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  2. Nick Holonyak - Wikipedia

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    Nick Holonyak Jr. (/ h ʌ l ɒ n j æ k / huh-LON-yak; November 3, 1928 – September 18, 2022) was an American engineer and educator.He is noted particularly for his 1962 invention and first demonstration of a semiconductor laser diode that emitted visible light.

  3. Patricia Bath - Wikipedia

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    2017: Time Magazine "Firsts: Women Who Are Changing the World” for being the first to invent and demonstrate laserphaco cataract surgery [50] 2017: Hunter College Hall of Fame induction [51] 2018: New York Academy of Medicine John Stearns Medal for Distinguished Contributions in Clinical Practice, for invention of laserphaco cataract surgery [52]

  4. 1988 in science - Wikipedia

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    The year 1988 in science and ... Patricia Bath patents the Laserphaco ... winner of Nobel Prize in Physics in 1944 for invention of the atomic beam magnetic ...

  5. 30 Black Americans To Celebrate During Black History Month ...

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    Dr. Bath invented the Laserphaco Probe in 1981, which used lasers to treat cataracts more precisely and less painfully. ... That year, he won medals in the 100- and 200-meter dashes, along with ...

  6. List of prolific inventors - Wikipedia

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    Pats /Yr: The average number of patents received per year [Pats column divided by Yrs column, rounded]. Inv / Pat: The average number of inventors listed on the inventor's most recent 50 patents as of September 7, 2021 or on the date the inventor was added to the table if later. "NA" signifies the inventor was active prior to digital records.

  7. List of National Inventors Hall of Fame inductees - Wikipedia

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    Display of inductees in the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Alexandria. The National Inventors Hall of Fame is an American not-for-profit organization, founded in 1973, which recognizes individual engineers and inventors who hold a U.S. patent of significant technology.

  8. David Hall (American inventor and businessman) - Wikipedia

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    David Hall (born 1951) is an American entrepreneur, engineer, and inventor whose work spans multiple technology sectors, including autonomous vehicles, audio systems, and marine technology. He is widely recognized for his involvement in LIDAR technology for self-driving cars , having founded Velodyne Lidar .

  9. From a 16-year-old truck washer to the inventor of the Pop ...

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    The 60-year-old brand, long a byword for rushed suburban breakfasts before school and a distinctly food-industrial complex of the ancient European form of strudel, had gained a new currency as a ...