Year Inductee Birth year Notable for NIHF [ 3] 1973 Thomas Edison 1847 Electric lighting , motion pictures , phonograph [ 4] 1974 Alexander Graham Bell 1847 Telephone [ 5] 1974 Eli Whitney 1765 Cotton gin [ 6] 1974 Walter Houser Brattain 1902 Transistor [ 7] 1974 William Shockley 1910 Transistor [ 8] 1974 John Bardeen *1908 Transistor [ 9] 1975 Nikola Tesla 1856 Induction motor [ 10] 1975 Orville Wright 1871 Airplane [ 11] 1975 Samuel Morse 1791 Telegraph [ 12] 1975 Wilbur Wright 1867 Airplane [ 13] 1975 William D. Coolidge 1873 X-ray tube [ 14] 1975 Guglielmo Marconi *1874 Radio [ 15] 1976 Charles Martin Hall 1863 Aluminum production process [ 16] 1976 Charles Goodyear 1800 Vulcanization of rubber [ 17] 1976 Cyrus McCormick 1809 Mechanical reaper [ 15] 1976 Enrico Fermi 1901 Nuclear fission [ 18] 1976 Rudolf Diesel 1858 Internal-combustion engine [ 19] 1976 Charles Hard Townes *1915 Laser [ 20] 1977 Charles Steinmetz 1865 Alternating current [ 21] 1977 Edwin H. Land 1909 Polaroid [ 22] 1977 George Eastman 1854 Photography [ 23] 1977 Lee De Forest *1873 Audion amplifier tube [ 24] 1977 Vladimir K. Zworykin *1888 Cathode-ray tube [ 25] 1978 Carl Djerassi 1923 Oral contraceptives [ 26] 1978 Leo Baekeland 1863 Bakelite [ 27] 1978 Louis Pasteur 1822 Pasteurization [ 28] 1978 Luis Walter Alvarez 1911 Radar , liquid hydrogen bubble chamber [ 29] 1979 Charles J. Plank 1915 Catalytic cracking [ 30] 1979 Edward J. Rosinski 1921 Catalytic cracking [ 31] 1979 Robert H. Goddard 1882 Solid fuel rockets [ 32] 1979 Jay Wright Forrester *1918 Random access memory (RAM) [ 33] 1980 Charles F. Kettering 1876 Electric ignition [ 34] 1980 James Hillier 1915 Electron microscope [ 35] 1980 Lewis Hastings Sarett 1917 Cortisone [ 36] 1980 Edwin Howard Armstrong *1890 FM radio [ 37] 1981 Charles Stark Draper 1901 Stabilizing gyroscopic [ 38] 1981 Chester Carlson 1906 Xerographic printing [ 39] 1981 Harold Stephen Black 1898 Feedback amplifier [ 40] 1981 Nicolaus Otto 1832 Otto cycle for internal combustion engine [ 41] 1982 Ernest Lawrence 1901 Cyclotron [ 42] 1982 Henry Ford 1863 Automobile [ 43] 1982 Max Tishler 1906 Synthetic vitamins [ 44] 1982 Ottmar Mergenthaler 1854 Linotype [ 45] 1982 Jack Kilby *1923 Integrated circuit [ 46] 1983 Andrew Alford 1904 VHF omnidirectional range [ 47] 1983 George Stibitz 1904 Digital computer [ 48] 1983 Herbert Henry Dow 1866 Bromine extraction [ 49] 1983 Ernst Alexanderson *1878 High frequency alternator for radio [ 50] 1983 Robert Noyce *1927 Integrated circuit [ 51] 1984 Philo Farnsworth 1906 Television [ 52] 1984 Theodore Harold Maiman 1927 Laser [ 53] 1984 Wallace Carothers 1896 Synthetic rubber , nylon [ 54] 1984 William Merriam Burton 1865 Catalytic cracking [ 55] 1985 Louis Marius Moyroud 1914 Photocomposing machine [ 56] 1985 Marvin Camras 1916 Magnetic recording [ 57] 1985 Rene Alphonse Higonnet 1902 Photocomposing machine [ 58] 1985 Roy J. Plunkett 1910 Teflon [ 59] 1985 Willem Johan Kolff 1911 Artificial heart [ 60] 1985 Willis Carrier 1876 Air conditioner [ 61] 1986 Donalee L. Tabern 1900 Pentothal [ 62] 1986 Ernest H. Volwiler 1893 Pentothal [ 63] 1986 Harold Eugene Edgerton 1903 Stroboscope photography [ 64] 1986 Luther Burbank 1849 Plant breeding [ 65] 1986 Wilson Greatbatch 1919 Heart pacemaker [ 66] 1987 Andrew J. Moyer 1899 Penicillin [ 67] 1987 Arnold Orville Beckman 1900 pH meter [ 68] 1987 Igor Sikorsky 1889 Helicopter [ 69] 1987 William Seward Burroughs I 1857 Adding machine [ 70] 1988 An Wang 1920 Magnetic core memory [ 71] 1988 Elisha Otis 1811 Elevator brake [ 72] 1988 Frank B. Colton 1923 Oral contraceptives [ 73] 1988 Louis W. Parker 1906 Television receiver [ 74] 1989 George Westinghouse 1846 Air brake system [ 75] 1989 Irving Langmuir 1881 Electric lighting [ 76] 1989 John Deere 1804 Farm plow [ 77] 1989 Raymond Vahan Damadian 1936 Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) [ 78] 1990 C. Robin Ganellin 1934 Cimetidine [ 79] 1990 Charles Ginsburg 1920 Video tape recording [ 80] 1990 Eugene Houdry 1892 Catalytic cracking [ 81] 1990 George Washington Carver 1864 Peanut products [ 82] 1990 Graham J. Durant 1934 Cimetidine [ 83] 1990 Herman Hollerith 1860 Punch card tabulator [ 84] 1990 John Colin Emmett 1939 Cimetidine [ 85] 1990 Ken Olsen 1926 Magnetic core memory [ 86] 1990 Percy Lavon Julian 1899 Cortisone synthesis [ 87] 1990 Robert Ledley 1926 Whole-body CAT scan [ 88] 1991 Donald F. Holmes 1910 Polyurethane [ 89] 1991 Elmer Ambrose Sperry 1860 Gyroscopic compass [ 90] 1991 Gertrude B. Elion 1918 Antileukemic drug [ 91] 1991 Gordon Gould 1920 Optically pumped laser amplifier [ 92] 1991 Leonard Greene 1918 Aircraft stall warning [ 93] 1991 Robert R. Williams 1886 Vitamin synthesis [ 94] 1991 Willard Harrison Bennett 1903 Mass spectrometry [ 95] 1991 William Edward Hanford 1908 Polyurethane [ 96] 1992 Benjamin Rubin 1917 Vaccine needle [ 97] 1992 Charles F. Brannock 1903 Brannock device for foot measuring [ 98] 1992 Frederick Gardner Cottrell 1877 Electrostatic precipitator [ 99] 1992 Lloyd Conover 1923 Tetracycline [ 100] 1992 William Redington Hewlett 1913 Audio oscillator [ 101] 1993 Baruch Samuel Blumberg 1925 Vaccine for hepatitis B [ 102] 1993 Bill Lear 1902 8-track system, car radio [ 103] 1993 Donald Keck 1941 Optical fiber [ 104] 1993 Irving Millman 1923 Vaccine for hepatitis B [ 105] 1993 John T. Parsons 1913 Numerical control [ 106] 1993 John Ericsson 1803 Screw propeller [ 107] 1993 Peter C. Schultz 1942 Optical fiber [ 108] 1993 Robert D. Maurer 1924 Optical fiber [ 109] 1994 Elizabeth Lee Hazen 1885 Nystatin (antifungal / antibiotic) [ 110] 1994 Emile Berliner 1851 Gramophone and microphone [ 111] 1994 Gerd Binnig 1947 Scanning tunneling microscope [ 112] 1994 Heinrich Rohrer 1933 Scanning tunneling microscope [ 113] 1994 Rachel Fuller Brown 1898 Nystatin (antifungal / antibiotic) [ 114] 1994 Robert H. Rines 1922 High resolution radar and sonar [ 115] 1994 Robert N. Hall 1919 Magnetron [ 116] 1995 Forrest Bird 1921 Respirator / Ventilator [ 117] 1995 John C. Sheehan 1915 Structure and synthesis of penicillin [ 118] 1995 Joseph H. Burckhalter 1912 Isothiocyanates [ 119] 1995 Robert J. Seiwald 1925 Isothiocyanates [ 120] 1995 Stephanie Kwolek 1923 Kevlar [ 121] 1995 Waldo Semon 1898 Polyvinyl chloride [ 122] 1995 William Stanley Jr. 1858 Induction coil [ 123] 1996 Leó Szilárd 1898 Neutronic atomic reactor [ 124] 1996 Arthur Leonard Schawlow 1921 Laser [ 125] 1996 Edmund Germer 1901 Fluorescent lighting [ 126] 1996 Federico Faggin 1941 Microprocessor , silicon-gate MOSFET transistor [ 127] 1996 Julius Nieuwland 1878 Synthetic rubber [ 128] 1996 Marcian Hoff 1937 Microprocessor [ 129] 1996 Stanley Mazor 1941 Central processing unit (CPU) [ 130] 1997 Dennis L. Moeller 1950 Computer peripherals [ 131] 1997 Edward Goodrich Acheson 1856 Carborundum [ 132] 1997 George Herman Babcock 1832 Water-tube boiler [ 133] 1997 Mark Dean 1957 Computer peripherals [ 134] 1997 Robert W. Bower 1936 Self-aligned-gate MOSFET transistor [ 135] 1997 Seymour Cray 1925 Supercomputer [ 136] 1997 Stephen Wilcox 1830 Water-tube boiler [ 137] 1997 Robert H. Dennard *1932 Dynamic random access memory (DRAM) [ 138] 1998 Alfred Nobel 1833 Dynamite [ 139] 1998 Douglas Engelbart 1925 Computer mouse [ 140] 1998 Henry Timken 1831 Tapered roller ball bearings [ 141] 1998 James Fergason 1934 Liquid crystal display [ 142] 1998 Kary Mullis 1944 Polymerase chain reaction [ 143] 1998 Semi Joseph Begun 1905 Magnetic recording [ 144] 1999 Bryan Molloy 1939 Prozac [ 145] 1999 Charlie Tyson 1905 Catalytic cracking [ 146] 1999 Donald L. Campbell 