diode	2008	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/379.html
	1849	1920	Tractor Tractor A tractor is a vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery used in agriculture or construction...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/277.html
	1938		DNA sequencer DNA sequencer A DNA sequencer is a scientific instrument used to automate the DNA sequencing process. It can be also considered an optical instrument as it generally analyses light signals originating from fluorochromes attached to nucleotides....	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/341.html
	1926		Computerized telephone switching	2008	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/380.html
	1943		Spatial light modulator Spatial light modulator A spatial light modulator is an object that imposes some form of spatially-varying modulation on a beam of light. A simple example is an overhead projector transparency. Usually when the phrase SLM is used, it means that the transparency can be controlled by a computer. In the 1980s, large SLMs... and method	2009	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/397.html
	1892	1962	Catalytic cracking	1990	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/82.html
	1919	2004	CAT scanner	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/342.html
	1819	1867	Sewing machine Sewing machine A sewing machine is a textile machine used to stitch fabric, cards and other material together with thread. Sewing machines were invented during the first Industrial Revolution to decrease the amount of manual sewing work performed in clothing companies...	2004	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/206.html
	1846	1923	Loading and unloading machine	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/278.html
	1796	1859	Safety pin Safety pin A safety pin is a simple fastening device, a variation of the regular pin which includes a simple spring mechanism and a clasp. The clasp serves two purposes: to form a closed loop thereby properly fastening the pin to whatever it is applied to, and to cover the end of the pin to protect the user...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/279.html
	1837	1920	Celluloid Celluloid Celluloid is the name of a class of compounds created from nitrocellulose and camphor, plus dyes and other agents. Generally regarded to be the first thermoplastic, it was first created as Parkesine in 1862 and as Xylonite in 1869, before being registered as Celluloid in 1870. Celluloid is...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/280.html
	1903	1999	Transparent silica	2000	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/83.html

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Inductee	Birth	Death	Notability	Year	NIHF
	1818	1894	Steam powered rock drill Drill A drill or drill motor is a tool fitted with a cutting tool attachment or driving tool attachment, usually a drill bit or driver bit, used for drilling holes in various materials or fastening various materials together with the use of fasteners. The attachment is gripped by a chuck at one end of...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/281.html
	1856	1937	Color photography Color photography Color photography is photography that uses media capable of representing colors, which are traditionally produced chemically during the photographic processing phase...	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/index.asp

J

Inductee	Birth	Death	Notability	Year	NIHF
	1926		Helium-neon laser Helium-neon laser A helium–neon laser or HeNe laser, is a type of gas laser whose gain medium consists of a mixture of helium and neon inside of a small bore capillary tube, usually excited by a DC electrical discharge.- History of HeNe laser development:...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/241.html
	1950		Genetic fingerprinting Genetic fingerprinting DNA profiling is a technique employed by forensic scientists to assist in the identification of individuals by their respective DNA profiles. DNA profiles are encrypted sets of numbers that reflect a person's DNA makeup, which can also be used as the person's identifier...	2005	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/235.html
	1867	1934	Movie projector Movie projector A movie projector is an opto-mechanical device for displaying moving pictures by projecting them on a projection screen. Most of the optical and mechanical elements, except for the illumination and sound devices, are present in movie cameras.-Physiology:...	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/index.asp
*	1918	2008	Switching concept for cellular phones	2008	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/381.html
	1910	1990	Aircraft Aircraft An aircraft is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air, or, in general, the atmosphere of a planet. An aircraft counters the force of gravity by using either static lift or by using the dynamic lift of an airfoil, or in a few cases the downward thrust from jet engines.Although...	2008	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/382.html
	1893	1961	Refrigeration Refrigeration Refrigeration is a process in which work is done to move heat from one location to another. This work is traditionally done by mechanical work, but can also be done by magnetism, laser or other means...	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/343.html
	1899	1975	Cortisone Cortisone Cortisone is a steroid hormone. It is one of the main hormones released by the adrenal gland in response to stress. In chemical structure, it is a corticosteroid closely related to corticosterone. It is used to treat a variety of ailments and can be administered intravenously, orally,... synthesis	1990	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/84.html

