Arab American Inventions
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This woman co-founded a company called Affectiva in 2009 that focuses on real-world data to develop emotion recognition technology and is a member of the Women in Engineering Hall of Fame.

Who is Rana El Kaliouby?

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Known as "the father of the iPod," this inventor was oversaw the creation of both the iPod and the first three generations of the iPhone.

Who is Anthony "Tony" Fadell?

300

This surgeons contributions are numerous, including performing the first successful removal of a blockage of the carotid artery and developing the concept behind the coronary artery bypass surgery.

Who is Michael DeBakey?

400

The creation of this ice-cream innovation is credited to four different Arab Americans, Nasralla, Ernest Hamwi, Nick Kabbaz, Abe Doumar and Leon B. Holwey, as the each have four different stories on how it was created.

What is the Waffle Cone?

500

This cryptographer published a paper in 1984, ‘A Public Key Cryptosystem and a Signature Scheme based on Discrete Logarithms,’ which inspired other encryption variations and heightened the development of internet security.

Who is Taher Elgamal?

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