1904 Catalytic cracking [ 147] 1999 Eger V. Murphree 1898 Catalytic cracking [ 148] 1999 George de Mestral 1907 Velcro [ 149] 1999 Gerhard M. Sessler 1931 Electret microphone [ 150] 1999 Homer Martin 1910 Catalytic cracking [ 151] 1999 James West 1931 Electret microphone [ 152] 1999 Klaus Schmiegel 1939 Prozac [ 153] 1999 Percy Spencer 1894 Magnetron [ 154] 2000 Alfred Free 1913 Glucose detection for diabetes [ 155] 2000 Helen Murray Free 1923 Glucose detection for diabetes [ 156] 2000 James Franklin Hyde 1903 Transparent silica [ 157] 2000 Steve Wozniak 1950 Personal computer [ 158] 2000 Walt Disney 1901 Multiplane camera [ 159] 2000 William Justin Kroll 1889 Titanium [ 160] 2000 Reginald Fessenden *1866 AM radio [ 161] 2001 Christopher Latham Sholes 1819 Typewriter [ 162] 2001 Elijah McCoy 1844 Engine lubricator [ 163] 2001 Herbert Boyer 1936 Genetic engineering [ 164] 2001 J. Paul Hogan 1919 Polypropylene and HDPE [ 165] 2001 Oliver Evans 1755 High-pressure steam engine [ 166] 2001 Patsy O'Connell Sherman 1930 Scotchgard [ 167] 2001 Robert Banks 1921 Polyethylene and polypropylene plastics [ 168] 2001 Samuel Smith 1927 Scotchgard [ 169] 2001 Stanley Norman Cohen 1935 Genetic engineering [ 170] 2001 Thomas J. Fogarty 1934 Fogarty embolectomy catheter [ 171] 2002 Alois Langer 1945 Defibrillator [ 172] 2002 Felix Hoffmann 1868 Aspirin [ 173] 2002 Henry Bessemer 1813 Bessemer process for steel production [ 174] 2002 Irwin Lachman 1930 Catalytic converter [ 175] 2002 J. Presper Eckert 1919 ENIAC [ 176] 2002 James J. Wynne 1943 LASIK eye surgery [ 177] 2002 John Mauchly 1907 ENIAC [ 178] 2002 M. Stephen Heilman 1933 Defibrillator [ 179] 2002 Michel Mirowski 1924 Defibrillator [ 180] 2002 Morton Mower 1933 Implantable heart defibrillator [ 181] 2002 Nils Bohlin 1920 Safety belt [ 182] 2002 Rangaswamy Srinivasan 1929 LASIK eye surgery [ 183] 2002 Raymond Kurzweil 1948 Optical character recognition [ 184] 2002 Rodney Bagley 1934 Substrate for catalytic converters [ 185] 2002 Ronald M. Lewis 1936 Catalytic converter [ 186] 2002 Samuel E. Blum 1920 LASIK eye surgery [ 187] 2003 Charles Kaman 1919 Innovations to helicopter [ 188] 2003 Edwin Albert Link 1904 Link Trainer [ 189] 2003 Frank Cepollina 1936 Satellite servicing techniques [ 190] 2003 Frank Whittle 1907 Jet engine [ 191] 2003 George Robert Carruthers 1939 Ultraviolet camera [ 192] 2003 Glenn Curtiss 1878 Hydroplane [ 193] 2003 Hans von Ohain 1911 Turbojet [ 194] 2003 Harold Rosen 1926 Geosynchronous communications satellite [ 195] 2003 John Knudsen Northrop 1895 Flying wing plane [ 196] 2003 Leroy Grumman 1895 Retractable landing gear , folding wing [ 197] 2003 Maxime Faget 1921 Space capsule design [ 198] 2003 Paul Kollsman 1900 Altimeter [ 199] 2003 Richard T. Whitcomb 1921 Supercritical wing [ 200] 2003 Sam B. Williams 1921 Contributions to jet engine [ 201] 2003 Theodore von Kármán 1881 Turbojet [ 202] 2003 Thomas Midgley Jr. 1889 Ethyl gasoline, fluorocarbon refrigerants [ 203] 2003 John R. Pierce *1910 Communications satellite [ 204] 2004 Bernard M. Oliver 1916 Pulse-code modulation [ 205] 2004 Bradford Parkinson 1935 Global positioning system (GPS) [ 206] 2004 Charles Best 1899 Isolation of insulin [ 207] 2004 Charles Kelman 1930 Cataract surgery [ 208] 2004 Edith M. Flanigen 1929 Molecular sieves [ 209] 2004 Elias Howe 1819 Sewing machine [ 210] 2004 Frederick Banting 1891 Isolated and purified insulin [ 211] 2004 Harry Coover 1917 Superglue [ 212] 2004 Ivan A. Getting 1912 Global Positioning System (GPS) [ 213] 2004 James Collip 1892 Isolated and purified insulin [ 214] 2004 John A. Roebling 1806 Suspension bridge [ 215] 2004 John Heysham Gibbon 1903 Heart-lung machine [ 216] 2004 Lloyd Hall 1894 Food preservation [ 217] 2004 Luc Montagnier 1932 HIV isolation and antibody