K

Inductee	Birth	Death	Notability	Year	NIHF
	1938		Internet Protocol Internet Protocol The Internet Protocol is the principal communications protocol used for relaying datagrams across an internetwork using the Internet Protocol Suite...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/239.html
	1931	1992	Electric field controlled Electric field In physics, an electric field surrounds electrically charged particles and time-varying magnetic fields. The electric field depicts the force exerted on other electrically charged objects by the electrically charged particle the field is surrounding... semiconductor device Semiconductor device Semiconductor devices are electronic components that exploit the electronic properties of semiconductor materials, principally silicon, germanium, and gallium arsenide, as well as organic semiconductors. Semiconductor devices have replaced thermionic devices in most applications...	2009	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/398.html
	1919	2011	Innovations to helicopter Helicopter A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by one or more engine-driven rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forwards, backwards, and laterally...	2003	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/190.html
	1951		Ambulatory infusion pump Infusion pump An infusion pump infuses fluids, medication or nutrients into a patient's circulatory system. It is generally used intravenously, although subcutaneous, arterial and epidural infusions are occasionally used....	2005	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/222.html
	1881	1963	Turbojet	2003	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/197.html
	1941		Optical fiber Optical fiber An optical fiber is a flexible, transparent fiber made of a pure glass not much wider than a human hair. It functions as a waveguide, or "light pipe", to transmit light between the two ends of the fiber. The field of applied science and engineering concerned with the design and application of...	1993	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/85.html
	1852	1943	Breakfast cereal Breakfast cereal A breakfast cereal is a food made from processed grains that is often, but not always, eaten with the first meal of the day. It is often eaten cold, usually mixed with milk , water, or yogurt, and sometimes fruit but sometimes eaten dry. Some cereals, such as oatmeal, may be served hot as porridge...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/282.html
	1930	2004	Cataract surgery Cataract surgery Cataract surgery is the removal of the natural lens of the eye that has developed an opacification, which is referred to as a cataract. Metabolic changes of the crystalline lens fibers over time lead to the development of the cataract and loss of transparency, causing impairment or loss of vision...	1990	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/207.html
		1911	Solar water heater	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/index.asp
	1876	1958	Automobile Automobile An automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor...	1980	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/86.html
	1752	1837	Process for weaving Weaving Weaving is a method of fabric production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth. The other methods are knitting, lace making and felting. The longitudinal threads are called the warp and the lateral threads are the weft or filling... straw	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/283.html
*	1923	2005	Integrated circuit Integrated circuit An integrated circuit or monolithic integrated circuit is an electronic circuit manufactured by the patterned diffusion of trace elements into the surface of a thin substrate of semiconductor material...	1982	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/87.html
	1863	1943	Thrust bearing Thrust bearing A thrust bearing is a particular type of rotary bearing. Like other bearings they permit rotation between parts, but they are designed to support a high axial load while doing this.Thrust bearings come in several varieties....	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/344.html
	1909	1998	Fiberglass Fiberglass Glass fiber is a material consisting of numerous extremely fine fibers of glass.Glassmakers throughout history have experimented with glass fibers, but mass manufacture of glass fiber was only made possible with the invention of finer machine tooling...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/284.html
	1838	1914	Paper bag Paper bag A paper bag or paper sack is a preformed container made of paper, usually with an opening on one side. It can be one layer of paper or multiple layers of paper and other flexible materials. A bag is used for packaging and/or carrying items.... machine	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/285.html
	1911	2009	Artificial heart Artificial heart An artificial heart is a mechanical device that replaces the heart. Artificial hearts are typically used in order to bridge the time to heart transplantation, or to permanently replace the heart in case transplantation is impossible...	1985	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/88.html
	1900	1982	Altimeter Altimeter An altimeter is an instrument used to measure the altitude of an object above a fixed level. The measurement of altitude is called altimetry, which is related to the term bathymetry, the measurement of depth underwater.-Pressure altimeter:...	2003	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/191.html
	1889	1973	Titanium Titanium Titanium is a chemical element with the symbol Ti and atomic number 22. It has a low density and is a strong, lustrous, corrosion-resistant transition metal with a silver color....	2000	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/89.html
	1948		Optical character recognition Optical character recognition Optical character recognition, usually abbreviated to OCR, is the mechanical or electronic translation of scanned images of handwritten, typewritten or printed text into machine-encoded text. It is widely used to convert books and documents into electronic files, to computerize a record-keeping...	2002	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/180.html
	1923		Kevlar Kevlar Kevlar is the registered trademark for a para-aramid synthetic fiber, related to other aramids such as Nomex and Technora. Developed at DuPont in 1965, this high strength material was first commercially used in the early 1970s as a replacement for steel in racing tires...	1995	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/90.html

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Inductee	Birth	Death	Notability	Year	NIHF
	1930		Catalytic converter Catalytic converter A catalytic converter is a device used to convert toxic exhaust emissions from an internal combustion engine into non-toxic substances. Inside a catalytic converter, a catalyst stimulates a chemical reaction in which noxious byproducts of combustion are converted to less toxic substances by dint...	2002	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/170.html
	1909	1991	Polaroid Polaroid Corporation Polaroid Corporation is an American-based international consumer electronics and eyewear company, originally founded in 1937 by Edwin H. Land. It is most famous for its instant film cameras, which reached the market in 1948, and continued to be the company's flagship product line until the February...	1977	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/91.html
	1945		Defibrillator	2002	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/178.html
	1948		Drug delivery Drug delivery Drug delivery is the method or process of administering a pharmaceutical compound to achieve a therapeutic effect in humans or animals. Drug delivery technologies modify drug release profile, absorption, distribution and elimination for the benefit of improving product efficacy and safety, as well...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/242.html
	1881	1957	Electric lighting	1989	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/92.html
	1810	1895	Beehive Beehive A beehive is a structure in which bees live and raise their young.Beehive may also refer to:Buildings and locations:* Bee Hive, Alabama, a neighborhood in Alabama* Beehive , a wing of the New Zealand Parliament Buildings...	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/345.html
	1922	1972	Polymer Polymer A polymer is a large molecule composed of repeating structural units. These subunits are typically connected by covalent chemical bonds... cable sheath	2010	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/416.html
	1848	1928	Filament for electric light Electric light Electric lights are a convenient and economic form of artificial lighting which provide increased comfort, safety and efficiency. Most electric lighting is powered by centrally-generated electric power, but lighting may also be powered by mobile or standby electric generators or battery systems... bulb	2002	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/286.html
*	1929	2007	Magnetic resonance imaging Magnetic resonance imaging Magnetic resonance imaging , nuclear magnetic resonance imaging , or magnetic resonance tomography is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to visualize detailed internal structures...	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/346.html
	1901	1958	Cyclotron Cyclotron In technology, a cyclotron is a type of particle accelerator. In physics, the cyclotron frequency or gyrofrequency is the frequency of a charged particle moving perpendicularly to the direction of a uniform magnetic field, i.e. a magnetic field of constant magnitude and direction...	1982	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/93.html
	1902	1978	8-track system	1993	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/94.html
	1926		Whole-body CAT scan	1990	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/95.html
	1843	1932	Interchangeable parts Interchangeable parts Interchangeable parts are parts that are, for practical purposes, identical. They are made to specifications that ensure that they are so nearly identical that they will fit into any device of the same type. One such part can freely replace another, without any custom fitting... for automobiles	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/index.asp
	1936		Catalytic converter Catalytic converter A catalytic converter is a device used to convert toxic exhaust emissions from an internal combustion engine into non-toxic substances. Inside a catalytic converter, a catalyst stimulates a chemical reaction in which noxious byproducts of combustion are converted to less toxic substances by dint...	2002	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/171.html
	1904	1981	Link trainer	2003	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/192.html
	1851	1940	Wireless telegraphy Wireless telegraphy Wireless telegraphy is a historical term used today to apply to early radio telegraph communications techniques and practices, particularly those used during the first three decades of radio before the term radio came into use....	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/347.html
	1852	1954	Cinématographe Cinematographe A cinematograph is a film camera, which also serves as a film projector and developer. It was invented in the 1890s.Note that this was not the first 'moving picture' device. Louis Le Prince had built early devices in 1886. His 1888 film Roundhay Garden Scene still survives.There is much dispute as...	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/348.html
	1864	1948	Cinématographe Cinematographe A cinematograph is a film camera, which also serves as a film projector and developer. It was invented in the 1890s.Note that this was not the first 'moving picture' device. Louis Le Prince had built early devices in 1886. His 1888 film Roundhay Garden Scene still survives.There is much dispute as...	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/349.html
	1921	1994	Hard drive	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/350.html

