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In a recent podcast interview, Elon Musk opened up about his business and personal life in a way that has rarely been seen. The Full Send Podcast episode with Elon Musk covers everything from space, new technology, smoking weed, and even house parties! During a portion of the episode, Musk talks about the house parties […]

Who was Alfred Smee? Alfred Smee (1818-1877) was an English senior surgeon who studied at Kings College, London, and later worked in St Bartholomew’s Hospital and became a Fellow of the Royal Society. He also worked at the Royal General Dispensary, and the Bank of England, throughout his career.  Smee also published a series of […]

Who was Albert C. Ludlum?  Born in 1867, Albert C. Ludlum was an American engineer, inventor, and patent holder. In 1906, he founded the New York Engineering Co., of which he was President until his death in 1928. Ludlum is best known for his organizing work behind seven large dredging projects around the United States […]

In a recent podcast episode, Elon Musk, in typical fashion, broadly covers topics as disparate as SpaceX, marijuana, the Russian war, and everything in between. The podcast (known as the Full Send Podcast) has already received nearly 10 million views on YouTube, immediately showing its success. Let’s break down a segment in the podcast where […]

In a recent podcast episode on the Full Send Podcast, Elon Musk talked, about space, technology, aliens, and even Russia! During the conversation, Musk ended up joking about the country currently at war with Ukraine, and how things might get dicey if he ever planned a visit. Let’s find out why Musk might be nervous […]

Elon Musk is fast becoming one of the most famous people in the world. The billionaire entrepreneur has created some of the largest and most successful companies in the United States, while at the same time cultivating a unique fan-following of people who enjoy his work. Recently, Musk was invited to the Full Send Podcast, […]

Who Is Brainard Fowler Smith? Brainard Fowler Smith is an American businessman who obtained three patents; the US360118, the US363972 ( with Arthur Shattuck) for adding machines, and the US596832 for a pipe-smoking device. He was born on July 4, 1849, in Madison, Indiana, to Belvidere Roberts and Samuel Fowler Smith, a merchant and a […]

Who was Athanasius Kircher? Athanasius Kircher was a German Jesuit scholar and polymath who published over 40 works, most notably in the fields of sinology, geology, and medicine. He is also known as “the last Renaissance man.”  Kircher’s work in sinology was particularly notable. He developed a method of deciphering hieroglyphics which he called the […]

The American Andrew Stark (1852-1920) from Chicago was a prolific inventor from the late 1800s and early 1900s. He is a holder of quite a few patents for agricultural machines and furniture like grain binders, harvesters, railway facilities, folding beds, sofas, fiber vessels, etc. In 1884, Andrew Stark patented two rather interesting adding machines which […]

Alonzo Johnson invented two calculating devices which functioned using a carry mechanism. The carry mechanism of the device is implemented by means of a smaller arm, which advances one digit, indicating hundreds, when the total on the inner disc exceeds 99. At each level of invention, Alonzo improved the machine’s functionality, making it a better […]

Who is Aaron Hatfield? Aaron Hatfield was a watchmaker and inventor, most famously known for the Hatfield adder. The Hatfield adder was a circular adding device made from three concentric brass discs and a lever set on a wooden paddle. Hatfield also took three US patents on pruning shears, pumps, and an improvement on bag […]

Who was Dr. Alexander John Thompson? Dr. Alexander John Thompson was a statistician born in 1885 in Plaistow, Essex, England. He is the author of the Logarithmetica Britannica, the last great table of logarithms. This table which was published between 1934 and 1952 gives the logarithms of all numbers from 1 to 100,000 to 20 […]

Who is Reed Hastings? Reed Hastings is an American entrepreneur from Boston, Massachusetts. While he has been involved in several businesses, his most famous contribution is co-founding Netflix and leading the media-streaming company as CEO since 1998, He’s well-known for his unique leadership style and success in entrepreneurism. Explore the early life, career, and achievements […]

Who is Mark Zuckerberg? Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is an American billionaire best known for co-founding and leading Meta Platforms, known in the past as Facebook. Zuckerberg dropped out of Harvard University after his sophomore year to concentrate on his entrepreneurial goals instead of completing his education. In just a few years, the college dropout became […]

Early Life Benjamin Abraham Horowitz was born in London, England on June 13, 1966. However, he was raised in Berkeley, California by his mother, Elissa Krauthamer, and his father, David Horowitz. His father was a conservative author and policy advocate. Aside from an unusual place of birth for an American, Horowitz lived a fairly normal […]

Who is Marc Andreessen? Marc Andreessen is an American entrepreneur, investor, software engineer, and billionaire. He started his career at an early age with a project finished before finishing his Bachelor’s in computer science. Today, he is well-known for his venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz, and his publications on the a16z website. He can be […]

Evan Spiegel is the inventor of Snapchat and the founder of Snap Inc. Snap Inc. is a publicly-traded company that is best known for managing Snapchat. However, Snapchat itself is known for its once-revolutionary communication features, including disappearing messages and the ability for individuals to communicate with each other via pictures, text, video messages, and […]

Early Life Gordon Earle Moore was born on January 3, 1929, in San Francisco, California. He was raised in a nearby town, Pescadero, where his father was elected the county sheriff. He graduated from Sequoia High School in Redwood City before enrolling at the San Jose State University. Gordon attended San Jose for two years […]

Early Life Childhood Bobby Murphy was born on July 19, 1988, in Berkeley, California. His mother was born and raised in the Philippines and emigrated to the United States. His father is of Irish, Scottish, and English descent. While his mother emigrated, Bobby was born and raised as an American. He spent his childhood in […]

Inventors are a lot like songwriters if you think about it: You have your one-hit wonders, and then you have your global superstars. The ones who score a single chart-topper, and the ones who completely redefine the sound of a generation and continue to be prominent for generations to come. When looking at it through […]

Who was Katherine Johnson? Katherine Johnson was an American mathematician known for her work in orbital mechanics at NASA. Her work was essential for the success of several NASA missions. She spent over thirty years working on the space program, and she was intimately involved with every important mission during that time. She was there […]

Who is Mike Krieger? Mike Krieger is a Brazilian-American entrepreneur and software engineer. He was born in São Paulo, Brazil, and attended college at Stanford University. Mike began his career as a Program Intern Manager at Microsoft, working on the PowerPoint team, later serving as a User Experience Designer & Engineer at Meebo, Inc. Mike […]

Kevin Systrom is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur. He was born in Holliston, Massachusetts, and attended college at Stanford University. Kevin first interned at Odeo and then went on to work at Google for a couple of years. The extremely well-known and popular photo-sharing application Instagram is what Kevin is most known for. It […]

Who Is Adi Shamir? Adi Shamir is an Israeli computer scientist and cryptographer known around the world for his groundbreaking contributions to modern cryptography theory and its practical implementation. His most important contribution to the field of cryptology was the co-creation of the RSA public-key cryptography algorithm that uses a public key for encoding messages […]