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People Who Changed Everyday Life Without Becoming Household Names
People Who Changed Everyday Life Without Becoming Household Names
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Gladys West
A pen, a seat belt, a blood bank and an accessible book have very different histories, but each offers a route into a life that deserves more attention. These are editorial choices about practical...
People
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The People Who Made Rechargeable Batteries Practical
The People Who Made Rechargeable Batteries Practical
by gadget_bench  • 
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A battery that works once on a lab bench is a long way from one you can recharge and use every day. These inventors and researchers changed what went inside the cell and what manufacturers could...
Technology
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Television Technologies From Mechanical TV to OLED
Television Technologies From Mechanical TV to OLED
by gadget_bench  • 
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A chronological walk through the inventions and landmark sets that changed what people actually saw at home, from spinning disks and 30-line pictures to self-lit pixels a few millimeters...
Technology
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Cloud Storage and File Sync Services Compared
Cloud Storage and File Sync Services Compared
by gadget_bench  • 
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Where should your files live so they turn up on the laptop, the phone and the desktop without fuss, and can be pulled back when something goes wrong? This list compares the consumer cloud storage...
Technology
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People Who Changed How Science Records and Shares Knowledge
People Who Changed How Science Records and Shares Knowledge
by curious_compiler  • 
On a similar theme
Discoveries only matter once other people can find, check and build on them. This list follows the people behind the systems that make that possible: the first scientific journal, a naming scheme...
People
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Engineers Who Helped Make Computing Personal
Engineers Who Helped Make Computing Personal
by gadget_bench  • 
On a similar theme
The personal computer was built by teams, not lone geniuses. This list credits the engineers and programmers behind its key pieces: the mouse and windows, the microprocessor, the operating system...
Technology
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People Who Changed How We Measure the World
People Who Changed How We Measure the World
by curious_compiler  • 
On a similar theme
A measurement becomes useful when other people can compare it, repeat it or understand its uncertainty. These are my choices across observation, practical standards and statistics: people who...
People
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Researchers Who Built Essential Scientific Tools
Researchers Who Built Essential Scientific Tools
by curious_compiler  • 
On a similar theme
Many of science's biggest leaps came from someone building a better way to look, measure or copy, and then everyone else using it. This list follows the people behind instruments and methods that...
People
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Founders Who Made Complex Technology Easier to Use
Founders Who Made Complex Technology Easier to Use
by gadget_bench  • 
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Most people never touch the hard parts of computing: memory management, networking protocols, video codecs, print layout. They use products built by people who hid that complexity behind something...
Technology
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Entrepreneurs Who Turned Research into Useful Technology
Entrepreneurs Who Turned Research into Useful Technology
by gadget_bench  • 
On a similar theme
Each of these people took an idea out of a laboratory or a thesis and turned it into something people use: the chip, the network cable, the database, the camera sensor, the search engine and the...
Technology
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People Who Made the Internet Work at Scale
People Who Made the Internet Work at Scale
by gadget_bench  • 
On a similar theme
Nobody invented the internet. It works because hundreds of people solved specific problems and agreed to share the answers as open standards. This list credits some of the most important: packet...
Technology
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Scientists Whose Careers Crossed Disciplinary Boundaries
Scientists Whose Careers Crossed Disciplinary Boundaries
by curious_compiler  • 
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Some of the biggest advances in science came from people who walked into a field they were not trained in, carrying tools and questions from another: physicists who turned to genes, a...
People
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Scientists Who Helped Build New Research Institutions
Scientists Who Helped Build New Research Institutions
by curious_compiler  • 
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Laboratories, observatories and institutes do not appear by themselves. Someone has to raise the money, persuade governments, hire people and design a place where others can do their best work...
People
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People Who Built Businesses Around Open-Source Software
People Who Built Businesses Around Open-Source Software
by gadget_bench  • 
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Open-source code can be copied, changed and redistributed by anyone, which makes selling it an odd business. The people on this list found ways anyway: support contracts, subscriptions to tested...
Technology
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Influential Transit Maps and Signage Systems
Influential Transit Maps and Signage Systems
by curious_compiler  • 
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The maps, typefaces and sign systems that changed how strangers find their way around a city, a rail network or a highway. Each one has a named designer behind it, and each earned its place in two...
Arts & Design
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Technology Founders Who Built for Small Businesses
Technology Founders Who Built for Small Businesses
by gadget_bench  • 
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These founders built software and payment tools for the corner shop, the freelancer and the ten-person firm rather than the global corporation: accounting, email marketing, card readers, websites...
Technology
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