View allAll Photos Tagged Inventor
I shot this in an extremely cold April Friday about two weeks ago. If you have few minutes to kill take a look here it’s the history of “ferris wheel” and it’s pretty interesting.
James Fisher, of InventionDemos, www.InventionDemos.com appears to be gathering tips from our surprise bagpipe entertainment for Doug....
Ferguson was born on his family's farm at Growell, near Dromore, County Down. While still in his teens he entered his brother Joe's car and cycle repair business in Belfast as an apprentice, but had soon developed a motor cycle and racing car of his own. In 1909 he made the first powered flight in Ireland in a machine of his own design, flying from Dundrum to Newcastle, Co Down. In 1911 he opened his own car business in May Street, Belfast, later moving to Donegall Square East.
In 1914 he began to sell American tractors but, finding them heavy and dangerous to operate, he designed and built a new plough which was coupled to the tractor in three-point linkage, so that both formed a single unit. This 'Ferguson System', building on the earlier two-point linkage patented in 1919, was patented in 1928. Together with many other inventions, it was to revolutionise farming.
In 1936 he started manufacturing his own tractors, but three years later entered into partnership with Henry Ford; over 300,000 of the new Ford Ferguson tractors were made. Following a lawsuit with Ford's grandson, the partnership was dissolved in 1947.
Ferguson went on to design a light-weight tractor, the TC-20, or "Wee Fergie", which was assembled by Standard Motor Company of Coventry; about half a million of these were made. He later entered another stormy partnership, this time with Massey-Harris of Toronto, to form the Massey-Ferguson Company.
All his life he promoted motor cycle and car racing; his efforts led to the Stormont Road Races Act (1932), which made possible the first Ulster Grand Prix. He also lobbied the R.A.C. to organise the famous Tourist Trophy motor cycle races (1928-36). In later life he applied himself to the design of four-wheel-drive cars. He died in Stow-on-the Wold in October 1960.
Dr. James Naismith (1861-1939) Almonte, Ontario.
Some concerned citizen supplied a touque and scharf.
inventors.about.com/od/inventorsalphabet/a/James_Naismith...
Inventora de una plataforma de guiado accesible y universal para espacios interiores y exteriores.
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos.
This man invented the Evolver Bag, which is a multi-purpose bag that can be used for photography, laptop, messenger or travel. I was privileged to have been invited to his party and I was able to capture this precious moment while he was checking his phone messages.
****NO REPRODUCTION FEE**** DUBLIN WEB SUMMIT 2012: 17.10.2012: Pictured on the main stage at the Dublin Web Summit. The Dublin Web Summit is the largest tech conference in Europe. This year 4,000 attendees will gather at Dublin’s RDS on the 17th & 18th October with 250 startups exhibiting to investors, startup experts and industry gurus. 100 shortlisted startups will take part in the Electric Ireland Spark of Genius Competition. This year we will introduce multiple stages with over 200 international entrepreneurs, industry leaders, inventors including Niklas Zennström the founder of Skype, Mike McCue, the founder of Flipboard, Victoria Ransom, founder of Wildfire, Kevin Rose of Google Ventures, Michael Acton Smith, founder of Mind Candy / Moshi Monsters Barry Sonnenfeld, Director, Men In Black and more from companies including Google, Facebook, Amazon, Twitter, Flipboard, Google Ventures. Irelands’ industry heavyweights joining the speakers list this year include Noel Curran Director-General of RTÉ, Paul Rellis, Managing Director of Microsoft Ireland, Software Entrepreneur Ray Nolan and Louise Phelan from PayPal. The Summit is a unique networking opportunity for speakers, attendees and startups as events will continue late into the evenings in our designated pubs and restaurants across Dublin city. Picture Conor McCabe Photography
John Ericsson was a Swedish-American inventor who has been regarded as one of the most brilliant inventors in history.
A son of a distinguished Swedish engineering family, John Ericsson began his career as a canal builder before inventing a heat engine. Moving to Great Britain (where his engine failed to attract interest due to its use of wood, prevalent in Sweden but not in the UK), Ericsson shifted over to steam. With John Braithwaite he built the steam locomotive Novelty, where in the 1829 Rainhill Trials it proved to be the fastest locomotive but failed the test due to boiler problems. The engineer continued building locomotives, as well as a more successful fire engine, a steam condenser to produce fresh water for ships, and a 'deep sea lead,' pressure-activated fathometer. These minor successes were not enough to prevent him from spending time in debtor's prisons. His marriage to Amelia Byam was disastrous and the two quickly separated without divorcing.
Meanwhile Ericsson had designed a new propeller system, using two screw propellers moving in opposite directions. While the UK failed to express interest, American captain Robert Stockton became interested and invited Ericsson to the United States. The Swedish inventor moved to New York in 1839 and with Stockton built the USS Princeton, the most advanced ship of the time, boasting the two screw propellers as well as a 12-inch muzzle-loading gun on a revolving pedestal, using a hoop-gun construction also invented by Ericsson. During construction, relations between Ericsson and Stockton deteriorated, and the politically connected Stockton forced Ericsson out of the project, claiming the entire invention of the ship for himself and building a second revolving gun as well. When the USS Princeton was launched, it impressed everyone with its speeds, a feat that was immediately marred when during a visit by Pres John Tyler an explosion by Stockton's gun (the Peacemaker) killed 6 prominent members of the Presidential entourage including Sec of State Abel Upshur and Sec of the Navy Thomas Gilmer. Though Ericsson's gun was fine, Stockton somewhat successfully pinned the blame on the Swedish inventor, and the US Navy refused to pay Ericsson. Infuriated, John Ericsson swore to never work for the US Navy again.
