How everyday people make a dream into a reality!

What is an inventor?• An inventor is someone who:– Notices a problem or need around them– Thinks of a unique solution to the problem – Creates or builds their idea for others to use

What does an inventor look like?• ANYONE can be an

inventor• You can be young or old• An adult or child• You can speak any

language• You can live anywhere

Make COMMUNICATION

easier

Make JOBS & WORK

easier

Make TRAVEL easier

Make EVERY DAY LIFE

easier

You can find inventors:

INVENTORS OF THE PAST!

Alexander Graham Bell• March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922

• An eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone

Thomas Edison• (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931)

• was an American inventor• Invented the phonograph,

the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb.

• Was called "The Wizard of Menlo Park" by a newspaper reporter

The Wright Brothers

• Orville (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948)

• Wilbur (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912)

• Two Americans who created and built the world's first successful airplane

• First successful flight was December 17, 1903

Levi Strauss• February 26, 1829 – September 26, 1902

• A German-Jewish immigrant to the United States who founded the first company to manufacture blue jeans

Elias Howe• July 9, 1819 – October 3, 1867• An American inventor and

sewing machine pioneer• His machine contained the

three essential features common to most modern machines: a needle with the eye at the point,

• a shuttle operating beneath the cloth, and an automatic feed.

Benjamin Franklin• January 17, 1706– April 17, 1790

• He invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, and a carriage odometer

• He formed both the first public lending library in America

• Formed the first fire department in Pennsylvania

Henry Ford• July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947• American industrialist• Founder of the Ford Motor

Company • developed the assembly line

technique of mass production• His introduction of the Model T

automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry.

Clarence Birdseye• December 9, 1886 – October 7, 1956

• American inventor • considered the founder

of the modern method of freezing food

• Saw how Eskimos froze fish between ice

Percy Spencer• 9 July, 1894 – 8 September, 1970

• an American engineer and inventor

• Inventor of the microwave oven

George Washington Carver

• January 1864– January 5, 1943• believed to have been born into

slavery in Missouri in January 1864

• Did research on alternative crops to cotton, such as peanuts, soybeans and sweet potatoes

• developed and promoted about 100 products made from peanuts including cosmetics, dyes, paints, plastics, gasoline, and nitroglycerin

Eli Whitney• December 8, 1765 – January 8, 1825

• was an American inventor• best known for inventing

the cotton gin

Elijah McCoy• May 2, 1844 – October 10, 1929

• A black Canadian-American inventor and engineer

• notable for his 57 U.S. patents, most to do with lubrication of steam engines

INVENTORS OF Today!

Steve Jobs• February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011• an American businessman

and inventor widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution

• co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc.

• co-founded and served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios

Bill Gates• born October 28, 1955• Gates is the former CEO

and current chairman of Microsoft, the software company

• donates large amounts of money to various charitable organizations and scientific research programs

Rovio Mobile• December 2009• Larry Page and Sergey Brin• Angry Birds • strategy game developed by

Finnish computer game developer Rovio Mobile.

• Inspired by a sketch of stylized wingless birds

• was first released for Apple's iOS

• ]12+ million copies of the game have been purchased

Esther S. Takeuchi

• Born Sept. 8, 1953• She led efforts to invent and

refine the lifesaving Li/SVO battery technology, utilized in the majority of today’s implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs)

• Esther Takeuchi has earned more patents than any other woman in the United States

Sir James Dyson• Born 2 May 1947• British industrial designer • Founder of the Dyson

company• Known as the inventor of

the Dual Cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner

INVENTORS OF Tomorrow!

YOU!

BONUS!

Inventors of the Modern Era

Francis H. Richards• 894 patents filed.• Born in 1850 in

Connecticut• Notable works include

the Richards Envelope Machine, which prints, folds, gums, counts, and bands 80,000 letters envelopes per day.

Melvin De Groote• 925 patents filed.• De Groote was born in 1895• Notable inventions include

de-emulsifying agents that separate crude oil from salt, sulfur and water. Without them, most of the oil pumped in the US for the last century would have been too corrosive for pipelines or tankers to transport.

Donald Weder• 951 patents filed.

• Born in 1947• Weder's patents are all

related to the floristry industry. He created various ways to wrap flowers and flower pots, and different materials to use for doing so.

George Albert Lyon• 993 patents filed.• George Lyon was born

in 1882.

• He invented the automobile bumper, saving lives and minimizing damage.

Kia Silverbrook• 3,847 patents filed.• Silverbrook was born in

1958.• He holds patents in a

diverse set of fields, from digital music synthesis to mechanical engineering.

• Silverbrook invented Memjet, a high-speed color printing technology.