This site has a short biographical sketch about the inventor of "The Bird," a respirator that helped to infants with respiratory problems.

This site honors Harold Stephen Black for his inventions of the wave translation system and the negative feedback amplifier. Content includes a brief biography of the inventor as well as a look at how his inventions have impacted society.

Read about Samuel Blum, inventor of the laser technique used in LASIK eye surgery. This page includes a bio and a brief explanation of how Blum discovered that lasers could be used in surgery.

Read about Raymond V. Damadian, inventor of the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and learn how the MRI has impacted the field of medicine.

Read about James J. Wynne, co-inventor of the laser technique used in LASIK eye surgery. This page includes a bio, an overview of the invention's impact on the medical world, and a portrait of Wynne.

Biographical information about William R. Hewlett, co-founder of the electronics giant Hewlett-Packard.

This website provides a biography of Charles Kettering (1876-1958) and describes his inventions for the automobile, including an electrical ignition system.

Read about Alois A. Langer, a member of "the medical team that invented the first automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator." Also, learn how this invention impacts the medical world.

Brief biography of the scientist who is recognized for determining organic molecular structure and the synthesis of many steroids.

A brief biography on the automotive engineer, Henry Ford.

Learn about George Babcock (1832-1893 CE), a New York native who, along with Stephen Wilcox, invented an improved water tube steamboiler.

Here is information on Dean Kamen and his invention, the ambulatory infusion pump, or the AutoSyringe, that "free[s] patients from round-the-clock injections."

Read a tribute to Hispanic-American scientist and Nobel Peace prize winner, Luis Alvarez by a fellow scientist. He gives a very detailed account of his life.

A profile of Gertrude Belle Elion, an American biochemist and pharmacologist and a Nobel Prize winner. She struggled to find her place in the male-dominated scientific world, and went on to become the first woman to be inducted into the...