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The Creative Engineer Continued

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idea people: Creative engineers and their famous inventions [clockwise from top left]: Lonnie Johnson (SuperSoaker), Hedy Lamarr (spread-spectrum telecommunications), Shuji Nakamura (gallium nitride-based optoelectronics), Linus Torvalds (Linux), Randice-Lisa Altschul (disposable cellphone), Steve Wozniak (Apple II), Dean Kamen (Segway), Tim Berners-Lee (World Wide Web).

Photo-illustration: John Ritter; Photos, Clockwise From Top Left: Thomas S. England/Time Life/Getty Images; Robert Coburn/John Kobal Foundation (Getty Images); Chiaki Tsukumo/Ap Photo; Kim Kulish/Corbis; Daniel Shanken/Corbis; Bill Beattie/Ap Photo; Jim Bourg/Reuters; Lefebvre Communication/Ap