Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

"If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do things worth writing."

Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. He invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, a carriage odometer, and the glass 'armonica'. He facilitated many civic organizations, including a fire department and a university.  Source: Wikipedia

Key  Achievements:

- Discoveries of Electricity
- Bifocal Glasses
- Lightning Rod
- Franklin Stove

More About This Scientist:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin

Roger Billings

Roger Billings

"I was a dreamer and still am. But I look at things this way. Some people have the ability to see tomorrow better than most."

Roger Evan Billings (born January, 1948) is an American businessman, inventor and developer of high-tech products. Billings is best known for his pioneering work as a developer of hydrogen energy technologies.

Billings is the CEO and Chairman of Billings Energy Corporation, a new start-up company focused on the development of hydrogen energy technologies. The new company bears the same name as the predecessor Utah corporation establish in 1972. The company is headquartered in Independence, Missouri. The company plans to build upon privately funded research and development efforts conducted over the past ten years to bring to market commercial hydrogen energy applications.

Billings is the author of two books on hydrogen energy technology, Hydrogen from Coal: A Cost Estimation Guidebook (1983) and Hydrogen World View (1991), and the co-author of a technical networking book, WideBand Networking (2000). He has also authored numerous technical papers on hydrogen energy and on computer networking.  Source: Wikipedia;  Quote Source: Entrepreneur Magazine.

Key Achievements:

- First Hydrogen Fueled Car
- Client/Server Computing
- Double-sided Floppy Drive
- First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car

More About This Scientist:

- Time-line of Milestones
- Books by Roger Billings
- Roger Billings' Official Site

Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison

"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."

Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park", he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production and large-scale teamwork to the process of invention, and because of that, he is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory.  Source: Wikipedia

Key Achievements:

- Light bulb
- Phonograph
- Motion Picture Camera
- Carbon Microphone

More About This Scientist:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison