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5-Tech Pioneers

The brains behind the objects that impact our lives everyday.

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Ada Lovelace English mathematician known as the first computer programmer
Alexander Graham Bell scientist given credit for inventing the telephone in 1876
Bill Gates created Microsoft Corporation in 1975
Clarence Birdseye developed the first system for freezing food in the 1920s
Elon Musk created SpaceX in 2002 and Tesla in 2003
Grace Hopper developed the first computer coding languages in the 1950s
Guglielmo Marconi Italian engineer known as the inventor of radio
Henry Ford innovated the assembly line in 1913, which allowed automobiles to be mass produced
Jack Dorsey created Twitter in 2006
Jeff Bezos started Amazon.com in 1994
Johannes Gutenberg German blacksmith who invented the printing press around the year 1440
Karl Benz German engineer credited with inventing the first automobile in 1886
Larry Page helped create Google in 1998
Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook in 2004
Martin Cooper created the first handheld mobile cell phone in 1973
Nikola Tesla Serbian engineer known for his work with electricity and wireless communication
Nolan Bushnell created Atari in 1972 and is one of the founders of the video game industry
Philo Farnsworth inventor who helped develop television in the 1920s
Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer Company in 1976 with Steve Wozniak
Steve Wozniak built the first Apple computer in 1975
Thomas Edison known for his work on the light bulb, motion picture camera, and sound recorder
Tim Berners-Lee developed the World Wide Web in 1989
Wilhelm Roentgen discovered electromagnetic radiation (X-rays) in 1895
Willis Carrier invented the first electrical air conditioning unit in 1902
Wright Brothers built and operated the first flying aircraft in 1903
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