Technological Humanist Hall of Fame

Throughout history, there have been many inventors, scientists and authors who understood the important relationship between scientific research and social needs and concerns. Learn more about a few of these famous Technological Humanists on the links below.

Dean Kamen, member of WPI's Class of 1973, with one of his many groundbreaking inventions: the Segway™ Human Transporter.

Douglas Adams, author
Charles Babbage, inventor of the first computer
Alexander Graham Bell, inventor
Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web
Katherine Blodgett, physicist and inventor of invisible glass
Bessie Blount, inventor of the "portable receptacle device" for amputees
Charles Brooks, inventor of the street sweeper and ticket puncher
James Burke, television personality, Connections
George Washington Carver, agricultural researcher
Arthur C. Clarke, author and telecommunications pioneer
Dr. Charles Drew, founder of the first blood bank
Leonardo da Vinci, scientist, inventor and artist
George Eastman, inventor of the personal camera
Thomas Edison, inventor
Albert Einstein, physicist
Henry Ford, mechanical engineer and entrepreneur
Benjamin Franklin, inventor and politician
William Gibson, science fiction author
Johannes Gutenberg, inventor of the printing press
Stephen Hawking, physicist
Dr. Mae Jemison, astronaut and physician
Dean Kamen, inventor, entrepreneur and creator of FIRST
Christa McAuliffe, teacher and astronaut
Barbara McClintock, geneticist
Gene Roddenbury, creator of Star Trek
Carl Sagan, astronomer and author
David Suzuki, geneticist and author
Nikola Tesla, electrical engineer and radio pioneer
Steve Wozniak, inventor of the personal computer

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