* Douglas Engelbart, as an internet pioneer, the inventor of the computer mouse, in human – computer interaction, committed, vocal proponent of the development and use of computers and networks to help cope with the world ’ s increasingly urgent and complex problems

Charles Babbage, FRS ( 26 December 1791 – 18 October 1871 ) was an English mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer who originated the concept of a programmable computer.

Douglas Carl Engelbart ( born January 30, 1925 ) is an American inventor, and an early computer and internet pioneer.

* 1910 – Konrad Zuse, German engineer and inventor, invented the Z3 computer ( d. 1995 )

* 1952 – Voja Antonić, Serbian inventor and journalist, designed the Galaksija computer

Konrad Zuse (; 1910 – 1995 ) was a German civil engineer, inventor and computer pioneer.

* Konrad Zuse, inventor of first working programmable computer

As the inventor of the prototype of what is now called Boolean logic, which became the basis of the modern digital computer, Boole is regarded in hindsight as a founder of the field of computer science.

For a variety of reasons ( including Mauchly's June 1941 examination of the Atanasoff – Berry Computer, prototyped in 1939 by John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry ), US patent 3, 120, 606 for ENIAC, granted in 1964, was voided by the 1973 decision of the landmark federal court case Honeywell v. Sperry Rand, putting the invention of the electronic digital computer in the public domain and providing legal recognition to Atanasoff as the inventor of the first electronic digital computer.

In 1961 Edward O. Thorp built a microprocessor timing circuit into a shoe, for covertly cheating at roulette, and referred to himself as inventor of the wearable computer.

Atansoff invented the first digital computer in the world during the 1930s in the Iowa State College, but it took a lengthy court battle for achieving legal patent to 1973 when the case of Honeywell v. Sperry Rand was solved and the verdict named Atansoff with the title the inventor of the computer, the decision was never appealed, thus giving him the legal right to be called as such in the United States.

In the 1973 decision of Honeywell v. Sperry Rand, a federal judge named Atanasoff the inventor of the electronic digital computer.

* Lynn Conway, American computer scientist and inventor

* Hal Prewitt, past Town Commissioner, Race car driver, inventor of personal computer products and early pioneer in the personal computer revolution

* Jef Raskin ( Jeffrey Frank Raskin, 1943-2005 ), widely acknowledged as the " Father of the Macintosh ", noted computer scientist and expert on the human / computer interface, inventor, conductor, artist, writer and businessman, ( graduated Brentwood HS 1960 )

* Mark Dean, inventor and computer scientist

Dr. An Wang (; February 7, 1920 – March 24, 1990 ) was a Chinese American computer engineer and inventor, and co-founder of computer company Wang Laboratories, which was known primarily for its dedicated word processing machines.

The computer screen name " Mr Babbage " was in recognition to the English mathematician, philosopher, inventor, and mechanical engineer who originated the concept of a programmable computer, Charles Babbage.

Gadget Hackwrench is a young female mouse and the team's pilot, mechanic and inventor.

Mouse Systems Corporation, formerly Rodent Associates, was founded in 1982 by Steve Kirsch, inventor of the optical mouse.

The first computer mouse underside view held by inventor Douglas Engelbart

* Little Chu / Chewy — A mouse who is the grandson of the great inventor Dr. Chu, and a budding inventor in his own right.

Arthur, an inventor who was granted " several dozen patents ", was also an independent patent attorney.

Coined in 1817 by Scottish inventor Sir David Brewster, " kaleidoscope " is derived from the Ancient Greek καλός ( kalos ), " beautiful, beauty ", εἶδος ( eidos ), " that which is seen: form, shape " and σκοπέω ( skopeō ), " to look to, to examine ", hence " observer of beautiful forms.

Censorship always followed Michelangelo, once described as " inventor delle porcherie " (" inventor of obscenities ", in the original Italian language referring to " pork things ").

The claim that the Scotsman James Chalmers was the inventor of the postage stamp first surfaced in 1881 when the book " The Penny Postage Scheme of 1837 ", written by his son, Patrick Chalmers, was published.

He went to great lengths to win a lawsuit for the right to be called " inventor of the telegraph ", and promoted himself as being an inventor, but Alfred Vail played an important role in the invention of the Morse Code, which was based on earlier codes for the electromagnetic telegraph.

Stanley Unwin ( 7 June 1911 Pretoria, South Africa – 12 January 2002 Danetre Hospital, Daventry, Northamptonshire, England ), sometimes billed as Professor Stanley Unwin, was a British comedian and comic writer, and the inventor of his own language, " Unwinese ", referred to in the film Carry On Regardless as " gobbledegook ".

He is also shown as an inventor / huckster ( in the style of Ron Popeil ) on the television show I Can't Believe They Invented It !, with products such as the " Juice Loosener " in " Marge in Chains ", an inefficient juicer made in Japan which ultimately causes an influenza epidemic in Springfield ( due to one of the workers at the factory having the disease, but still going to work, thus spreading his germs through the packaging ).

Many of the comics and toys he sells are of poor quality and often have very high prices ( for example, " The Ultimate Pog ", featuring their supposed inventor, Steve Allen, costs $ 500 ).

British forces in the Battle of the Somme used experimental weapons called " Livens Large Gallery Flame Projector ", named for their inventor, a Royal Engineers officer William Howard Livens.

Burghoff is also the inventor of ( and holds a patent on ) the " Chum Magic ", a fishing tackle invention that attracts fish toward the user's boat.

* Nicolas Appert ( 1749 – 1841 ), inventor of the " appertisation ", and the preservation of food.

He also has many eccentric relatives including slightly-addled Uncle Herman, or " Doc Jones ", a daffy and slightly pompous inventor whose creations usually wreak havoc on Jughead and / or his friends and his lookalike younger cousin, Souphead.

Having some money saved and keeping his idea alive of being an inventor as opposed to a " medicine man ", Colt made arrangements to begin building guns using proper gunsmiths from Baltimore, Maryland.

Threlfall called Hargrave the " inventor of human flight ", and the debt supposed to be owed by the Wright brothers to Hargrave.

He was a member of Archie's racing team in " Archie R / C Racers ", and featured in " Explorers of the Unknown " as team inventor Gizmo.

Scaruffi argues that Coryell is " another candidate to inventor of jazz-rock ", in that the Texas-born guitarist released the jazz-rock recording Out of Sight And Sound in 1966.

The fin was introduced in 1936 by Woody " Spider " Brown ", later inventor of the modern catamaran, when he built America's first modern surfboard ( i. e., capable of being surfed standing up ) using principles learned during his decade of aeronautical experience.

In 1909 the French inventor Gabet demonstrated what he called his " Torpille Radio-Automatique ", a radio controlled torpedo.

Francis Melvin Rogallo ( January 27, 1912 – September 1, 2009 ) was an American aeronautical engineer inventor born in Sanger, California, U. S. A .; he is credited with the invention of the Rogallo wing, or " flexible wing ", a precursor to the modern hang glider and paraglider.

The inventor of " Wireless Telecommunications ", Bose was not interested in patenting his invention.

In early editions of MacElhone's book, he cites the inventor as Pat MacGarry, " the Popular bar-tender at Buck's Club, London ", but in later editions he cites himself.