test [ 218] 2004 Norbert Rillieux 1806 Refined sugar [ 219] 2004 Ray Dolby 1933 Dolby noise reduction [ 220] 2004 Robert Gallo 1937 HIV isolation [ 221] 2004 Vannevar Bush 1890 Differential analyzer [ 222] 2004 Wallace H. Coulter 1913 Coulter principle [ 223] 2004 Claude Shannon *1916 Pulse-code modulation [ 224] 2005 Alec Jeffreys 1950 Genetic fingerprinting [ 225] 2005 C. Donald Bateman 1932 Ground proximity warning system [ 226] 2005 Clarence Birdseye 1886 Frozen food [ 227] 2005 Dean Kamen 1951 Ambulatory infusion pump [ 228] 2005 Garrett A. Morgan 1887 Gas mask , three-way traffic signal [ 229] 2005 Glenn T. Seaborg 1912 Plutonium isolation [ 230] 2005 Jacob Rabinow 1910 Optical character recognition [ 231] 2005 Leo Sternbach 1908 Benzodiazepines [ 232] 2005 Leopold Godowsky Jr. 1900 Kodachrome [ 233] 2005 Leopold Mannes 1899 Kodachrome [ 234] 2005 Les Paul 1915 Solid-body electric guitar [ 235] 2005 Matthias W. Baldwin 1795 Steam locomotive [ 236] 2005 Robert Gundlach 1926 Photocopier [ 237] 2005 Selman Waksman 1888 Streptomycin [ 238] 2006 Alexander Lyman Holley 1832 Steelmaking [ 239] 2006 Alexander Winton 1860 Contributions to automobile , bicycle , and diesel engine [ 240] 2006 Ali Javan 1926 Helium-neon laser [ 241] 2006 Almon Brown Strowger 1839 Telephone dial [ 242] 2006 Ambrose Swasey 1846 Improvements to telescope [ 243] 2006 Andrew Jackson Beard 1849 Janney coupler for railroad cars [ 244] 2006 Andrew Smith Hallidie 1836 Cable car [ 245] 2006 Benjamin Holt 1849 Track-type tractor [ 246] 2006 Beulah Louise Henry 1887 Ice cream freezer [ 247] 2006 Birdsill Holly 1820 Fire hydrant [ 248] 2006 Bob Kahn 1938 Internet Protocol (IP) [ 249] 2006 Carl Bosch 1874 Haber–Bosch process for ammonia production [ 250] 2006 Charles F. Brush 1849 Arc light for street lighting [ 251] 2006 Charles Grafton Page 1812 High-voltage induction coil [ 252] 2006 Charles Sumner Tainter 1854 Innovations in sound recording [ 253] 2006 Dale Kleist 1909 Fiberglass [ 254] 2006 Eckley Coxe 1839 Traveling grate furnace [ 255] 2006 Edward A. Calahan 1838 Stock ticker [ 256] 2006 Edward Weston 1850 Portable voltmeter [ 257] 2006 Elihu Thomson 1853 Arc lamp [ 258] 2006 Erastus Brigham Bigelow 1814 Powered loom [ 259] 2006 Ferdinand von Zeppelin 1838 Rigid airship [ 260] 2006 Frank J. Sprague 1857 Electric street car [ 261] 2006 Fritz Haber 1868 Ammonia production process [ 262] 2006 Gail Borden 1801 Process for condensed milk [ 263] 2006 Games Slayter 1896 Fiberglass [ 264] 2006 George E. Smith 1930 Charge-coupled device [ 265] 2006 George Henry Corliss 1817 Improvements to steam engine [ 266] 2006 George Hulett 1846 Loading and unloading machine [ 267] 2006 George Pullman 1831 Pullman car [ 268] 2006 Gideon Sundback 1880 Zipper [ 269] 2006 Gottlieb Daimler 1834 Design of automobile and motorcycle engines [ 270] 2006 Granville Woods 1856 Railroad telegraph [ 271] 2006 Gregory Goodwin Pincus 1903 Oral contraceptives [ 272] 2006 Harvey Samuel Firestone 1868 Pneumatic tire [ 273] 2006 Helen Blanchard 1840 Innovations to sewing machine [ 274] 2006 Herman Affel 1893 Coaxial cable [ 275] 2006 Hiram Stevens Maxim 1840 Maxim gun , smokeless gunpowder [ 276] 2006 Jacques E. Brandenberger 1872 Cellophane [ 277] 2006 James M. Spangler 1848 Portable electric vacuum cleaner [ 278] 2006 Jan Ernst Matzeliger 1852 Shoe lasting [ 279] 2006 John Boyd Dunlop 1840 Pneumatic tire [ 280] 2006 John H. Thomas 1907 Fiberglass [ 281] 2006 John Harvey Kellogg 1852 Breakfast cereal [ 282] 2006 John Landis Mason 1832 Mason jar [ 283] 2006 John Wesley Hyatt 1837 Celluloid [ 284] 2006 John Fitch 1743 Steamboat [ 285] 2006 John Stevens 1749 Steam-powered transportation [ 286] 2006 Joseph Glidden 1813 Barbed wire [ 287] 2006 Joseph Saxton 1799 Measuring instruments [ 288] 2006 Josephine