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Jun 14, 2024
Lynn Conway (1938–2024), microchip pioneer and transgender activist
Lynn Conway was a microchip design pioneer and transgender activist who helped shape how modern semiconductors are made, literally writing the book on the topic.
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May 22, 2024
C. Gordon Bell (1934–2024), helped bring computers into homes
C. Gordon Bell was an electrical engineer who worked on some of the world’s first small-profile computers and, as a result, helped usher in the era of the home PC.
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Jan 29, 2024
Gerald McGinnis (1934–2024), inventor of the CPAP machine
Gerald E. “Jerry” McGinnis was a biomedical engineer who invented the CPAP machine and founded several medical technology companies, including Respironics and Lanz Medical Products.
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Dec 23, 2022
Jim Fosgate (1937–2022), inventor of the first car stereo amplifier
Jim Fosgate was an inventor and engineer who created the first car stereo amplifier.
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Jun 3, 2022
Dave Smith (1950–2022), synthesizer pioneer
Dave Smith was an engineer known as the “Father of MIDI” for his innovations in electronic instruments.
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Mar 10, 2021
Lou Ottens (1926–2021), inventor of the cassette tape
Lou Ottens was a Dutch engineer who invented the cassette tape, one of the most popular music formats of the 1970s, ‘80s, and ‘90s.
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Sep 21, 2020
Bob Gore (1937–2020), inventor of Gore-Tex
Robert W. “Bob” Gore was the former president and chairman of W.L. Gore & Associates, best known for inventing Gore-Tex fabric.
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Aug 26, 2020
Gerald Carr (1932–2020), Skylab 4 commander
Gerald Carr was an astronaut who commandedc2Skylabc24c2in 1973, the final Skylabc2mission.c2
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Aug 3, 2020
William English (1929–2020), engineer who built the first computer mouse
William English was a computer engineer who built the first computer mouse.
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Jul 14, 2020
Grant Imahara (1970–2020), host of “MythBusters,” “White Rabbit Project”
Grant Imahara was an electrical engineer and roboticist who was best known for hosting “MythBusters” and “White Rabbit Project.”
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May 5, 2020
Takuo Aoyagi (1936–2020), pulse oximeter inventor
Takuo Aoyagi was a Japanese engineer who developed technology that made the modern pulse oximeter possible, allowing us to measure the level of oxygen in the blood.
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Apr 16, 2019
Owen Garriott (1930–2019), Skylab and space shuttle astronaut
NASA astronaut Owen Garriott spent a total of 70 days in space.
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Feb 19, 2019
Wallace Broecker (1931–2019), scientist popularized the term “global warming”
Predicted rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide would raise global temperatures.
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May 27, 2018
Glenn Snoddy (1922–2018), invented the fuzz pedal
Keith Richards famously used the pedal on "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction."