Returning to New York City, John Ericsson started a successful business relationship with industrialist Cornelius DeLamater, building a hot air engine (instead of a steam engine). The smaller engines would eventually prove to be successful enough to make Ericsson a wealthy man, and his design would lead to the Thermodynamic concept of the Ericsson Cycle.
John Ericsson then started building armored ships, which attracted some interest. During the American Civil War, with the Southern forces assembling ironclad ships to break the Union blockade, Congress asked for metal ships to be constructed as well. Still smarting over the USS Princeton Incident, Ericsson finally agreed after extensive persuasive efforts (and payment) by Sec of the Navy Gideon Welles, and shipbuilder Cornelius Bushnell. His design was the USS Monitor, a unique metal ship with no mast and a revolving turret. In the celebrated Battle of Hampton Roads, the first duel between ironclads, the Monitor fought the CSS Virginia to a standstill, preserving the Union blockade and possibly the American Civil War. While the Monitor was too shallow, the full metal body and the rotating turret would become integrated into the battleship design throughout the World. He would end the war designing a torpedo, torpedo boat.
Created in 1926 by James Fraser, the John Ericsson National Memorial commemorates Swedish engineer John Ericsson, the innovative creator of the screw propeller and the all-metal ironclad USS Monitor that ensured Union naval supremacy during the American Civil War. It was dedicated by Pres Calvin Coolidge and Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden. The statue depicts a seated John Ericsson with three figures symbolizing Adventure, Labor and Vision.
West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia
dr. motte, inventor of the love parade, seen at the karneval der kulturen in berlin, germany.
See where the photo was taken at maps.yuan.cc/.
Inventor, entrepreneur, futurist, Jay Harman thinks big, outside the box but inside of nature. He is one of the world’s leaders in biomimicry research and development as well as founder of several companies that create industrial solutions that are clean and green and based on mimicking nature’s design solutions. Harman has just published his first book The Shark’s Paintbrush: Biomimicry and How Nature Is Inspiring Innovation.
Harman’s Portland lecture will focus on what he sees as the immense potential for biomimicry to change business as usual and create a shift from a resource depleting and pollution spewing economy to a clean and green economy. Entrepreneurs and scientists are turning to nature to find inspiration for future products, and how to build them in a way that is not only more energy and cost-efficient but friendlier to the environment. Harman has been at the forefront of this movement as a nature-inspired designer of boats, fans, pumps, propellers and mixers, and founder of several companies to bring these products to market. His book, The Shark’s Paintbrush is equal parts memoir, explanation of biomimicry breakthroughs, and business advice.
A native of Australia and now a U.S. citizen working out of San Rafael, California, Harman is a gifted storyteller and successful businessman. Best selling author Paul Hawken says of Harman and The Shark’s Paintbrush, “Imagine Indiana Jones, Huckleberry Finn, and Erasmus Darwin rolled into one person, and you will have some sense of what it is like to roam and see the world through Jay Harman’s biomimetic eyes.”
Since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, manufacturers have built things by a process now known as “heat, beat, and treat.” They’d start with a raw material, use enormous amounts of energy to heat it, twist it into shape with heavy machinery, and then maintain its design, strength, and durability with toxic chemicals. Harman encourages government and industry to consider biomimicry, to respect nature’s talent as the ultimate designer of more effective, efficient, powerful, profitable, and cleaner technologies not to mention profound biotherapeutic discoveries made by applying nature’s secrets to biotech and the business of public health. A force of change in industries as diverse as construction, biomedical devices and pharmaceuticals, transportation, and information technology, biomimicry is inspiring a new industrial revolution that will dramatically alter the landscape of the business world.
Away back in the year 1784 two middle-aged men one Scots and one English. David Dale a Glasgow banker and entrepreneur, and Richard Arkwright the inventor and pioneer of industrial cotton spinning. Decided to become partners and purchased a riverside tract. Construction began and this was to become the most famous cotton community in the country. This was the birth of New Lanark.
The latest restoration programme began in 1993 to restore Mill One the oldest building. Where they developed a training hotel within it's walls. The potential for tourism development was identified. So a grant was obtained from The Scottish Tourist Board and other funding bodies. Where an innovative visitor centre became established. This was opened in 1990 by George Younger who was the Secretary of State for Scotland.
New Lanark has gone on to win accolades national and international from both tourism and conservation.
Early access to the set 51515 thankfully to the RLOC Robotmak3rs and THE LEGO GROUP.
#BUILDTOINSPIRE #LEGO #51515 #ROBOTINVENTOR #ROBOTMAK3RS
Ignas Survila, CEO of Citybirds, shows RAVEN, a luxurious kick scooter for adults made of carbon fiber. Image taken on April 13, 2016, at the Geneva Inventions Fair.
Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Emmanuel Berrod. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License.
Milton Harris, a 1926 chemistry alumnus, earned 35 patents over his career leading research teams that developed coated razor blades, flame- and radiation resistant textiles, wrinkle-free cotton, moth-proof wool, and the forerunner of a hairstyling staple, the perm. He established Oregon State’s first endowed chair, the Milton Harris Chair of Materials Science, in 1984. It's estimated that his discovery of shrink-proofing fabrics saved the U.S. Army $1,500,000 per month during World War II. #OSU150