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Famous Scientists and Billionaires Who Stopped Short of a Degree | 2013 Tech-FAQ.com
Famous high school and college dropouts such as the Wright Brothers, Thomas Edison, Steve Jobs, and Bill Gates made scientific breakthroughs, developed sophisticated and innovative technologies, and made fortunes. Driven by curiosity, they experiment, challenge assumptions about reality, and help create an interconnected world.
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dependable source of light. His goal was to improve the light bulb using carbonized filaments and low current electricity. While many scientists and inventors were working to develop a reliable source of light, Edison was the first to invent a practical light bulb. He developed several elements that made it possible to create a functional light bulb. These include insulating materials, a better dynamo, safety fuses, and the parallel circuit. Edison worked on a number of projects and invented the stock ticker, fluoroscope, and kinetoscope. He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal and had more than 1,000 patents. Thomas Edison invented many practical devices that changed the lives of his contemporaries and the future generations. The list of his inventions includes the electric pen, the quadruplex telegraph, and the automatic vote recorder. Edison is also the inventor of the carbon filament and the carbon transmitter, and the latter is a major contribution to the telephone technology. He is the creator of the worlds first central station for the distribution of heat, power, and electricity. Edison has made many revolutionary discoveries, including the universal electric motor, the steel storage battery, and a system for wireless telegraphy. The talking motion picture is one of his greatest inventions.
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computers. The personal computer industry began with the invention of BASIC now computers obeyed men.
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Famous Scientists and Billionaires Who Stopped Short of a Degree | 2013 Tech-FAQ.com
suppliers and clients. He was successful in combining different elements of the supply chain production, customization, and partnerships with suppliers in an efficient and innovative way. Dell called it virtual integration and became famous for it. This is a new business model for the IT industry and a working one at that. Michael Dell became the youngest CEO of a company that was included in the Fortune 500 list. Besides personal computers, Dell offers products such as personal devices, tablet PCs, home entertainment systems, camcorders, cameras, and more. The company expanded quickly and outsold other brands in the USA. Michael Dell is a university dropout, but he believes that college education is not a prerequisite or the key to success. Visionaries and genius people arent necessarily successful. What you need is a framework and a dream. Dell and his wife founded the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation to help improve the lives of others. The goal is to improve the lives of children living in poverty, and health care and education are important to this end. Children who dont have access to education cant be successful, Dell said. But he did it without a college degree.
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Facebook is Zuckerbergs most important creation, but he worked on other projects as well. Wirehog is the predecessor of Facebook applications, which was developed by Adam D'Angelo, Andrew McCollum, and Mark Zuckerberg. This is a file-sharing program that allows users to share files with one another. It was compatible with Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows. Zuckerbergs inventions are focused on sharing information. For him, sharing makes the world more transparent. Facebook allows people to connect, spread and raise awareness of important issues, and discuss and solve problems together. In fact, Zuckerbergs creation offers some unexpected benefits such as better chances of finding a job. A research team at the Northern Illinois University found out that candidates Facebook pages play a more important role than IQ and personality surveys. Social networking websites such as Facebook also offer psychological benefits. One is that spending time connecting and interacting with people gives a boost to self-esteem. This happens when family, friends, and relatives leave positive comments and feedback. Surprisingly, Zuckerbergs creation, which is a major source of distraction, also increases prod uctivity. Researchers reveal that using Facebook makes people more productive and happier. Obviously, Zuckerberg did a good job in connecting people all over the world. Steve Jobs, Paul Allen, Michael Dell, and other famous people made fortunes out of their inventions. Innovators and futurists like them made work, communications, travel, and life easier. Social entrepreneurism, hard work, experimentation, and intellectual curiosity contributed to making the world an interconnected place. It is an intercultural community, which is easy to join, contribute to, and benefit from other peoples social, cultural, and intercultural experience.
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