Read about MIT teacher and practitioner Ernesto Blanco, inventor of the stair-climbing wheelchair. This article provides details on the inventor's life, his career outside of MIT, and his inventions that continue to help the handicapped...

A biography of George Eastman, who revolutionized photography with his innovations in film and photograph development. From the MIT School of Engineering.

This is a collection of courses on communities and ecosystems. Some topics explored are productivity, food webs, and ecology. The courses offer video clips, lecture notes, practice problems, and exam questions. Practice problems and exam...

This website contains biographical information about Robert Fulton, including the events leading up to his design of the first successful steamboat.

At this site from MIT Invention Dimension you can read about Virginia Apgar and her accomplishments as "One of Columbia University's first female M.D.s," as a researcher of childbirth, and as the inventor of the "Newborn Scoring System."

This site from the MIT Invention Dimension provides the history of Eli Whitney's cotton gin. Important part of the Industrial Revolution.

Take an academic look at wearable computing with this site from MIT. Check out the research currently going on at the institution, including "fashion shows" of various devices. Also contains "A Brief History of Wearable Computing Timeline".

This resource provides information and sources that discuss the elements of dance.

Brief article, with biographical details, about Sam Colt's invention of the Colt revolver, the first weapon with a revolving cylinder that could hold six bullets.

Inventor Frederick M. Jones is featured in this brief biography for his lasting contributions to the refrigerator and cinema industries.

This brief article talks about how Luther Burbank (1849-1926 CE) invented the "Idaho" potato, the July Elberta peach, the Santa Rosa plum, and the Flaming Gold nectarine through his crossbreeding experiments, which changed the world of...

This website provides information on the life and inventions of Lee DeForest, the man who invented the audion tube, which made commercial radio broadcasting practical.

Use this site to learn about Vinton Cerf, the inventor who co-designed and developed "the protocols and structure of what became the Internet."

Use this site to learn about Lloyd Conover, the inventor of tetracycline, an antibiotic which is used to treat bacterial infections, such as Lyme Disease.

Read about Robert Koffler Jarvik, the "inventor of the first permanently-implantable artificial heart." This article provides a biography of the inventor, the reasons why he became interested in creating an artificial heart, and his...

This article from Massachusetts Institute of Technology describes Rube Goldberg's work as a cartoonist.

Use this site to learn about the man who invented the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, and view links to further related information on this inventor and his invention.

Credited with the creation of the atomic bomb, Robert Oppenheimer opposed the development of the hydrogen bomb. Read about Oppenheimer's education and involvement in the atomic explosions, which "changed the world forever."

Use this site to learn about how Leo Baekeland invented plastic, and how this simple invention resulted in a "plastic revolution."

As the inventor of the lightbulb, phonograph, and the printing telegraph, Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), improved the daily lives of everyday people.

Brief article, with biographical details, about Charles Goodyear's invention of vulcanization, a process to make rubber durable for industrial use.

Read about Bessie Blount's contribution to medicine--her work as a physical therapist and her invention of a feeding device for amputees.

In a career spannig over 40 years, [Gertrude Belle] Elion (1918-1999 CE) invented some of the 20th century's most significant lifesaving drugs. Read about the life and accomplishments of this scientist who won the Nobel Prize for...

Read a biography of Ruth Wakefield, the inventor of the chocolate chip cookie.