Ten women who have changed the world
Women inventors who changed the world
Stephanie Kwolek
Stephanie started working for DuPont, and a year later, Koelek discovered a fiber 5 times stronger than steel. The company patented this fiber, called Kevlar, and now uses these fibers to make helmets and life jackets.
Patricia Bath
A black American doctor, invented the use of laser technology in the treatment of cataracts, which is one of the causes of visual impairment,
Grace Hopper
She invented the first programming language bank and was among the people who popularized the idea of machine-independent programming languages that led to the development of COBOL. In recognition of her achievements and her naval rank, she was sometimes nicknamed "The Great Grace."
Heidi Lamar
She started as an actress, and then the Hollywood star turned to the field of scientific research. Some scientists believe that she is the real inventor of the mobile phone, and that she recorded this in America, and that she recorded another invention, which is the wireless torpedo movement. Lamar was a scientist and inventor who participated in the creation of the spread spectrum technology, which is considered The cornerstone of many wireless communications today.
Mary Andson
After a snowy day on the tram, Marie came up with the idea of the wipers, then she hired a mechanical designer to design a hand-operated device for her that could be used to clean windshields, and she made a local company produce the first car wipers in history, and after a year of design, she got the invention.
Ada Lovelace
Her work on the Analytical Engine is a proposal for a general purpose mechanical computer designed by Charles Babbage. She was the first to realize that a machine has applications beyond mere computation, and published the first algorithm that a machine could perform. Therefore, it is sometimes considered the first to know the full potential of the “calculator” and the first computer programmer.
Gertrude Elyon
Nobel laureate in medicine Gertrude has developed several drugs used to treat AIDS. Which made a large number of achievements in the world of medicine throughout her life, as she discovered “mercaptopurine”, which is the first treatment for leukemia and is used in organ transplantation, in addition to many important medicines
Letizia Gear
Leticia Gere patented the medical syringe in 1899, which was later developed by Colin Murdoch in 1956.
Ann Tsukamoto
The method of isolating and separating stem cells was patented in 1991, and since then the research it has completed has led to great developments in the field of understanding the functioning of the circulatory system in cancer patients.
Rachel Zimmerman
Inventor of the code printer, which is a computer program invented by Rachel when she was 12 years old in the mid-XNUMXs. Which helped many people with severe disabilities such as cerebral palsy to communicate with their surroundings