OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Inventors And Inventions James M. Florence ELCAN Optical Technologies OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS What is the difference between a discovery and an invention? A discovery is when someone finds something that has always been there Christopher Columbus discovered America John Sutter discovered gold in California Benjamin Franklin discovered that lightning was a form of electricity An invention is something that someone makes that solves a problem or makes some job or activity easier to do Problem: when lightning strikes a house, it can cause damage and even start a fire Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning rod that conducted the electricity of a lightning strike away from a house and into the ground Inventions OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Benjamin Franklins Lightning Rod OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Some very early inventions Inventions Stone age tools The lever The wheel OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS What about the inventor? Who invented what?? Examples Inventors and Their Inventions Eli Whitney The cotton gin OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Examples Inventors and Their Inventions Alexander Graham Bell The telephone OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Examples Inventors and Their Inventions Orville WrightWilbur Wright OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Examples with names that we easily recognize Inventors and Their Inventions Levi Strauss Levis blue jeans OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Examples with names that we easily recognize Inventors and Their Inventions Harvey KelloggKelloggs corn flakes OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Examples with names that we easily recognize Inventors and Their Inventions Henry J. Heinz Heinzs ketchup OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Examples with names that maybe you will recognize Inventors and Their Inventions Karl Benz The automobile OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Examples with names that maybe you will recognize Inventors and Their Inventions Edouard MichelinThe automobile tire OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Examples with names that maybe you will recognize Inventors and Their Inventions Adolphe Sax The saxophone OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Examples names you will probably not recognize Inventors and Their Inventions Philo T. Farnsworth The television OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS The very first television image ever recorded Inventors and Their Inventions OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS What about women inventors?? Inventors and Their Inventions Mary Dixon Kies An improved method of making sewing thread First woman in America to receive a patent OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Other women Inventors and Their Inventions Stephanie Kwolek Kevlar the material used to make bullet proof vests OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Other ethnic backgrounds Inventors and Their Inventions Elijah McCoy First African-American to receive a patent The Real McCoy OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Other ethnic backgrounds Inventors and Their Inventions Peanut Butter George Washington Carver OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Other ethnic backgrounds Inventors and Their Inventions The yoyo Pedro Flores OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Other ethnic backgrounds Inventors and Their Inventions Ellen Ochoa Invented many high precision optical instruments OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS One very famous inventor we have not talked about Inventors and Their Inventions Thomas Edison The light bulb OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS One very famous inventor we have not talked about Inventors and Their Inventions Thomas EdisonThe phonograph OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS One very famous inventor we have not talked about Inventors and Their Inventions Thomas Edison The kinetoscope The first movie projector OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Thomas Edison received over a thousand patents for his inventions A patent is a document issued by the government that protects an inventor from having his/her invention copied by others without his/her permission Inventors and Their Inventions OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS A patent document Inventors and Their Inventions OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS A patent document Inventors and Their Inventions OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Some funny and unusual patents Inventors and Their Inventions OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Some funny and unusual patents Inventors and Their Inventions OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Some funny and unusual patents Inventors and Their Inventions OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Some funny and unusual patents Inventors and Their Inventions OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Some funny and unusual patents Inventors and Their Inventions OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Some funny and unusual patents Inventors and Their Inventions OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Some funny and unusual patents Inventors and Their Inventions OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Some funny and unusual patents Inventors and Their Inventions