Famous Inventors
This American inventor developed the phonograph, one of the earliest sound recording devices.
Who is Thomas Edison?
This city is often considered the heart of Silicon Valley and home to many tech companies.
What is San Jose?
This term refers to a person who starts and runs a business, taking financial risks.
What is an entrepreneur?
This technology allows computers to recognize faces or objects in images.
What is computer vision?
This was the first artificial satellite launched into space (not by the U.S.).
What is Sputnik?
This inventor helped pioneer wireless communication using radio waves.
Who is Guglielmo Marconi?
This company owns YouTube and is one of the largest tech firms in the world.
What is Google (Alphabet)?
This founder of Tesla was also involved in creating PayPal.
Who is Elon Musk?
This term refers to training AI models using large amounts of data.
What is data training (or training data)?
This NASA program sent astronauts into orbit before the moon missions.
What is Project Mercury?
This American inventor is known for creating the first practical sewing machine.
Who is Elias Howe?
This social media company rebranded itself as Meta in 2021.
What is Facebook (Meta)?
This co-founder of Apple worked alongside Steve Jobs in building early computers.
Who is Steve Wozniak?
This type of AI can generate text, images, or music.
What is generative AI?
This space shuttle program allowed reusable spacecraft to travel to space.
What is the Space Shuttle program?
This inventor contributed to early computing by conceptualizing the Analytical Engine.
Who is Charles Babbage?
This term refers to a company’s first sale of shares to the public.
What is an IPO (Initial Public Offering)?
This term refers to funding provided by investors in exchange for ownership in a startup.
What is equity funding?
This technology connects everyday devices like fridges or watches to the internet.
What is the Internet of Things (IoT)?
This term refers to objects like satellites orbiting Earth.
What is orbit (or orbiting)?
This African American inventor patented improvements to the traffic signal system.
Who is Garrett Morgan?
This phrase describes companies like Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft.
What are Big Tech (or FAANG/MAANG companies)?
This concept refers to a company’s ability to grow quickly using limited resources.
What is scalability?
This concept refers to machines making decisions without human intervention.
What is automation (or autonomous systems)?
This NASA mission aims to study Mars’ atmosphere and climate.
What is MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution)?