Aviation
-
The Rotary Plane of Engelbert Zaschka
On June 19, 1926, German engineer, designer aviation pioneer Engelbert Zaschka filed a patent on his “Hubschraubenflugzeug” (Zaschka Rotary-Wing Airplane), a…
Broadcasting
-
David Attenborough and Life on Planet Earth
On May 8, 1926, English broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Frederick Attenborough was born. He is best known for writing…
Cinematography
-
M – A City looks for a Murderer
On May 11, 1931, German drama-thriller “M – A city looks for a murderer” directed by Fritz Lang and starring…
Computer Games
-
Heinz Nixdorf and his Microcomputers
On April 9, 1925, German computing pioneer, businessman and founder of Nixdorf Computer AG Heinz Nixdorf was born. Nixdorf founded…
Engineering
-
Charles B. Momsen and the Momsen Lung
On June 21, 1896, American inventor and navy officer Charles Bowers Momsen was born. Momsen was an American pioneer in submarine…
Inventor
-
John Henry Pepper and Pepper’s Ghost
On June 17, 1821, British inventor John Henry Pepper was born. Pepper is primarily remembered for developing the projection technique…
Photography
-
Édouard-Gaston Deville and the Perfection of Photogrammetry
On February 21, 1849, French-Canadian surveyor Édouard-Gaston Deville was born. Deville perfected the first practical method of photogrammetry, the making of…
Printing
-
Ottmar Mergenthaler – a Second Gutenberg
Ottmar Mergenthaler (1854–1899) Photo taken at age 25 in 1879 On July 3, 1886, the first Linotype machine invented by…
Space
-
David Scott – the First Person to Drive on the Moon
On June 6, 1932, American engineer, test pilot and NASA astronaut David Randolph Scott was born. Scott became the seventh…
Transportation
-
Land Rover and the Series to remember
On April 30, 1948, the Land Rover Series I was officially launched at the Amsterdam Motor Show. What started out…
Women in Technology
-
Ida Henrietta Hyde and the Microelectrode
On September 8, 1857, American physiologist Ida Henrietta Hyde was born. Hyde is known for developing a micro-electrode powerful enough…
