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Technology and Inventions

 Inventors

AMERICAN INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS
Smithsonian Institution presents this page of inventors and models of their inventions.

DISCOVER MAGAZINE
Good resource for ideas and up-to-date articles about the world of science and technology.

DESIGN SQUAD
Companion web site for the PBS program featuring the world of invention, engineering and technology.  Through the web site students can follow the action in video clips from each episode.  

IEEE VIRTUAL MUSEUM
This online museum features exhibits about technology and engineering that use electricity and magnetism. The search option supplies articles, biographies, and events related to all sorts of applications and inventions that use electricity and magnetism.

HISTORY OF TOYS
Fun site from the History Channel.

HOW STUFF WORKS
Despite the commercials, this is a useful web site that contains articles about the technology of many inventions in our world from the everyday to the highly sophisticated.

IDEA FINDER
Explore the exciting world of innovation.

INTERNET SOCIETY
"All About the Internet" on this site covers the history of the Net, a guide to Internet law, and a code of conduct among other features.

INVENTION AMERICA FOUNDATION
The mission of the Foundation is to build a national movement on the important role innovation plays in the United States' success globally, with Support from Apple, has launched a national "Voices of Innovation" contest for high school students.

INVENTION DIMENTION
This site from MIT features many resources for inventors including a inventor of the week, an inventor's handbook, and interactive games.

INVENTOR'S DIGEST Bi-monthly magazine full of informative articles covering all aspects of inventing.

INVENTURE PLACE Interesting site offering resources about inventing.
See their: NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME, very useful index of inventors and inventions.

INVENTIONS FROM NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
Useful timelines and links to sites about inventions and technology.

SCIENCE FAIR RESOURCE GUIDE This gateway to many Internet resources is from the Internet Public Library and includes how-to, samples, and ideas on science projects.


UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Go to the General Information Page and follow the links to "General Information About Patents." This government site provides step-by-step guides and forms on how to get a patent.

WHY FILES
This web site publishes many articles that explain the science of everyday things in our lives. Go to "archives" for a search friendly list by subject.

SOME SITES ABOUT FAMOUS INVENTORS

FAMOUS INVENTORS: About.com
Useful list of famous inventors.

ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
This site documents Bell's process of inventing the telephone.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Part of the Franklin Institute, this site features many aspects of this famous inventor, scientist, and statesman.

INVENTING ENTERTAINMENT
Page from American Memory project at Library of Congress uses original sources including photographs, recordings, and video clips of early film to document Edison's contributions.

THOMAS EDISON: NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
Official web site of the Edison home in New Jersey maintained by the National Park Service.

HENRY FORD MUSEUM
Extensive information on the famous inventor, including photographs, articles, and bibliographies.

LEONARDO DA VINCI MACHINES
This web site is from the National Museum of Science and Technology in Milan, Italy. It displays working models of Leonardo's inventions along with his working models.

NIKOLA TESLA
Feature from the Franklin Institute about the inventor of the electro-magnetic motor as well as other visionary ideas in the field of electrical engineering.

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  • Revised 7/16/2011