Top 100 Global Creator - P72. Eugene Polley - Creator of first wireless remote control for television
14-10-2020
(Worldkings.org) His 1955 invention, marketed as the Flash-Matic, used visible light to remotely control a television outfitted with four photo cells in the cabinet at the corners of the screen.
Top 100 Global Creator - P28. Georges Claude - Creator of neon light
18-08-2020
(Worldkings.org) While studying the inert gases, Claude found that passing electrical current through them produced light, and in 1910 he developed the neon lamp for use in lighting and signs.
Top 100 Global Creator - P23. Ray Tomlinson - Creator of email
12-08-2020
(Worldkings.org) Ray Tomlinson is credited as the inventor of email; in 1971, he developed the first system able to send mail between users on different hosts across the ARPANET, using the @ sign to link the user name with a destination server. By the mid-1970s, this was the form recognized as email.