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Paul
MacCready
Invented the first human-powered
flying machine in history.
Charles
Macintosh
Received a patent for a method for
making waterproof garments by using rubber dissolved in coal-tar naphtha
for cementing two pieces of cloth together. The mackintosh raincoat was
named after Charles Macintosh.
Cluny
MacPherson
Canadian, Cluny MacPherson invented
the Macpherson gas mask and started the first St. John's Ambulance Brigade.
Akhil
Madhani
Honored with the Lemelson-MIT Award
for his robotics invention.
Theodore
Harold Maiman
Received a patent for the Ruby Laser
System.
Guglielmo
Marconi
In 1895, Marconi invented equipment
that transmitted electrical signals through the air (part of telegraphy
and radio transmission).
Warren
Marrison
Developed the first quartz clock.
Stanley
Mason
Invented a clothespin fishing lure,
the first disposable contoured diapers, the squeezable ketchup bottle,
the granola bar, a heated pizza box, plastic microwave cookingware, and
a dental floss dispenser.
Thomas
Massie
Invented the haptic computer interface,
a computer interface system that enhances virtual reality.
Sybilla
Masters
The first women ever recorded in
history for inventing. However, women have been inventing since the dawn
of time without the deserved recognition.
Jan
Ernst Matzeliger
Developed an automatic method for
lasting shoes and made the mass-production of affordable shoes possible.
John
W Maunchly
Co-invented the ENIAC computer.
Robert
D Maurer
Invented fiber-optic communication
innovations and co-invented fiber-optic wire.
Stanley
Mazor
Received a patent for the first
computer microprocessor. The history of the microprocessor.
Hiram
Maxim
Inventor of the Maxim Machine Gun.
James
Clerk Maxwell
One of the world's greatest physicists.
Cyrus
Hall McCormick
A Chicago industrialist who invented
the first commercially successful reaper, a horse-drawn machine that harvested
wheat.
Elijah
McCoy
McCoy is best known for inventing
the automatic oil cup. During his life, he invented and sold 57 different
kinds of devices and machine parts including an ironing board and a lawn
sprinkler.
James
McLurkin
Invented "Robot Ants" robots.
Arthur
Melin
Co-invented the modern hula hoop.
Gerardus
Mercator
The Mercator map projection was
invented by Gerardus Mercator as a navigation tool.
Ottmar
Mergenthaler
Invented the linotype-composing
machine in 1886.
George
de Mestral
Invented VELCRO and Mother Nature
could not have made it better herself.
Robert
Metcalfe
Introduced the world to network
computing with the ethernet.
Antonio
Meucci
American-Italian inventor.
Alexander
Miles
Invented an improved elevator.
John
A Miller
The "Thomas Edison" of roller coasters.
Irving
Millman
Co-invented a vaccine against viral
hepatitis and developed a test that identified hepatitis B in blood samples.
Dennis
Moeller
Co-invented improvements in computer
architecture that allows IBM compatible PCs to share the same peripheral
devices.
Ann
Moore
Invented the Snugli baby carrier.
Gordon
E Moore
The Intel co-founder and chairman
emeritus discusses the birth of the microprocessor, giving the history
a very personal flavor.
Garrett
A Morgan
Invented a gas mask and received
a patent for a traffic light.
William
G Morgan
Invented volleyball in 1895, at
a YMCA in Holyoke, MA.
Krysta
Morlan
Invented a
device that relieves the irritation caused by wearing a cast - the cast
cooler.
William
Morrison - Walter Frederick Morrison
A plastic version of the Frisbie.
William
Morrison
Built a electric-powered six-passenger wagon in 1891.
Samuel
Morse
Invented telegraph wires and Morse
code, an electronic alphabet patented in 1840. The first telegraph read,
"What hath God wrought!".
Andrew
J Moyer
Moyer's patents were for the industrial
production of penicillin.
Louis
Marius Moyroud
Invented the first practical phototypesetting
machine.
K
Alex Muller
In 1986, Alex Müller and Johannes
Georg Bednorz invented the first high-temperature superconductor.
Kary
Banks Mullis
Invented PCR, the process for amplifying
nucleic acids.
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