M

Inductee	Birth	Death	Notability	Year	NIHF
	1940		Ion implantation Ion implantation Ion implantation is a materials engineering process by which ions of a material are accelerated in an electrical field and impacted into another solid. This process is used to change the physical, chemical, or electrical properties of the solid...	2009	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/399.html
	1887	1967	Open web joist Joist A joist, in architecture and engineering, is one of the horizontal supporting members that run from wall to wall, wall to beam, or beam to beam to support a ceiling, roof, or floor. It may be made of wood, steel, or concrete. Typically, a beam is bigger than, and is thus distinguished from, a joist...	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/index.asp
	1927	2007	Laser Laser A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of photons. The term "laser" originated as an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation...	1984	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/96.html
	1925		Ion implantation Ion implantation Ion implantation is a materials engineering process by which ions of a material are accelerated in an electrical field and impacted into another solid. This process is used to change the physical, chemical, or electrical properties of the solid...	2009	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/400.html
	1899	1964	Kodachrome Kodachrome Kodachrome is the trademarked brand name of a type of color reversal film that was manufactured by Eastman Kodak from 1935 to 2009.-Background:...	2005	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/223.html
	1933		Magnetic resonance imaging Magnetic resonance imaging Magnetic resonance imaging , nuclear magnetic resonance imaging , or magnetic resonance tomography is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to visualize detailed internal structures...	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/351.html
*	1874	1937	Radio Radio Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...	1975	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/97.html
	1896	1980	Quartz clock Quartz clock A quartz clock is a clock that uses an electronic oscillator that is regulated by a quartz crystal to keep time. This crystal oscillator creates a signal with very precise frequency, so that quartz clocks are at least an order of magnitude more accurate than good mechanical clocks...	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/index.asp
	1910	1993	Catalytic cracking	1999	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/98.html
	1832	1902	Mason jar Mason jar A Mason jar is a glass jar used in canning to preserve food. They were invented and patented by John Landis Mason, a Philadelphia tinsmith in 1858. They are also called Ball jars, after Ball Corp., a popular and early manufacturer of the jars; fruit jars because they are often used to store...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/287.html
	1852	1889	Shoe Shoe A shoe is an item of footwear intended to protect and comfort the human foot while doing various activities. Shoes are also used as an item of decoration. The design of shoes has varied enormously through time and from culture to culture, with appearance originally being tied to function... lasting	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/288.html
	1907	1980	ENIAC ENIAC ENIAC was the first general-purpose electronic computer. It was a Turing-complete digital computer capable of being reprogrammed to solve a full range of computing problems....	2002	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/182.html
	1924		Optical fiber Optical fiber An optical fiber is a flexible, transparent fiber made of a pure glass not much wider than a human hair. It functions as a waveguide, or "light pipe", to transmit light between the two ends of the fiber. The field of applied science and engineering concerned with the design and application of...	1993	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/99.html
	1840	1916	Machine gun Machine gun A machine gun is a fully automatic mounted or portable firearm, usually designed to fire rounds in quick succession from an ammunition belt or large-capacity magazine, typically at a rate of several hundred rounds per minute....	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/289.html
	1846	1929	Carburetor Carburetor A carburetor , carburettor, or carburetter is a device that blends air and fuel for an internal combustion engine. It is sometimes shortened to carb in North America and the United Kingdom.... and radiator Radiator Radiators are heat exchangers used to transfer thermal energy from one medium to another for the purpose of cooling and heating. The majority of radiators are constructed to function in automobiles, buildings, and electronics...	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/352.html
	1941		CPU	1996	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/100.html
	1809	1884	Mechanical reaper Reaper A reaper is a person or machine that reaps crops at harvest, when they are ripe.-Hand reaping:Hand reaping is done by various means, including plucking the ears of grains directly by hand, cutting the grain stalks with a sickle, cutting them with a scythe, or with a later type of scythe called a...	1976	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/101.html
	1844	1929	Engine lubricator	2001	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/167.html
	1918	1996	Styrofoam Styrofoam Styrofoam is a trademark of The Dow Chemical Company for closed-cell currently made for thermal insulation and craft applications. In 1941, researchers in Dow's Chemical Physics Lab found a way to make foamed polystyrene...	2008	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/383.html
	1913	2001	Shipping containers Intermodal container An intermodal container is a standardized reusable steel box used for the safe, efficient and secure storage and movement of materials and products within a global containerized intermodal freight transport system...	2008	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/384.html
	1916	2003	Tempered glass	2008	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/385.html
	1934		VLSI method Very-large-scale integration Very-large-scale integration is the process of creating integrated circuits by combining thousands of transistors into a single chip. VLSI began in the 1970s when complex semiconductor and communication technologies were being developed. The microprocessor is a VLSI device.The first semiconductor... for designing chips	2009	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/401.html
	1854	1899	Linotype	1982	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/102.html
	1952		Public-key cryptography Public-key cryptography Public-key cryptography refers to a cryptographic system requiring two separate keys, one to lock or encrypt the plaintext, and one to unlock or decrypt the cyphertext. Neither key will do both functions. One of these keys is published or public and the other is kept private...	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/1_3_11_induction_merkle.asp
*	1946		Ethernet Ethernet Ethernet is a family of computer networking technologies for local area networks commercially introduced in 1980. Standardized in IEEE 802.3, Ethernet has largely replaced competing wired LAN technologies....	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/353.html
	1949		Spinal surgical devices	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/1_3_11_induction_michelson.asp
	1889	1944	Ethyl gasoline Gasoline Gasoline , or petrol , is a toxic, translucent, petroleum-derived liquid that is primarily used as a fuel in internal combustion engines. It consists mostly of organic compounds obtained by the fractional distillation of petroleum, enhanced with a variety of additives. Some gasolines also contain...	2003	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/193.html
	1837		Elevator Elevator An elevator is a type of vertical transport equipment that efficiently moves people or goods between floors of a building, vessel or other structures... doors	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/354.html
	1829	1899	Combine harvester Combine harvester The combine harvester, or simply combine, is a machine that harvests grain crops. The name derives from the fact that it combines three separate operations, reaping, threshing, and winnowing, into a single process. Among the crops harvested with a combine are wheat, oats, rye, barley, corn ,...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/290.html
	1923		Vaccine for hepatitis B	1993	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/103.html
	1924	1990	Heart defibrillator	2002	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/175.html
	1950		Computer peripherals	1997	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/104.html
	1939	2004	Prozac	1999	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/105.html
	1932		HIV HIV Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive... isolation and antibody test	2004	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/208.html
*	1929		Semiconductor Semiconductor A semiconductor is a material with electrical conductivity due to electron flow intermediate in magnitude between that of a conductor and an insulator. This means a conductivity roughly in the range of 103 to 10−8 siemens per centimeter... production	2009	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/402.html
	1887	1963	Gas mask Gas mask A gas mask is a mask put on over the face to protect the wearer from inhaling airborne pollutants and toxic gases. The mask forms a sealed cover over the nose and mouth, but may also cover the eyes and other vulnerable soft tissues of the face. Some gas masks are also respirators, though the word...	2005	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/224.html
	1791	1872	Telegraph	1975	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/106.html
	1933		Implantable heart defibrillator	2002	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/176.html
	1899	1959	Penicillin Penicillin Penicillin is a group of antibiotics derived from Penicillium fungi. They include penicillin G, procaine penicillin, benzathine penicillin, and penicillin V....	1987	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/107.html
	1914	2010	Photograph Photograph A photograph is an image created by light falling on a light-sensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic imager such as a CCD or a CMOS chip. Most photographs are created using a camera, which uses a lens to focus the scene's visible wavelengths of light into a reproduction of... composition	1985	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/108.html
	1944		Polymerase chain reaction Polymerase chain reaction The polymerase chain reaction is a scientific technique in molecular biology to amplify a single or a few copies of a piece of DNA across several orders of magnitude, generating thousands to millions of copies of a particular DNA sequence....	1998	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/109.html
	1898	1962	Catalytic cracking	1999	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/110.html
	1923		Blood bag and disposable medical trays	2008	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/386.html
	1860	1929	Early power generation Power station A power station is an industrial facility for the generation of electric energy....	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/index.asp
	1830	1904	Stop action photography	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/index.asp

