Inventors and Remarkable People

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A cheaper alternative may be on its way thanks to Easton LaChappelle, a 17-year old high school student from Colorado, who is using free online resources and the boom in inexpensive 3D printers to develop a functional prosthetic arm and hand. His projects have already earned him an invitation to the White House, and he's now working at NASA on the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/iss-robonaut-handshake/21514/" target="_blank">Robonaut</a> team.  <a href="/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/easton-lachappelle-3d-printed-prosthetic/28685/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div>   <div class="summary_item " data-article="28339"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="article_label" href="/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/features/">FEATURE</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/ian-fleming-cia-gadgets/28339/">"For Special Services" – on James Bond's creator, his closeness to the CIA, and the real spy gadgets he inspired</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/author/james-holloway/">James Holloway</a></div> <div class="date">July 17, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/ian-fleming-cia-gadgets/28339/#comments">3 Comments</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/ian-fleming-cia-gadgets/28339/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131009230545im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/bond-gadgets.jpg" title="Bond is well known for his Walther PPK, but a particular .45 Colt revolver reveals more ab..." alt="Bond is well known for his Walther PPK, but a particular .45 Colt revolver reveals more ab..."/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> It's one of the most memorable moments in perhaps the best James Bond film, <em>From Russia with Love</em>: SPECTRE agent Rosa Klebb, posing as a hotel maid, drops her gun, and appears to be at a disadvantage as she goes toe to toe with Sean Connery's imposing Bond. That is until she deploys her iconic poison-tipped dagger shoes, which have gone on to be copied in other notable action films … and <em>Wild Wild West</em>. But as kitsch as Klebb's cleaver clogs might seem, the CIA attempted to replicate them, and another classic Bond gadget, in real life, according to research by Dr. Christopher Moran of Warwick University. At the heart of the story is the close friendship of Bond author and Ian Fleming and former CIA Director Allen Dulles. Gizmag spoke to Moran about 20th century Intelligence, and its peculiar relationship with the fictional British spy …  <a href="/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/ian-fleming-cia-gadgets/28339/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="28263"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/nerf-vulcan-sentry-gun/28263/">Nerf Vulcan Sentry Gun tracks targets and avoids friendly fire</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/author/jonathan-fincher/">Jonathan Fincher</a></div> <div class="date">July 11, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/nerf-vulcan-sentry-gun/28263/#comments">6 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/nerf-vulcan-sentry-gun/28263/pictures">4 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/nerf-vulcan-sentry-gun/28263/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131009230545im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/nerf-vulcan-sentry-gun.jpg" title="The Nerf Vulcan Sentry Gun automatically locates targets and unleashes a stream of foam da..." alt="The Nerf Vulcan Sentry Gun automatically locates targets and unleashes a stream of foam da..."/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> Anyone who plays video games will know that few things protect an area like a well-placed sentry gun. In the real world, though, even a person's bedroom or office could use a little protection sometimes, which is why one designer has built the Nerf Vulcan Sentry Gun. Using a custom program and some servos, the sentry can automatically locate targets and unleash a stream of foam darts at over seven times the usual speed, while keeping its owner out of the crosshairs.  <a href="/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/nerf-vulcan-sentry-gun/28263/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="28174"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/douglas-engelbart-mouse-inventor-dies/28174/">Douglas Engelbart, inventor of the mouse, dies aged 88</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/">Darren Quick</a></div> <div class="date">July 4, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/douglas-engelbart-mouse-inventor-dies/28174/#comments">3 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/douglas-engelbart-mouse-inventor-dies/28174/pictures">2 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/douglas-engelbart-mouse-inventor-dies/28174/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131009230545im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/engelbart-mouse-2.jpg" title="Douglass Engelbart gives his revolutionary presentation in 1968 that saw the first public ..." alt="Douglass Engelbart gives his revolutionary presentation in 1968 that saw the first public ..."/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/go/1198/" target="_blank">Douglas Engelbart</a>, the man who made point and click possible with his invention of the mouse, has died aged 88. When he first demonstrated his invention to a computer conference in San Francisco, California in 1968, it was basically a wooden shell with two metal wheels for registering movement along the X- and Y-axes. Ahead of its time, the mouse wasn’t popularized until the release of the Apple Macintosh in 1984.  <a href="/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/douglas-engelbart-mouse-inventor-dies/28174/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="27571"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/intel-award-self-driving-car/27571/">Romanian teenager takes out $75,000 Intel prize with low-cost, self-driving car system</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/">Darren Quick</a></div> <div class="date">May 20, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/intel-award-self-driving-car/27571/#comments">3 Comments</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/intel-award-self-driving-car/27571/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131009230545im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/intel-award-winners.jpg" title="Gordon E. Moore Award winner Ionut Budisteanu (center), with Intel Foundation Young Scient..." alt="Gordon E. Moore Award winner Ionut Budisteanu (center), with Intel Foundation Young Scient..."/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> While companies like <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/california-legalizes-driverless-cars-google/24294/" target="_blank">Google</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/bmw-continental-autonomous-driving/26671/" target="_blank">BMW</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/audis-autonomous-audi-tt-conquers-pikes-peak-how-long-before-it-betters-a-human-driver/17001/" target="_blank">Audi</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/volkswagen-hands-free-driving-system/19028/" target="_blank">Volkswagen</a> pour millions into developing self-driving car technology with expensive components, 19-year-old Romanian high school student Ionut Budisteanu has designed an autonomous vehicle system that would cost just US$4,000. Budisteanu’s design took out the Gordon E. Moore Award in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair to pocket him a sweet $75,000.  <a href="/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/intel-award-self-driving-car/27571/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="27554"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="article_label" href="/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/features/">FEATURE</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/barnes-wallis-bouncing-bomb-70/27554/">Dambusters 70 years on: Barnes Wallis – an engineer ahead of his time</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/author/james-holloway/">James Holloway</a></div> <div class="date">May 17, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/barnes-wallis-bouncing-bomb-70/27554/#comments">7 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/barnes-wallis-bouncing-bomb-70/27554/pictures">8 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/barnes-wallis-bouncing-bomb-70/27554/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131009230545im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/barnes-wallis.png" title="A film still of a bouncing bomb trial (Photo: BAE Systems/SSPL)" alt="A film still of a bouncing bomb trial (Photo: BAE Systems/SSPL)"/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> It's seventy years to the day since No. 617 Squadron of the Royal Air Force returned from Operation Chastise, in which specially designed bouncing bombs were dropped in an attack on the Möhne, Sorpe and Eder Dams in Germany during World War II. Though the bouncing bomb is without doubt the invention for which Barnes Wallis is most renowned (thanks in no small part to its depiction in the film <em>Dambusters</em>) Wallis' other work before, during, and after World War II was of great importance, and in some cases, far ahead of its time. Gizmag spoke to Dr. Andrew Nahum, Principal Curator of Technology at the Science Museum where many of Wallis' papers are archived, about swing-wing aircraft, earthquake bombs, improbable mathematics lessons, and the geodetic Wellington Bomber.  <a href="/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/barnes-wallis-bouncing-bomb-70/27554/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="26554"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20131009230545/http://www.gizmag.com/technology-frontiers-in-quotes/26554/">They said what? 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