Thanks to their efforts, we can live in comfort.
Not that all these inventions were so fundamental that turned people’s perceptions about the world, but in any case, without them we can not imagine modern world. More surprising is that most of them have been created recently by the standards of history.
Johannes Gutenberg — printing press
What Johann Gutenberg in the mid-1440-ies invented a method of printing movable liters. Before him all books were written by hand. The invention of printing had a profound impact not only on European culture but also in modern history.
Willis carrier — air conditioning
17 Jul 1902 in city Buffalo of the state of new York, Willis carrier created for the Brooklyn typography project of the first air conditioner — the concept of the unit, which allowed them to control the humidity and temperature of the air. A patent for air conditioning was approved on January 2, 1906 and in 1914, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was installed first in the history of home air conditioning.
Buddy Bolden jazz
It is no secret that many contemporary musical styles and trends originate from jazz. Well, of Orleans cornet player buddy Bolden is often called “the man who invented jazz”. It is believed that it is approximately in 1895, he combined Blues, gospel and a special improvisation in such a way that it turned out initially a new Orleans ragtime and then jazz.
Percy Spencer — microwave oven.
Percy Spencer is the man who first discovered that microwave radiation can heat things and he is the first in the world received a patent for a microwave. It is noteworthy that Spencer himself never even graduated from high school, he is only seven classes. And all their theoretical and practical knowledge in the physics of radio waves and electromagnetic waves he received while working in the Navy, where he was the operator of the radio station.
Alexander Fleming — penicillin
British bacteriologist, who first discovered penicillin — active agent that destroys bacterial cells. Due to this invention people got antibiotics and mankind has learned to deal successfully with the most ancient diseases — syphilis, gangrene and tuberculosis. For his discovery, Alexander Fleming was awarded the Nobel prize in physiology and medicine.
LOGI John Baird — mechanical television
John LOGI Baird is known primarily as the Creator of the first mechanical television system. In 1932 he was also the first who has performed the signal transmission in the VHF range. And although mechanical television was supplanted by developments of Vladimir Zworykin and Philo of Farnsworth in the field of electronic television, first TV Byrd was an important step in the development of television and elettronici in General.
The Wright brothers — airplane
Of course, speaking about the great inventors we can not say the brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright who invented and built the first airplane in the world. Despite the fact that the Wright brothers were not the first who built and flew experimental aircraft, they were the first who could manage such a flight in the air that made possible the further development of the aircraft.
Alan Turing — machine learning
Alan Turing did not invent anything revolutionary, that would change any industry. But his work had a huge influence on the development of Informatics and artificial intelligence theory. And he proposed in 1936, are abstract computational “Turing Machine” is considered a General-purpose computer.
Henry Ford — automobile industry
Henry Ford is a unique example of someone who managed to make a “revolution” in the industry basically not inventing anything new. Ford did not invent the car, did not invent the internal combustion engine, and even a pipeline was also invented before. However, it was Henry Ford is considered the father of the founder of the modern automotive industry, and his company alive and well to this day.
Joseph Gayetty — toilet paper
Of course, to use paper in sanitary-and-hygienic purposes began long before the nineteenth century. But one of the first to produce modern toilet paper NaCl new York businessman Joseph Gayetty. In 1857 he issued toilet paper, cut into neat squares and Packed in bundles. He was so proud of his invention that each piece of paper printed his name.
Georges de Mestral dock — textile clasp
The same “Velcro”, which is now used practically everywhere from apparel industry to space stations, was invented by Swiss engineer Georges de Mestrallet. The inventor often had after walking with his dog to take off her coat the head of burdock. Once he examined them under a microscope and saw tiny hooks with which head got tangled in the wool. This principle formed the basis of textile fastener.
Alessandro Volta — batteries
Italian physicist, chemist and one of the founders of the theory of electricity. He first placed plates of zinc and copper in acid, to obtain a continuous electric current. It was the world’s first chemical current source “Voltaic pile”.
Nikola Tesla — era electricity
One of the people who made possible the second industrial revolution, during which humanity began massive use of mass production, electricity and chemicals. The most famous work of Tesla for creation of devices operating on alternating current, multiphase systems, synchronous generator and induction motor.
Vinton gray CERF — the Internet
The man often called the “father of the Internet”. It is one of the authors and developers of the Protocol stack TCP/IP, largely thanks to which the ARPANET and managed to develop into familiar to us today, the Internet.
Harry Brearley — stainless steel
It’s hard to think of a substance used today as widely as stainless steel. It’s used to make money and utensils, and weapons, and medical instruments. Stainless steel was invented in 1913, English Metallurgist Harry Brearley. He experimented with different types and properties of alloys and found that the steel with high chromium content better resists acid corrosion.
