tailieunhanh - Inventors at Work

Inventions in steam engines, cotton mills, and iron works converged in the eighteenth century to propel the First Industrial Revolution. Inventions in internal combustion engines, electrification, and steelmaking in the nineteenth century ushered in the Second Industrial Revolution. Today, twentieth-century inventions in digital technology are being conjoined with twenty-first-century innovations in software, materials and advanced manufacturing processes, robotics, and web-based services to inaugurate the Third Industrial Revolution. Today, at the dawn of the nexus of the future, ideas for inventions stand only a small chance of being realized and competing in the marketplace unless they’re generated or picked up by corporations. | THE MINDS AND MOTIVATION BEHIND MODERN INVENTIONS Gene Frantz DSP chips Eric FoSSUM image sensors Robert Dennard computer memory Tim Leatherman folding hand tools Lonnie Johnson energy systems Reyn Guyer toys Ron PoPEIL housewares Bernhard Van Lengerich food manufacturing INVENTORS AT WORK Gary Michelson spinal implants Al Maurice polymers Helen Greiner robotics Glen MeRFLED batteries Steve Gass table saws Karen Swider-Lyons fuel cells Don Keck fiber optics Bob LoCE imaging systems Curt Croley Graham Marshall Shane MacGregor mobile devices Matthew Scholz healthcare products Daria Mochly-Rosen drugs Martin Keen footwear Kevin DePPERMANN seed genomes John Calvert Elizabeth Dougherty USPTO Steve Wozniak personal computers BRETT STERN For your convenience Apress has placed some of the front matter material after the index. Please use the Bookmarks and Contents at a Glance links to access them. Apress Contents About the Chapter 1. Gene Frantz DSP Chapter 2. Eric Fossum Image Chapter 3. Ron Popeil Chapter 4. Robert Dennard Computer Chapter 5. Gary Michelson Spinal Chapter 6. Al Maurice Chapter 7. Helen Greiner Chapter 8. Glen Merfeld Chapter 9. Steve Gass Table Saws. 113 Chapter 10. Karen Swider-Lyons Fuel Chapter 11. Don Keck Fiber Optics. 147 Chapter 12. Bob Loce Imaging Systems. 157 Chapter 13. Lonnie Johnson Energy Chapter 14. Tim Leatherman Folding Hand Tools. 177 Chapter 15. Reyn Guyer Chapter 16. Bernhard van Lengerich Food Chapter 17. Curt Croley Shane MacGregor Graham Marshall Mobile Devices . 215 Chapter 18. Matthew Scholz Healthcare Chapter 19. Daria Mochly-Rosen Drugs . 239 Chapter 20. Martin Keen Footwear . 251 Chapter 21. Kevin Deppermann Seed