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How everyday people make a dream into a reality!. What is an inventor ?. An inventor is someone who: Notices a problem or need around them Thinks of a unique solution to the problem Creates or builds their idea for others to use. What does an inventor look like?.
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What is an inventor? • An inventor is someone who: • Notices a problem or need around them • Thinks of a unique solution to the problem • Creates or builds their idea for others to use
What does an inventor look like? • ANYONE can be an inventor • You can be young or old • An adult or child • You can speak any language • You can live anywhere
Make JOBS & WORK easier Make COMMUNICATION easier INVENTORS Make TRAVEL easier Make EVERY DAY LIFE easier
You can find inventors: In the past… In the present… In the future!
Alexander Graham Bell • March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922 • An eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone
Thomas Edison • (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) • was an American inventor • Invented the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. • Was called "The Wizard of Menlo Park" by a newspaper reporter
The Wright Brothers • Orville(August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) • Wilbur(April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912) • Two Americans who created and built the world's first successful airplane • First successful flight was December 17, 1903
Levi Strauss • February 26, 1829 – September 26, 1902 • A German-Jewish immigrant to the United States who founded the first company to manufacture blue jeans
Elias Howe • July 9, 1819 – October 3, 1867 • An American inventor and sewing machine pioneer • His machine contained the three essential features common to most modern machines: a needle with the eye at the point, • a shuttle operating beneath the cloth, and an automatic feed.
Benjamin Franklin • January 17, 1706– April 17, 1790 • He invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, and a carriage odometer • He formed both the first public lending library in America • Formed the first fire department in Pennsylvania
Henry Ford • July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947 • American industrialist • Founder of the Ford Motor Company • developed the assembly line technique of mass production • His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry.
Clarence Birdseye • December 9, 1886 – October 7, 1956 • American inventor • considered the founder of the modern method of freezing food • Saw how Eskimos froze fish between ice
Percy Spencer • 9 July, 1894 – 8 September, 1970 • an American engineer and inventor • Inventor of the microwave oven
George Washington Carver • January 1864– January 5, 1943 • believed to have been born into slavery in Missouri in January 1864 • Did research on alternative crops to cotton, such as peanuts, soybeans and sweet potatoes • developed and promoted about 100 products made from peanuts including cosmetics, dyes, paints, plastics, gasoline, and nitroglycerin
Eli Whitney • December 8, 1765 – January 8, 1825 • was an American inventor • best known for inventing the cotton gin
Elijah McCoy • May 2, 1844 – October 10, 1929 • A black Canadian-American inventor and engineer • notable for his 57 U.S. patents, most to do with lubrication of steam engines
Steve Jobs • February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011 • an American businessman and inventor widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution • co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc. • co-founded and served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios
Bill Gates • born October 28, 1955 • Gates is the former CEO and current chairman of Microsoft, the software company • donates large amounts of money to various charitable organizations and scientific research programs
Rovio Mobile • December 2009 • Larry Page and Sergey Brin • Angry Birds • strategy game developed by Finnish computer game developer Rovio Mobile. • Inspired by a sketch of stylized wingless birds • was first released for Apple's iOS • ]12+ million copies of the game have been purchased
Esther S. Takeuchi • Born Sept. 8, 1953 • She led efforts to invent and refine the lifesaving Li/SVObattery technology, utilized in the majority of today’s implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) • Esther Takeuchi has earned more patents than any other woman in the United States
Sir James Dyson • Born 2 May 1947 • British industrial designer • Founder of the Dyson company • Known as the inventor of the Dual Cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner
Francis H. Richards • 894 patents filed. • Born in 1850 in Connecticut • Notable works include the Richards Envelope Machine, which prints, folds, gums, counts, and bands 80,000 letters envelopes per day.
Melvin De Groote • 925 patents filed. • De Groote was born in 1895 • Notable inventions include de-emulsifying agents that separate crude oil from salt, sulfur and water. Without them, most of the oil pumped in the US for the last century would have been too corrosive for pipelines or tankers to transport.
Donald Weder • 951 patents filed. • Born in 1947 • Weder's patents are all related to the floristry industry. He created various ways to wrap flowers and flower pots, and different materials to use for doing so.
George Albert Lyon • 993 patents filed. • George Lyon was born in 1882. • He invented the automobile bumper, saving lives and minimizing damage.
Kia Silverbrook • 3,847 patents filed. • Silverbrook was born in 1958. • He holds patents in a diverse set of fields, from digital music synthesis to mechanical engineering. • Silverbrook invented Memjet, a high-speed color printing technology.