N

Inductee	Birth	Death	Notability	Year	NIHF
	1864	1941	Metallic filament incandescent lamp	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/index.asp
	1878	1936	Synthetic rubber Synthetic rubber Synthetic rubber is is any type of artificial elastomer, invariably a polymer. An elastomer is a material with the mechanical property that it can undergo much more elastic deformation under stress than most materials and still return to its previous size without permanent deformation...	1996	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/111.html
	1833	1896	Dynamite Dynamite Dynamite is an explosive material based on nitroglycerin, initially using diatomaceous earth , or another absorbent substance such as powdered shells, clay, sawdust, or wood pulp. Dynamites using organic materials such as sawdust are less stable and such use has been generally discontinued...	1998	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/112.html
	1920	2004	Prednisone Prednisone Prednisone is a synthetic corticosteroid drug that is particularly effective as an immunosuppressant drug. It is used to treat certain inflammatory diseases and some types of cancer, but has significant adverse effects...	1996	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/355.html
	1895	1981	Flying wing plane Flying wing A flying wing is a tailless fixed-wing aircraft which has no definite fuselage, with most of the crew, payload and equipment being housed inside the main wing structure....	2003	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/194.html
*	1927	1990	Integrated circuit Integrated circuit An integrated circuit or monolithic integrated circuit is an electronic circuit manufactured by the patterned diffusion of trace elements into the surface of a thin substrate of semiconductor material...	1983	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/113.html

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Birth	Death	Notability	Year	NIHF
1911	1998	Jet engine Jet engine A jet engine is a reaction engine that discharges a fast moving jet to generate thrust by jet propulsion and in accordance with Newton's laws of motion. This broad definition of jet engines includes turbojets, turbofans, rockets, ramjets, pulse jets...	2003	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/198.html
1916	1995	Pulse code modulation	2004	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/211.html
1926	2011	Magnetic core memory Magnetic core memory Magnetic-core memory was the predominant form of random-access computer memory for 20 years . It uses tiny magnetic toroids , the cores, through which wires are threaded to write and read information. Each core represents one bit of information...	1990	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/114.html
1930	2004	Captopril Captopril Captopril is an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor used for the treatment of hypertension and some types of congestive heart failure. Captopril was the first ACE inhibitor developed and was considered a breakthrough both because of its novel mechanism of action and also because of the...	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/356.html
1811	1861	Elevator Elevator An elevator is a type of vertical transport equipment that efficiently moves people or goods between floors of a building, vessel or other structures... brake	1988	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/115.html
1832	1891	Otto cycle Otto cycle An Otto cycle is an idealized thermodynamic cycle which describes the functioning of a typical reciprocating piston engine, the thermodynamic cycle most commonly found in automobile engines.... for internal combustion engine Internal combustion engine The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer in a combustion chamber. In an internal combustion engine, the expansion of the high-temperature and high -pressure gases produced by combustion apply direct force to some component of the engine...	1981	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/116.html
1859	1923	Bottle Bottle A bottle is a rigid container with a neck that is narrower than the body and a "mouth". By contrast, a jar has a relatively large mouth or opening. Bottles are often made of glass, clay, plastic, aluminum or other impervious materials, and typically used to store liquids such as water, milk, soft... making machine	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/357.html