Cochrane 1839 Dishwasher [ 289] 2006 Julio Palmaz 1945 Intravascular stent [ 290] 2006 Lester Allan Pelton 1829 Water wheel [ 291] 2006 Lewis Howard Latimer 1848 Filament for electric light bulb [ 292] 2006 Lewis Miller 1829 Combine harvester [ 293] 2006 Lewis Waterman 1837 Fountain pen [ 294] 2006 Linus Yale Jr. 1821 Cylinder lock [ 295] 2006 Louis Renault 1877 Drum brake [ 296] 2006 Margaret E. Knight 1838 Paper bag machine [ 297] 2006 Martha Coston 1826 Signal flare used for ships [ 298] 2006 Mary Dixon Kies 1752 Process for weaving straw [ 299] 2006 Milton Bradley 1836 Game board [ 300] 2006 Moses G. Farmer 1820 Electric fire alarm system [ 301] 2006 Peter Cooper 1791 Steam locomotive [ 302] 2006 Richard March Hoe 1812 Rotary printing press [ 303] 2006 Robert S. Langer 1948 Drug delivery [ 304] 2006 Robert W. Gore 1937 Gore-Tex [ 305] 2006 Robert Fulton 1765 Steamboat [ 306] 2006 Samuel Colt 1814 Colt revolver with interchangeable parts [ 307] 2006 Seth Boyden 1788 Process for making malleable iron [ 308] 2006 Simon Ingersoll 1818 Steam powered rock drill [ 309] 2006 Thomas Blanchard 1788 Pattern lathe [ 310] 2006 Vint Cerf 1943 Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) [ 311] 2006 Walter Hunt 1796 Safety pin [ 312] 2006 Willard Boyle 1924 Charge-coupled device [ 313] 2006 William E. Upjohn 1853 Tablet for delivering medicine [ 314] 2006 William Painter 1838 Bottle cap [ 315] 2006 Zénobe Gramme 1826 Direct-current dynamo [ 316] 2006 Lloyd Espenschied *1889 Coaxial cable [ 317] 2007 László Bíró 1899 Ballpoint pen [ 318] 2007 Albert Kingsbury 1863 Thrust bearing [ 319] 2007 Alexander Miles 1838 Improving method of opening and closing elevator doors [ 320] 2007 Alfred Einhorn 1856 Novocain [ 321] 2007 Alpheus Babcock 1785 Cast iron piano frame [ 322] 2007 Arthur Nobile 1920 Prednisone [ 323] 2007 Auguste Lumière 1862 Cinématographe [ 324] 2007 Charles Seeberger 1857 Escalator [ 325] 2007 David Cushman 1939 Captopril [ 326] 2007 Donald Davies 1924 Digital packet switching [ 327] 2007 Eli Whitney Blake 1795 Rock crusher [ 328] 2007 Eli Terry 1772 Innovations in clockmaking [ 329] 2007 Elisha Gray 1835 Telegraph and telephone improvements [ 330] 2007 Emmett Chappelle 1925 Bioluminescence [ 331] 2007 Frank Zamboni 1901 Ice resurfacer [ 332] 2007 Frederick Ellsworth Sickels 1819 Valve for steam engine [ 333] 2007 Frederick McKinley Jones 1893 Refrigeration [ 334] 2007 George Crompton 1829 Loom [ 335] 2007 Georges Claude 1870 Neon lighting [ 336] 2007 Godfrey Hounsfield 1919 CT scan [ 337] 2007 James Bogardus 1800 Iron frame building [ 338] 2007 Jesse W. Reno 1861 Escalator [ 339] 2007 John E. Franz 1929 Roundup glyphosate herbicide [ 340] 2007 John Philip Holland 1841 Submarine [ 341] 2007 John Raphael Rogers 1856 Automated typesetting [ 342] 2007 John Browning 1855 Breech-loading rifle [ 343] 2007 John Lynott 1921 Hard drive [ 344] 2007 Joshua Lionel Cowen 1877 Toy train [ 345] 2007 Katharine Burr Blodgett 1898 Langmuir-Blodgett film [ 346] 2007 King C. Gillette 1855 Safety razor [ 347] 2007 L. L. Langstroth 1810 Beehive [ 348] 2007 Leroy Hood 1938 DNA sequencer [ 349] 2007 Louis Comfort Tiffany 1848 Stained glass [ 350] 2007 Louis Lumière 1864 Cinématographe [ 351] 2007 Maurice Hilleman 1919 Vaccines [ 352] 2007 Michael Joseph Owens 1859 Bottle making machine [ 353] 2007 Miguel Ondetti 1930 Captopril [ 354] 2007 Ole Evinrude 1877 Outboard motor [ 355] 2007 Oliver Lodge 1851 Wireless telegraphy [ 356] 2007 Otto Wichterle 1913 Soft contact lens [ 357] 2007 Paul Baran 1926 Digital packet switching [ 358] 2007 Peter Carl Goldmark 1906 Long playing record [ 359] 2007 Peter Mansfield 1933 Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) [ 360] 2007 Philip Drinker 1894 Iron lung [ 361] 2007 Richard Gurley Drew 1899 Adhesive