List of Inventions and Inventors GK Questions and Answers

List of Inventors

31. Assembly Line

Eli Olds invented the basic concept of the assembly line and Henry Ford improved upon it.

32. AstroTurf

A patent for synthetic grass-like playing surfaces or Astroturf was issued to Wright and Faria of Monsanto Industries.

33. Atari Computers

The history of the entertaining video game console.

34. ATM - Automatic Teller Machines

The history of automated teller machines (ATM).

35. Atomic Bomb

In 1939, Einstein and several other scientists told Roosevelt of efforts in Nazi Germany to build an atomic bomb. It was shortly thereafter that the United States Government began the Manhattan Project, whose research produced the first atomic bomb.

36. Atomic Clock

The US primary time and frequency standard is a cesium fountain atomic clock developed at the NIST laboratories.

37. Audio Tape Recording

Marvin Camras invented the method and means of magnetic recording.

38. Auto-Tune

Dr Andy Hildebrand is the inventor of the voice pitch-correcting software called Auto-Tune.

39. Automated Electrified Monorail Systems

Ronald Riley invented the automated electrified monorail system.

40. Automatic Doors

Dee Horton and Lew Hewitt invented the sliding automatic door in 1954.