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Inductee	Birth	Death	Notability	Year	NIHF
	1812	1868	High-voltage induction coil Induction coil An induction coil or "spark coil" is a type of disruptive discharge coil. It is a type of electrical transformer used to produce high-voltage pulses from a low-voltage direct current supply...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/291.html
	1838	1906	Bottle cap Bottle cap Bottle caps are a type of closure used to seal the openings of bottles of many types. They can be small circular pieces of metal, usually steel, with plastic backings, and for plastic bottles a plastic cap is used instead. A bottle cap is typically colorfully decorated with the logo of the brand...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/292.html
	1914	2004	Filtration Filtration Filtration is commonly the mechanical or physical operation which is used for the separation of solids from fluids by interposing a medium through which only the fluid can pass... technology	2008	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/387.html
	1945		Intravascular stent Stent In the technical vocabulary of medicine, a stent is an artificial 'tube' inserted into a natural passage/conduit in the body to prevent, or counteract, a disease-induced, localized flow constriction. The term may also refer to a tube used to temporarily hold such a natural conduit open to allow...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/243.html
	1906	1993	Television Television Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...	1988	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/117.html
	1935		Global positioning system Global Positioning System The Global Positioning System is a space-based global navigation satellite system that provides location and time information in all weather, anywhere on or near the Earth, where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites... (GPS)	2004	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/209.html
	1913	2007	Numerical Control Numerical control Numerical control refers to the automation of machine tools that are operated by abstractly programmed commands encoded on a storage medium, as opposed to controlled manually via handwheels or levers, or mechanically automated via cams alone...	1993	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/118.html
	1822	1895	Pasteurization Pasteurization Pasteurization is a process of heating a food, usually liquid, to a specific temperature for a definite length of time, and then cooling it immediately. This process slows microbial growth in food...	1978	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/119.html
	1915	2009	Solid-body electric guitar Electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...	2005	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/225.html
	1905	1987	Solar Cell Solar cell A solar cell is a solid state electrical device that converts the energy of light directly into electricity by the photovoltaic effect....	2008	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/388.html
	1829	1908	Waterwheel	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/293.html
	1890	1958	Phillips screw	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/index.asp
	1831	1895	Velocipede Velocipede Velocipede is an umbrella term for any human-powered land vehicle with one or more wheels. The most common type of velocipede today is the bicycle....	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/358.html
*	1910	2002	Communications satellite Communications satellite A communications satellite is an artificial satellite stationed in space for the purpose of telecommunications...	2003	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/195.html
	1903	1967	Oral contraceptives	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/294.html
	1915	1989	Catalytic cracking	1979	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/120.html
	1910	1994	Teflon	1985	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/121.html
	1869	1942	Magnetic wire recorder	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/index.asp
	1831	1897	Pullman car Pullman (car or coach) In the United States, Pullman was used to refer to railroad sleeping cars which were built and operated on most U.S. railroads by the Pullman Company from 1867 to December 31, 1968....	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/295.html
	1858	1935	Loading coil Loading coil In electronics, a loading coil or load coil is a coil that does not provide coupling to any other circuit, but is inserted in a circuit to increase its inductance. The need was discovered by Oliver Heaviside in studying the disappointing slow speed of the Transatlantic telegraph cable...	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/index.asp

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Birth	Death	Notability	Year	NIHF
1910	1999	Optical character recognition Optical character recognition Optical character recognition, usually abbreviated to OCR, is the mechanical or electronic translation of scanned images of handwritten, typewritten or printed text into machine-encoded text. It is widely used to convert books and documents into electronic files, to computerize a record-keeping...	2005	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/226.html
1877	1944	Drum brake Drum brake A drum brake is a brake in which the friction is caused by a set of shoes or pads that press against a rotating drum-shaped part called a brake drum....	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/359.html
1861	1947	Escalator Escalator An escalator is a moving staircase – a conveyor transport device for carrying people between floors of a building. The device consists of a motor-driven chain of individual, linked steps that move up or down on tracks, allowing the step treads to remain horizontal.Escalators are used around the...	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/360.html
1939		Fluconazole Fluconazole Fluconazole is a triazole antifungal drug used in the treatment and prevention of superficial and systemic fungal infections. In a bulk powder form, it appears as a white crystalline powder, and it is very slightly soluble in water and soluble in alcohol. It is commonly marketed under the trade...	2008	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/389.html
1806	1894	Refined sugar	2004	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/213.html
1922	2009	High resolution radar Radar Radar is an object-detection system which uses radio waves to determine the range, altitude, direction, or speed of objects. It can be used to detect aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, weather formations, and terrain. The radar dish or antenna transmits pulses of radio... and sonar Sonar Sonar is a technique that uses sound propagation to navigate, communicate with or detect other vessels...	1994	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/122.html
1836	1918	Cash register Cash register A cash register or till is a mechanical or electronic device for calculating and recording sales transactions, and an attached cash drawer for storing cash...	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/index.asp
1834	1913	Cash register Cash register A cash register or till is a mechanical or electronic device for calculating and recording sales transactions, and an attached cash drawer for storing cash...	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/index.asp
1806	1869	Suspension bridge Suspension bridge A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck is hung below suspension cables on vertical suspenders. Outside Tibet and Bhutan, where the first examples of this type of bridge were built in the 15th century, this type of bridge dates from the early 19th century...	2004	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/215.html
1856	1934	Automated typesetting Typesetting Typesetting is the composition of text by means of types.Typesetting requires the prior process of designing a font and storing it in some manner...	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/361.html
1933		Scanning tunneling microscope Scanning tunneling microscope A scanning tunneling microscope is an instrument for imaging surfaces at the atomic level. Its development in 1981 earned its inventors, Gerd Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer , the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1986. For an STM, good resolution is considered to be 0.1 nm lateral resolution and...	1994	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/123.html
1926		Spin stabilized synchronous communications satellite Communications satellite A communications satellite is an artificial satellite stationed in space for the purpose of telecommunications...	2003	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/196.html
1921	2000	Catalytic cracking	1979	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/124.html
1917	2010	Vaccine Vaccine A vaccine is a biological preparation that improves immunity to a particular disease. A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing microorganism, and is often made from weakened or killed forms of the microbe or its toxins... needle	1992	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/125.html