tape [ 362] 2007 Samuel Leeds Allen 1841 Flexible flyer sled [ 363] 2007 Samuel Slater 1768 Cotton mill , spinning machine [ 364] 2007 Squire Whipple 1804 Iron truss bridge [ 365] 2007 Theophilus Van Kannel 1841 Revolving door [ 366] 2007 Thomas R. Pickering 1831 Velocipede [ 367] 2007 Thomas Seavey Hall 1827 Railroad signal [ 368] 2007 Wilhelm Maybach 1846 Carburetor and radiator [ 369] 2007 William Goddard 1913 Hard drive and floppy disk [ 370] 2007 William Sellers 1824 Improvement in machine tools [ 371] 2007 Paul Lauterbur *1929 Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) [ 372] 2007 Robert Metcalfe *1946 Ethernet [ 373] 2008 Amar Bose 1929 Audio feedback control [ 374] 2008 Calvin Souther Fuller 1902 Silicon solar cell [ 375] 2008 Clarence Johnson 1910 Fighter jet , afterburning means for Turbojet [ 376] 2008 Daryl Chapin 1906 Silicon solar cell [ 377] 2008 David Pall 1914 Filtration technology [ 378] 2008 Erna Schneider Hoover 1926 Computerized telephone switching [ 379] 2008 Gerald Pearson 1905 Silicon solar cell [ 380] 2008 Harold McMaster 1916 Tempered glass [ 381] 2008 John Charnley 1911 Acetabular socket [ 382] 2008 Kenneth Richardson 1939 Fluconazole [ 383] 2008 Louis Stevens 1925 Magnetic disk storage [ 384] 2008 Malcom McLean 1913 Shipping containers [ 385] 2008 Ray McIntire 1918 Styrofoam [ 386] 2008 Robert Adler 1913 Television remote control [ 387] 2008 Ruth R. Benerito 1916 Wrinkle-free cotton [ 388] 2008 Willem Einthoven 1860 Electrocardiograph [ 389] 2008 William P. Murphy Jr. 1923 Blood bag and disposable medical trays [ 390] 2008 Amos E. Joel Jr. *1918 Mobile communication system [ 391] 2008 Nick Holonyak *1928 visible light emitting diode [ 392] 2009 Bob Widlar 1937 Linear integrated circuit [ 393] 2009 Carver Mead 1934 Very large scale integration (VLSI) [ 394] 2009 Dawon Kahng 1931 Electric field controlled semiconductor device , MOSFET transistor [ 395] 2009 Dov Frohman 1939 Erasable programmable read only memory array (EPROM ) [ 396] 2009 Frank Wanlass 1933 Complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) [ 397] 2009 Jean Hoerni 1924 Planar manufacturing process [ 398] 2009 John MacDougall 1940 Ion implantation [ 399] 2009 Ken Manchester 1925 Ion implantation [ 400] 2009 Larry J. Hornbeck 1943 Spatial light modulator and method [ 401] 2009 Mohamed M. Atalla 1924 MOSFET transistor, silicon semiconductor surface passivation , ATM PIN security system [ 402] 2009 Ross Freeman 1948 Field-programmable gate array (FPGA) [ 403] 2009 Alfred Y. Cho *1937 Molecular beam epitaxy [ 404] 2009 George H. Heilmeier *1936 Electro-optic liquid crystal device [ 405] 2009 Gordon Kidd Teal *1907 Silicon transistor [ 406] 2009 Gordon Moore *1929 Semiconductor production [ 407] 2010 Arthur Fry 1931 Post-it notes [ 408] 2010 Émile Gagnan 1900 Aqua-lung diving equipment [ 409] 2010 Field H. Winslow 1916 Polymer cable sheath [ 410] 2010 Francis P. Bundy 1910 Diamond synthesis [ 411] 2010 Herbert M. Strong 1908 Synthetic diamond [ 412] 2010 Jacques Cousteau 1910 Diving unit [ 413] 2010 Judah Folkman 1933 Angiogenesis inhibition [ 414] 2010 Ralph Baer 1922 Video game console [ 415] 2010 Robert H. Wentorf Jr. 1926 Synthetic diamond [ 416] 2010 Roger L. Easton 1921 TIMATION satellite navigation system [ 417] 2010 S. Donald Stookey 1915 Glass ceramics [ 418] 2010 Spencer Silver 1941 Post-it notes [ 419] 2010 Tracy Hall 1919 Synthetic diamond [ 420] 2010 Vincent Lanza 1922 Polymer cable sheath [ 421] 2010 Walter Lincoln Hawkins 1911 Polymer cable sheath [ 422] 2010 Yvonne Brill 1924 Electrothermal hydrazine resistojet [ 423] 2011 Albert Dick 1856 Duplicating machine [ 424] 2011 Bernard Silver 1924 First optically scanned barcode [ 425] 2011 Carl Auer von Welsbach 1858 Improvements to gas lighting [ 426] 2011 Carleton