subject: Famous Scientific Inventions By Women Inventors [print this page] Marie Curie was the first lady scientist who has achieved the rare honor of receiving two Nobel prizes for her contributions to the field of radioactivity. A woman of Polish roots, she worked in collaboration with her husband Pierre Curie and together they discovered two new elements namely radium and polonium. The x-rays which were being generated from these two elements were studied carefully and they discovered that these x-rays had the capacity to destroy tumors which was very useful information for doctors in the field of medical science. But this invention of hers has never been patented and she derived greater satisfaction from sharing her Nobel Prize with her husband. Women inventors and inventions proved too hot to handle.
The futuristic illusion transmitter was invented by an American woman named Valerie Thomas and she also secured a patent for this invention in the year 1980. It was an classic example of women inventors and inventions. This illusion transmitter was used to provide better quality to the existing images on television and an illusion would be created where the person would feel that the images are present inside the room in live form. Initially this technology was used only in movies and slowly it would make its gateway in the world of television also.
Valerie Thomas was a mathematical data analyst by profession and she has also been the project manager for many well known projects which have been conducted in NASA.
An optical system which could detect any kinds of defects or imperfections in a repetitive pattern was designed and invented by Ellen Ochoa who had taken a PhD in electrical engineering from Stanford University. This invention has proved to be very useful during quality control procedures and the smaller delicate parts have been created in a manufacturing unit. Another patent which was secured by Ochoa was for an optical system which was used in order to make things in a robotic manner or it could also be used as a guidance system for robotic activities. Dr Ochoa is an astronaut apart from being a scientist in NASA and she has managed to spend a total of 719 man hours in space. She went on a ten day mission on board the space shuttle discovery during the year 1999.
A duo comprising a mother and daughter named Betty Rozier and Lisa Vallino had invented an intravenous shield for catheters which would make the process of using an IV a lot easier. The main purpose behind the creation of such an invention was to prevent the needle of the IV from getting dislodged or dislocated and to prevent any form of tampering with the IV. A patent was secured for this invention during the year 1993. A new gas heating furnace has been invented by Alice Parker of New Jersey and this new system had the capacity to provide better quality of heating when compared to the systems which had been in use from the year 1919.
The first computer hologram with complete color reflection was invented by Krisztina Holly during the year 1991. Another invention which she created in collaboration with other scientists namely Michael Cassidy and John Barrus is the stylus which allowed any customer to place an order for goods using a bar code scanner.