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Inductee	Birth	Death	Notability	Year	NIHF
	1868	1919	Architectural acoustics Architectural acoustics Architectural acoustics is the science of noise control within buildings. The first application of architectural acoustics was in the design of opera houses and then concert halls. More widely, noise suppression is critical in the design of multi-unit dwellings and business premises that generate...	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/index.asp
	1917	1999	Cortisone Cortisone Cortisone is a steroid hormone. It is one of the main hormones released by the adrenal gland in response to stress. In chemical structure, it is a corticosteroid closely related to corticosterone. It is used to treat a variety of ailments and can be administered intravenously, orally,...	1980	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/126.html
	1950		Digital camera Digital camera A digital camera is a camera that takes video or still photographs, or both, digitally by recording images via an electronic image sensor. It is the main device used in the field of digital photography...	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/1_3_11_induction_sasson.asp
	1799	1873	Measuring instruments Measuring instrument In the physical sciences, quality assurance, and engineering, measurement is the activity of obtaining and comparing physical quantities of real-world objects and events. Established standard objects and events are used as units, and the process of measurement gives a number relating the item...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/296.html
	1921	1999	Laser Laser A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of photons. The term "laser" originated as an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation...	1996	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/127.html
	1939		Prozac	1999	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/128.html
	1942		Optical fiber Optical fiber An optical fiber is a flexible, transparent fiber made of a pure glass not much wider than a human hair. It functions as a waveguide, or "light pipe", to transmit light between the two ends of the fiber. The field of applied science and engineering concerned with the design and application of...	1993	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/129.html
	1912	1999	Plutonium Plutonium Plutonium is a transuranic radioactive chemical element with the chemical symbol Pu and atomic number 94. It is an actinide metal of silvery-gray appearance that tarnishes when exposed to air, forming a dull coating when oxidized. The element normally exhibits six allotropes and four oxidation... isolation	2005	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/227.html
	1857	1931	Escalator Escalator An escalator is a moving staircase – a conveyor transport device for carrying people between floors of a building. The device consists of a motor-driven chain of individual, linked steps that move up or down on tracks, allowing the step treads to remain horizontal.Escalators are used around the...	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/362.html
	1925		Isothiocyanates	1995	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/130.html
	1824	1905	Improvement in machine tools	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/363.html
	1898	1999	Polyvinyl chloride Polyvinyl chloride Polyvinyl chloride, commonly abbreviated PVC, is a thermoplastic polymer. It is a vinyl polymer constructed of repeating vinyl groups having one hydrogen replaced by chloride. Polyvinyl chloride is the third most widely produced plastic, after polyethylene and polypropylene. PVC is widely used in...	1995	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/131.html
	1931		Microphone Microphone A microphone is an acoustic-to-electric transducer or sensor that converts sound into an electrical signal. In 1877, Emile Berliner invented the first microphone used as a telephone voice transmitter...	1999	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/132.html
*	1916	2001	Pulse code modulation	2004	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/212.html
	1915	1992	Structure and synthesis of penicillin Penicillin Penicillin is a group of antibiotics derived from Penicillium fungi. They include penicillin G, procaine penicillin, benzathine penicillin, and penicillin V....	1995	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/133.html
	1930	2008	Scotchgard Scotchgard Scotchgard is a 3M brand of products used to protect fabric, furniture, and carpets from stains.The original formula for Scotchgard was discovered accidentally in 1952 by 3M chemists Patsy Sherman and Samuel Smith...	2001	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/160.html
*	1910	1989	Transistor Transistor A transistor is a semiconductor device used to amplify and switch electronic signals and power. It is composed of a semiconductor material with at least three terminals for connection to an external circuit. A voltage or current applied to one pair of the transistor's terminals changes the current...	1974	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/134.html
	1819	1890	Typewriter Typewriter A typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical device with keys that, when pressed, cause characters to be printed on a medium, usually paper. Typically one character is printed per keypress, and the machine prints the characters by making ink impressions of type elements similar to the pieces...	2001	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/168.html
	1819	1895	Valve for steam engine Steam engine A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid.Steam engines are external combustion engines, where the working fluid is separate from the combustion products. Non-combustion heat sources such as solar power, nuclear power or geothermal energy may be...	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/364.html
	1889	1972	Helicopter Helicopter A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by one or more engine-driven rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forwards, backwards, and laterally...	1987	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/135.html
	1924	1963	First optically scanned bar code	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/1_3_11_induction_silver.asp
	1941		Post-it notes	2010	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/417.html
	1768	1835	Cotton mill Cotton mill A cotton mill is a factory that houses spinning and weaving machinery. Typically built between 1775 and 1930, mills spun cotton which was an important product during the Industrial Revolution.... s	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/365.html
	1896	1964	Fiberglass Fiberglass Glass fiber is a material consisting of numerous extremely fine fibers of glass.Glassmakers throughout history have experimented with glass fibers, but mass manufacture of glass fiber was only made possible with the invention of finer machine tooling...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/297.html
	1930		Charge-coupled device Charge-coupled device A charge-coupled device is a device for the movement of electrical charge, usually from within the device to an area where the charge can be manipulated, for example conversion into a digital value. This is achieved by "shifting" the signals between stages within the device one at a time...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/237.html
	1927	2005	Scotchgard Scotchgard Scotchgard is a 3M brand of products used to protect fabric, furniture, and carpets from stains.The original formula for Scotchgard was discovered accidentally in 1952 by 3M chemists Patsy Sherman and Samuel Smith...	2001	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/161.html
	1848	1915	Portable electric vacuum cleaner Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner, commonly referred to as a "vacuum," is a device that uses an air pump to create a partial vacuum to suck up dust and dirt, usually from floors, and optionally from other surfaces as well. The dirt is collected by either a dustbag or a cyclone for later disposal...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/298.html
	1894	1970	Magnetron	1999	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/136.html
	1860	1930	Gyroscopic compass	1991	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/137.html
	1857	1934	Electric street car	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/299.html
	1929		LASIK LASIK LASIK or Lasik , commonly referred to simply as laser eye surgery, is a type of refractive surgery for correcting myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism... eye surgery	2002	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/173.html
	1858	1916	Alternating current Alternating current In alternating current the movement of electric charge periodically reverses direction. In direct current , the flow of electric charge is only in one direction....	1995	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/138.html
	1865	1923	Alternating current Alternating current In alternating current the movement of electric charge periodically reverses direction. In direct current , the flow of electric charge is only in one direction....	1977	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/139.html
	1908	2005	Benzodiazepines	2005	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/228.html
	1749	1838	Steam-powered transportation	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/300.html
	1925		Magnetic disk storage	2008	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/390.html
	1904	1995	Digital computer	1983	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/140.html
	1915		Glass ceramics	2010	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/418.html
	1908	2002	Synthetic diamond Synthetic diamond Synthetic diamond is diamond produced in a technological process; as opposed to natural diamond, which is created in geological processes. Synthetic diamond is also widely known as HPHT diamond or CVD diamond, denoting the production method, High-Pressure High-Temperature synthesis and Chemical...	2010	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/419.html
	1829	1908	Telephone dial	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/301.html
	1872	1962	Borosilicate glass Borosilicate glass Borosilicate glass is a type of glass with the main glass-forming constituents silica and boron oxide. Borosilicate glasses are known for having very low coefficients of thermal expansion , making them resistant to thermal shock, more so than any other common glass...	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/index.asp
	1880	1954	Zipper Zipper A zipper is a commonly used device for temporarily joining two edges of fabric...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/302.html
	1846	1937	Improvements to telescope Telescope A telescope is an instrument that aids in the observation of remote objects by collecting electromagnetic radiation . The first known practical telescopes were invented in the Netherlands at the beginning of the 1600s , using glass lenses...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/303.html
	1898	1964	Neutronic atomic reactor	1996	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/141.html