Ellis 1876 Margarine [ 427] 2011 Charles Francis Jenkins 1867 Movie projector [ 428] 2011 Clarence Kemp c. 1860 Solar water heater [ 429] 2011 Eadweard Muybridge 1830 Stop action photography [ 430] 2011 Edwin Binney 1866 Carbon black manufacturing [ 431] 2011 Eric Fossum 1957 CMOS active pixel image sensor camera-on-a-chip [ 432] 2011 Esther Sans Takeuchi 1953 Lithium/silver-vanadium oxide battery [ 433] 2011 Eugene Sullivan 1872 Borosilicate glass [ 434] 2011 François Hennebique 1842 Reinforced concrete construction [ 435] 2011 Frederic Eugene Ives 1856 Color photography [ 436] 2011 Gary K. Michelson 1949 Spinal surgical devices [ 437] 2011 George Ashley Campbell 1870 Loading coil [ 438] 2011 George Devol 1912 Industrial robot [ 439] 2011 Hannibal Goodwin 1822 Transparent flexible nitrocellulose [ 440] 2011 Henry F. Phillips 1890 Phillips screw [ 441] 2011 Henry M. Leland 1843 Interchangeable parts for automobiles [ 442] 2011 James Ritty 1836 Cash register [ 443] 2011 John Hays Hammond Jr. 1888 Radio control [ 444] 2011 John Ritty 1834 Cash register [ 445] 2011 Martin Hellman 1945 Public-key cryptography [ 446] 2011 Mary Anderson 1866 Windshield wiper [ 447] 2011 Mihajlo Pupin 1858 Loading coil [ 448] 2011 Norman Joseph Woodland 1921 First optically scanned barcode [ 449] 2011 Peter Cooper Hewitt 1861 Mercury-vapor lamp [ 450] 2011 Ralph Merkle 1952 Public-key cryptography [ 451] 2011 Rollin H. White 1872 Flash boiler for generating steam-controlled differential steering [ 452] 2011 Stanley Macomber 1887 Open web steel joist [ 453] 2011 Steven Sasson 1950 Digital camera [ 454] 2011 Thomas A. Watson 1854 Improvements to telephone [ 455] 2011 Thomas E. Murray 1860 Early power generation [ 456] 2011 Thomas Armat 1866 Movie projector [ 457] 2011 Valdemar Poulsen 1869 Magnetic wire recorder [ 458] 2011 Wallace Clement Sabine 1868 Architectural acoustics [ 459] 2011 Walther Nernst 1864 Metallic filament incandescent lamp [ 460] 2011 Warren Marrison 1896 Quartz clock [ 461] 2011 Whitfield Diffie 1944 Public-key cryptography [ 462] 2012 Akira Endo 1933 Mevastatin [ 463] 2012 Alejandro Zaffaroni 1923 Drug delivery systems [ 464] 2012 Barbara Liskov 1939 Programming Languages and System Design [ 465] 2012 David A. Thompson 1940 Thin film magnetic heads [ 466] 2012 Gary Starkweather 1938 Laser printer [ 467] 2012 Lubomyr Romankiw 1931 Thin film magnetic heads [ 468] 2012 Steve Jobs 1955 Personal computer , mobile phone , animated movie , digital publishing [ 469] 2012 C. Kumar N. Patel *1938 Carbon dioxide laser [ 470] 2012 Dennis Gabor *1900 Electron holography [ 471] 2012 Mária Telkes *1900 Solar thermal storage system [ 472] 2013 Alfred Loomis 1887 Long range navigation system (LORAN) [ 473] 2013 Andrew Viterbi 1935 Code-division multiple access (CDMA) [ 474] 2013 Aran Safir 1926 Iris recognition algorithm [ 475] 2013 Arthur Ashkin 1922 Optical trapping [ 476] 2013 Donald Bitzer 1934 Plasma display [ 477] 2013 Garrett Brown 1942 Steadicam camera stabilizer [ 478] 2013 Grote Reber 1911 Radio telescope [ 479] 2013 H. Gene Slottow 1921 Plasma display [ 480] 2013 Irwin M. Jacobs 1933 Code-division multiple access (CDMA) [ 481] 2013 John Birden 1918 Radioisotope thermoelectric generator [ 482] 2013 John Daugman 1954 Iris recognition algorithm [ 483] 2013 Joseph Lechleider 1933 Digital subscriber line (DSL) [ 484] 2013 Kenneth Jordan 1921 Radioisotope thermoelectric generator [ 485] 2013 Leonard Flom 1927 Iris recognition algorithm [ 486] 2013 Robert H. Willson 1936 Plasma display [ 487] 2013 Robert Moog 1934 Moog synthesizer [ 488] 2013 Samuel W. Alderson 1914 Crash test dummy [ 489] 2014 Ashok Gadgil 1950 Water disinfection [ 490] 2014 Benjamin Durfee 1897 Automatic sequence controlled calculator (Harvard Mark I ) [ 491] 2014 Bill Bowerman 1911 Modern athletic shoe [ 492] 2014 Chuck Hull 1939 Stereolithography [ 493] 2014 Clair Lake 1888 Automatic sequence controlled calculator (Harvard Mark I ) [ 494] 2014 David Crosthwait 1898 Heating and ventilation system [ 495] 2014 Frances Arnold 1956 Evolution of enzymes [ 496] 2014 Francis E. Hamilton 1898 Automatic sequence controlled calculator (Harvard Mark I ) [ 497] 2014 George Antheil 1900 Frequency-hopping spread spectrum [ 498] 2014 Hedy Lamarr 1914 Frequency-hopping spread spectrum [ 499] 2014 Howard Aiken 1900 Automatic sequence controlled calculator (Harvard Mark I ) [ 500] 2014 Mildred Dresselhaus 1930 Lattice structure [ 501] 2014 Otis Boykin 1920 Electrical resistor [ 502] 2014 Richard DiMarchi 1952 Insulin Lispro [ 503] 2014 Willis Whitfield 1919 Clean room [ 504] 2015 Charles R. Drew 1904 Surgical needle [ 505] 2015 Edith Clarke 1883 Graphical calculator [ 506] 2015 Gary D. Sharp 1962 Polarization-control technology [ 507] 2015 George Edward Alcorn Jr. 1940 X-ray spectrometer [ 508] 2015 Ioannis Yannas 1935 Artificial skin [ 509] 2015 Jaap Haartsen 1963 Bluetooth wireless technology [ 510] 2015 John F. Burke 1922 Artificial skin [ 511] 2015 Kristina M. Johnson 1957 Polarization-control technology [ 512] 2015 Marion Donovan 1917 Waterproof diaper cover [ 513] 2015 Mary-Dell Chilton 1939 Transgenic plant [ 514] 2015 Paul B. MacCready 1925 Gossamer Condor [ 515] 2015 Shuji Nakamura 1954 Blue LED [ 516] 2015 Stanford R. Ovshinsky 1922 Nickel-metal hydride battery [ 517] 2015 Thomas Jennings 1791 Dry scouring [ 518] 2016 Bantval Jayant Baliga 1948 Insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) [ 519] 2016 Barrett Comiskey 1975 Electronic ink [ 520] 2016 Harriet Strong 1844 Water storage and flood control [ 521] 2016 Ivan Sutherland 1938 Display windowing by clipping [ 522] 2016 JD Albert 1975 Electronic ink [ 523] 2016 John Silliker 1922 Microbiological food safety and testing [ 524] 2016 Joseph Jacobson 1965 Electronic ink [ 525] 2016 Per-Ingvar Brånemark 1929 Dental implant [ 526] 2016 Radia Perlman 1951 Network routing and bridging [ 527] 2016 Robert M. Thomas 1908 Butyl rubber [ 528] 2016 Roger Angel 1941 Telescope mirror cell [ 529] 2016 Roger Bacon 1926 Carbon fibers [ 530] 2016 Sheldon Kaplan 1939 Auto-injector [ 531] 2016 Victor Lawrence 1945 Signal processing in telecommunications [ 532] 2016 Welton Taylor 1919 Microbiological food safety and testing [ 533] 2016 William Sparks 1905 Butyl rubber [ 534] 2017 Allene Jeanes 1906 Dextran production; xanthan gum [ 535] 2017 Augustine Sackett 1841 Drywall [ 536] 2017 Beatrice Hicks 1919 Device for sensing gas density [ 537] 2017 Carolyn Bertozzi 1966 Bioorthogonal Chemistry [ 538] 2017 Daniel Lewin 1970 Content delivery network [ 539] 2017 Don Arney 1947 Bambi Bucket for aerial firefighting [ 540] 2017 Earle Dickson 1892 Band-Aid self-adhesive bandages [ 541] 2017 Eli Harari 1945 Floating-gate EEPROM [ 542] 2017 Frances Ligler 1951 Portable optical air sensor [ 543] 2017 Haren S. Gandhi 1941 Automotive exhaust catalyst [ 544] 2017 Harold E. Froehlich 1922 Deep-sea submersible [ 545] 2017 Howard Head 1914 Laminated ski ; oversized tennis racket [ 546] 2017 Iver Anderson 1953 Lead-free solder [ 547] 2017 Marshall Jones 1941 Industrial laser [ 548] 2017 Tom Leighton 1956 Content delivery network [ 549] 2018 Adi Shamir 1952 RSA cryptography [ 550] 2018 Arogyaswami Paulraj 1944 MIMO wireless technology [ 551] 2018 Ching W. Tang 1947 Organic light-emitting diode (OLED ) [ 552] 2018 Howard S. Jones 1921 Conformal antenna [ 553] 2018 Jacqueline Quinn 1967 EZVI (Emulsified Zerovalent iron ) [ 554] 2018 Joseph Shivers 1920 LYCRA fiber (Spandex ) [ 555] 2018 Leonard Adleman 1945 RSA cryptography [ 556] 2018 Marvin H. 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