Inventor of the Week

One of my favorite sites is MIT's spotlight feature on Inventor of the Week... From medical breakthroughs to technological advances to product and process improvements, invention is at the heart of a great society.

The Lemelson-MIT Program is dedicated to honoring the acclaimed and unsung heroes who have helped improve our lives through invention.

This site has a weekly feature - "Inventor of the Week" spotlighting notables such as:

Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Emile Gagnan invented a system that would revolutionize the world of deep-sea exploration and push diving into the mainstream, allowing people around the world to become exposed to a magical oceanic wilderness they had been unable to experience before. The system is known as the "Aqua-lung."

and...

"The age of the Internet continues to be one filled with tremendous opportunity for young, up-and-coming technologists to make their marks on the world early in their careers. Such was the case with Marc Andreesen and Eric Bina, inventors of "Mosaic," an Internet browser software system that helped to speed the widespread use and adoption of the Internet around the world."

and one more...

"It may be hard to believe, but before the 1930s no one had ever had the pleasure of biting into a chocolate chip cookie. Why? The sweet world famous treat had not been invented yet.

Ruth Graves Wakefield was the woman responsible for coming up with the concoction."

Stop by and read up on these men and women who perserved to bring good and witty inventions to life that are part of our lives everyday. Perhaps you're raising a child that may discover a cure for cancer!