T

Inductee	Birth	Death	Notability	Year	NIHF
	1900	1974	Pentothal	1986	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/142.html
	1854	1940	Innovations in sound recording	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/304.html
	1953		Lithium/silver-vanadium oxide battery Silver-oxide battery A silver oxide battery , not to be confused with a similar but different silver–zinc battery, which is a secondary cell, is a primary cell with relatively very high energy/weight ratio. They are costly due to the high price of silver...	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/1_3_11_induction_takeuchi.asp
*	1907	2003	Method of producing a semiconductor Semiconductor A semiconductor is a material with electrical conductivity due to electron flow intermediate in magnitude between that of a conductor and an insulator. This means a conductivity roughly in the range of 103 to 10−8 siemens per centimeter... element	2009	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/403.html
	1772	1852	Innovations in clockmaking	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/366.html
	1856	1943	Alternating current Alternating current In alternating current the movement of electric charge periodically reverses direction. In direct current , the flow of electric charge is only in one direction....	1975	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/143.html
	1907	1991	Fiberglass Fiberglass Glass fiber is a material consisting of numerous extremely fine fibers of glass.Glassmakers throughout history have experimented with glass fibers, but mass manufacture of glass fiber was only made possible with the invention of finer machine tooling...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/305.html
	1853	1937	Arc lamp Arc lamp "Arc lamp" or "arc light" is the general term for a class of lamps that produce light by an electric arc . The lamp consists of two electrodes, first made from carbon but typically made today of tungsten, which are separated by a gas...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/306.html
	1848	1933	Stained glass Stained glass The term stained glass can refer to coloured glass as a material or to works produced from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches and other significant buildings...	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/367.html
	1831	1909	Tapered roller ball bearings	1998	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/144.html
	1906	1989	Synthetic vitamin Vitamin A vitamin is an organic compound required as a nutrient in tiny amounts by an organism. In other words, an organic chemical compound is called a vitamin when it cannot be synthesized in sufficient quantities by an organism, and must be obtained from the diet. Thus, the term is conditional both on... s	1982	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/145.html
*	1915		Laser Laser A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of photons. The term "laser" originated as an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation...	1976	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/146.html
	1905	1977	Catalytic cracking	1999	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/147.html

U

Inductee	Birth	Death	Notability	Year	NIHF
	1863	1932	Tablet Tablet A tablet is a pharmaceutical dosage form. It comprises a mixture of active substances and excipients, usually in powder form, pressed or compacted from a powder into a solid dose... for delivering medicine	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/307.html

V

Inductee	Birth	Death	Notability	Year	NIHF
	1841	1919	Revolving door Revolving door A revolving door typically consists of three or four doors that hang on a center shaft and rotate around a vertical axis within a cylindrical enclosure. Revolving doors are energy efficient as they prevent drafts, thus preventing increases in the heating or cooling required for the building...	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/368.html
	1893	1992	Pentothal	1986	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/148.html

