There would be no great ideas without clever minds. Get to know some fascinating inventors and find out what inspired each of themhere!
Science: not just for men
The percentage of women in science and research is still too low. But there are many examples of magnificent female inventors who serve as role models…
Misunderstood mastermind
Frequency meter, lightning conductor, or speedometer: the list of Nikola Tesla’s inventions is long. Unfortunately, the physicist and electrical…
In 2007, Peter Grünberg received the Nobel Prize in Physics together with Frenchman Albert Fert for their discovery of giant magnetoresistance (GMR).…
The hanging hero
What would a toolbox be without wall plugs? The first one came onto the market in 1958. It was invented by entrepreneur Artur Fischer.
Quick as an arrow
A milestone in rocket-powered space travel: in 1928, engineer Kurt C. Volkhart from Düsseldorf presented the first ever car equipped with twelve…
Cigar of the skies
Today, we only see Zeppelins in the sky as advertisements. They were invented in the late 19th century by Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin.
Soaring to new heights
Otto Lilienthal made mankind’s age-old dream of flying come true: he invented the glider.
Fly-posting allowed
Hardly any other German inventor has had so many “monuments” erected to him as Ernst Litfaß: in Berlin, he built the first pillar advertising events…
