reciprocating piston suction pump, geared and hydropowered water supply system,
programmable humanoid robots, robotics, hand washing automata, flush mechanism,
lamination, static balancing, paper model, sand casting, molding sand, intermittency, linkage
Ibn Al-Jazzar (Algizar), (c. 898-980)
treatment drugs
Steve Jobs, (1955–2011) U.S. – Apple Macintosh computer, iPod, iPhone, iPad and
countless other devices and software operating systems and applications
György Jendrassik, (1898–1954)
Charles Francis Jenkins, (1867–1934) – television and movie projector (Phantoscope)
Carl Edvard Johansson, (1864–1943)
Johan Petter Johansson, (1853–1943) Sweden – the pipe wrench and the modern
adjustable spanner
Nancy Johnson U.S. – American version of the hand cranked ice cream machine in (1843)
Scott A. Jones, (1960–) U.S. – created one of the most successful versions of voicemail as
well as ChaCha Search, a human-assisted internet search engine.
Whitcomb Judson, (1836–1909)
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Mikhail Kalashnikov, (1919–) Russia – AK-47 and AK-74 assault rifles (the most produced
ever)[1]
Dean Kamen, (1951–) U.S. – Invented the Segway HT scooter and the IBOT Mobility Device
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, (1853–1926)
Nikolay Kamov, (1902–1973) Russia – armored battle autogyro, Ka-series coaxial rotor
helicopters
Pyotr Kapitsa, (1894–1984) Russia – first ultrastrong magnetic field creating techniques,
basic low-temperature physics inventions
Georgii Karpechenko, (1899–1941) Russia – rabbage (the first ever non-sterile hybrid
obtained through the crossbreeding)
Jamshīd al-Kāshī, (c. 1380–1429) Persia/Iran – plate of conjunctions, analog planetary
computer
Yevgeny Kaspersky, (1965–) Russia – Kaspersky Anti-Virus, Kaspersky Internet Security,
Kaspersky Mobile Security anti-virus products
Adolphe Kégresse, (1879–1943) France/Russia – Kégresse track (first half-track and first
off-road vehicle with continuous track), dual clutch transmission
Mstislav Keldysh, (1911–1978) Latvia/Russia – co-developer of Sputnik 1 (the first
artificial satellite) together with Korolyov and Tikhonravov
John Harvey Kellogg, (1852–1943) cornflake breakfasts
John George Kemeny, (1926–1992) Hungary – co-inventor of BASIC
Alexander Kemurdzhian, (1921–2003) Russia – first space exploration rover (Lunokhod)
Kerim Kerimov, (1917–2003) Azerbaijan and Russia – co-developer of human spaceflight,
space dock, space station