W

Birth	Death	Notability	Year	NIHF
1888	1973	Streptomycin Streptomycin Streptomycin is an antibiotic drug, the first of a class of drugs called aminoglycosides to be discovered, and was the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis. It is derived from the actinobacterium Streptomyces griseus. Streptomycin is a bactericidal antibiotic. Streptomycin cannot be given...	2005	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/229.html
1920	1990	Magnetic core memory Magnetic core memory Magnetic-core memory was the predominant form of random-access computer memory for 20 years . It uses tiny magnetic toroids , the cores, through which wires are threaded to write and read information. Each core represents one bit of information...	1988	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/149.html
1933	2010	Low stand-by power complementary field effect circuitry	2009	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/404.html
1837	1901	Fountain pen Fountain pen A fountain pen is a nib pen that, unlike its predecessor the dip pen, contains an internal reservoir of water-based liquid ink. The pen draws ink from the reservoir through a feed to the nib and deposits it on paper via a combination of gravity and capillary action...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/308.html
1854	1934	Improvements to telephone Telephone The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/index.asp
1858	1929	Improvements to gas lighting Gas lighting Gas lighting is production of artificial light from combustion of a gaseous fuel, including hydrogen, methane, carbon monoxide, propane, butane, acetylene, ethylene, or natural gas. Before electricity became sufficiently widespread and economical to allow for general public use, gas was the most...	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/index.asp
1926	1997	Synthetic diamond Synthetic diamond Synthetic diamond is diamond produced in a technological process; as opposed to natural diamond, which is created in geological processes. Synthetic diamond is also widely known as HPHT diamond or CVD diamond, denoting the production method, High-Pressure High-Temperature synthesis and Chemical...	2010	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/420.html
1931		Microphone Microphone A microphone is an acoustic-to-electric transducer or sensor that converts sound into an electrical signal. In 1877, Emile Berliner invented the first microphone used as a telephone voice transmitter...	1999	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/150.html
1846	1914	Alternating current Alternating current In alternating current the movement of electric charge periodically reverses direction. In direct current , the flow of electric charge is only in one direction....	1989	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/151.html
1850	1936	Portable voltmeter Voltmeter A voltmeter is an instrument used for measuring electrical potential difference between two points in an electric circuit. Analog voltmeters move a pointer across a scale in proportion to the voltage of the circuit; digital voltmeters give a numerical display of voltage by use of an analog to...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/309.html
1804	1888	Iron Iron Iron is a chemical element with the symbol Fe and atomic number 26. It is a metal in the first transition series. It is the most common element forming the planet Earth as a whole, forming much of Earth's outer and inner core. It is the fourth most common element in the Earth's crust... truss bridge Truss bridge A truss bridge is a bridge composed of connected elements which may be stressed from tension, compression, or sometimes both in response to dynamic loads. Truss bridges are one of the oldest types of modern bridges...	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/369.html
1921	2009	Supercritical wing	2003	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/199.html
1872	1962	Flash boiler Flash boiler A flash boiler is a type of water-tube boiler, whose tubes are strong and close together with water pumped through the tubes. The tubes are kept very hot so the water feed is quickly flashed into steam and superheated... for generating steam-controlled differential steering	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/index.asp
1765	1825	Cotton gin Cotton gin A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, a job formerly performed painstakingly by hand...	1974	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/152.html
1907	1996	Jet engine Jet engine A jet engine is a reaction engine that discharges a fast moving jet to generate thrust by jet propulsion and in accordance with Newton's laws of motion. This broad definition of jet engines includes turbojets, turbofans, rockets, ramjets, pulse jets...	2003	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/200.html
1913	1998	Soft contact lens Contact lens A contact lens, or simply contact, is a lens placed on the eye. They are considered medical devices and can be worn to correct vision, for cosmetic or therapeutic reasons. In 2004, it was estimated that 125 million people use contact lenses worldwide, including 28 to 38 million in the United...	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/370.html
1939	1991	Biasing scheme especially suited for integrated circuit Integrated circuit An integrated circuit or monolithic integrated circuit is an electronic circuit manufactured by the patterned diffusion of trace elements into the surface of a thin substrate of semiconductor material... s	2009	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/405.html
1830	1893	Steam generator Steam generator A steam generator is a device used to boil water to create steam. It may refer to:*Boiler , a closed vessel in which water is heated under pressure...	1997	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/153.html
1886	1965	Vitamin Vitamin A vitamin is an organic compound required as a nutrient in tiny amounts by an organism. In other words, an organic chemical compound is called a vitamin when it cannot be synthesized in sufficient quantities by an organism, and must be obtained from the diet. Thus, the term is conditional both on... synthesis	1991	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/154.html
1921	2009	Contributions to jet engine Jet engine A jet engine is a reaction engine that discharges a fast moving jet to generate thrust by jet propulsion and in accordance with Newton's laws of motion. This broad definition of jet engines includes turbojets, turbofans, rockets, ramjets, pulse jets...	2003	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/201.html
1916	2009	Polymer Polymer A polymer is a large molecule composed of repeating structural units. These subunits are typically connected by covalent chemical bonds... cable sheath	2010	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/421.html
1860	1932	Contributions to automobile Automobile An automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor... , bicycle Bicycle A bicycle, also known as a bike, pushbike or cycle, is a human-powered, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, having two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A person who rides a bicycle is called a cyclist, or bicyclist.... , and diesel engine Diesel engine A diesel engine is an internal combustion engine that uses the heat of compression to initiate ignition to burn the fuel, which is injected into the combustion chamber...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/310.html
1921		First optically scanned bar code	2011	http://www.invent.org/2011induction/1_3_11_induction_woodland.asp
1856	1910	Railroad telegraph	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/311.html
1950		Personal computer Personal computer A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...	2000	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/155.html
1871	1948	Airplane	1975	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/156.html
1867	1912	Airplane	1975	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/157.html
1943		LASIK LASIK LASIK or Lasik , commonly referred to simply as laser eye surgery, is a type of refractive surgery for correcting myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism... eye surgery	2002	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/174.html

Y

Inductee	Birth	Death	Notability	Year	NIHF
	1821	1868	Cylinder lock Cylinder lock A cylinder lock is a lock constructed with a cylinder that a locksmith can easily unscrew to facilitate rekeying. The cylinder may contain any of a variety of locking mechanisms, including the pin tumbler lock, the wafer tumbler lock and the disc tumbler lock....	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/312.html

Z

Inductee	Birth	Death	Notability	Year	NIHF
	1901	1988	Ice resurfacer Ice resurfacer An ice resurfacer is a truck-like vehicle or smaller device used to clean and smooth the surface of an ice rink. The first ice resurfacer was developed by Frank J. Zamboni in 1949 in the city of Paramount, California...	2007	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/371.html
	1838	1917	Rigid airship Rigid airship A rigid airship is a type of airship in which the envelope retained its shape by the use of an internal structural framework rather than by being forced into shape by the pressure of the lifting gas within the envelope as used in blimps and semi-rigid airships.Rigid airships were produced and...	2006	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/313.html
*	1888	1982	Cathode-ray tube	1977	http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/158.html

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