Invention

Inventors and their creations.

People in Invention

7 profiles

Inventor

Nikola Tesla

Developing motors and systems for alternating-current electricity.

Inventor

Thomas Edison

Developing the phonograph and practical electric-lighting systems.

Inventor

Alexander Graham Bell

Developing and patenting an early practical telephone.

Engineer

Ferdinand Porsche

Designing influential cars, including the Volkswagen prototype.

Inventor

Alfred Nobel

Inventing dynamite and leaving the fortune that established the Nobel Prizes.

Actor

Hedy Lamarr

Co-inventing a frequency-hopping communications system while working as a Hollywood film star.

Engineer

Karl Benz

Building and patenting a pioneering practical petrol-powered automobile.