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Series: >> Inventors from the 3 Seas

Jaroslav Heyrovsky, one of the Czech inventors

Four Particularly Impressive Discoveries by Czech Scientists

by Jakub Warzecha
10 sierpnia 2022
Czechia/Culture/Tech/People

Czechia is known around the world for its gorgeous landscape, tasty food, and... beer(!), but a not-quite-as-obvious fact is that Czechs have been blazing trails in science for centuries. We've picked four innovative achievements with Czech origins that deserve recognition.

plane ejection seats

Bringing Safety to the Flying Dream

by Ioana Marandici
22 stycznia 2023
Tech/Czechia/Business/Culture

The 20th century: a time when everyone wanted to touch the sky, but few were thinking about the dangers. Apart from one whose work was centered around the question of, “How can one survive if things go wrong?”

Fausto Veranzio's illustration

The 17th Century Croatian Version of Leonardo da Vinci

by Przemysław Bociąga
4 maja 2023
Croatia/Culture/People

Although his colleagues, such as Johannes Kepler and Tycho Brahe, are more remembered today, Šibenik-born Fausto Veranzio can be credited with many inventions, including the suspension bridge, parachute, and wind turbine - all in the 17th Century.

john vincent atanasoff inventor of first computer

The Little-Known Inventor of the Computer, Faithful to His Bulgarian Roots

by Galina Ganeva
14 kwietnia 2023
Bulgaria/Culture/People

Look closer at this monument in a village in southern Bulgaria, and an inevitable question arises. Why is Prof. John Atanasoff, the American-born scientist credited with the invention of the first electronic digital computer, being honored here of all places?

Dr Leo Szilard was one of the Martians

These Hungarian Scientists Were Nicknamed the Martians

by Przemysław Bociąga
2 lipca 2023
Hungary/People

When speaking about certain prolific figures in Hungarian science in the early 1900s, some of their western colleagues suggested that they might as well be from Mars with their heavily accented English and superhuman intellect.

concept of cybernetics and people

Cybernetics, Invented in Romania in 1938

by Naomi Gherman
10 maja 2022
Romania/Culture/People

Norbert Wiener revolutionized the world in 1948 when he introduced the concept of cybernetics. However, a Romanian scientist had done precisely the same ten years earlier. 

parachutes silhouette in a light of sunrise

The Slovak Inventor of the Parachute and the Rebirth of a Legacy

by Martin Hochel
22 czerwca 2023
Slovakia/Culture/Tech/People

For a long time, little was known about the Slovak inventor of the parachute, whose life reveals a fascinating story almost forgotten.

Minox b camera with a box

Spies of the World Owe Much to This Tiny Latvian Invention

by Przemysław Bociąga
27 kwietnia 2023
Poland/Travel & Food/Business/Culture

In 1937 Walter Zapp developed the Minox subminiature camera, a boon to real-life 007s across the world. His invention opened up the possibility of quickly and covertly smuggling countless thousands of pages of secret materials out from behind enemy lines.

Marie Sklodowska Curie

The Alternative Career of Marie Skłodowska-Curie 

by Przemysław Bociąga
9 marca 2023
People/Poland/Business/Culture/Tech

Before becoming a genius physicist, Marie Skłodowska-Curie was a Polish language teacher and a national-democratic activist. 

Coanda-1910 plane

The World’s First Jet Engine Came From Romania

by Jakub Warzecha
13 lipca 2022
Romania/Culture/People

Few people know that the first jet engine was built by Romanian engineer and aviation pioneer Henri Coandă. This engine was very different from modern designs.

Rumen prototype by Roumen Antonov from 2005

The Man From Bulgaria Who Changed the Concept of Speed

by Jakub Warzecha
5 października 2022
Bulgaria/Tech/People

His ideas have been used by the world's biggest car companies. The dashing Bulgarian inventor and entrepreneur Roumen Antonov made waves in the automotive world with his avant-garde ideas and daring technical solutions.

woman laying on bed with fountain pen in hand

A Fountain of Genius: The Romanian Who Invented the Pen

by Ioana Marandici
1 kwietnia 2023
Romania/Culture/People

Have you ever wondered to whom you owe the fact that you can write every day with that tool that you call a pen? The answer might just surprise you.

old sewing machine ad

The Ultimate Revolutionary Machine Was Invented in Austria 

by Przemysław Bociąga
17 sierpnia 2022
Austria/Culture/People

In 1818, Joseph Madersperger invented the sewing machine. A few decades later, none other than Karl Marx called it the ultimate tool of the revolution. 

1960s SMILING COUPLE WITH ARMS AROUND EACH OTHER WOMAN HOLDING PEN & MAN HOLDING BLANK CARD

No More Inkblots! How a Hungarian Revolutionized Writing

by Weronika Edmunds
3 sierpnia 2022
Hungary/Culture/People

The frustration that boils your blood when a computer crashes just as you were to save the work you have been sweating over the past hour is known to all. Our great grandfathers could relate, as an inkblot could ruin a carefully written page of a letter. Someone had to put an end to it!

Center Noordung named after Space Station theorist

The Slovenian Origins of Space Travel

by Agnieszka Sawala
20 lipca 2023
Business/Latvia/Travel & Food

Almost a century ago, Slovenian engineer Herman "Noordung" Potočnik published his innovative concept for long-term human habitation of space. As is often the case with visionaries, hardly anyone took him seriously at first.

murale of Penkala in lower town in Zagreb, Croatia

Croatian Inventor Who Sparked Promotional Gadget Craze

by Weronika Edmunds
31 sierpnia 2022
People/Croatia/Culture/Tech

Every now and again, a genius is born. A person of so many talents that during their lifetime they come to invent several everyday items later generations cannot imagine their lives without. One of such people came from Croatia.

group of spectators sitting in a movie theater wearing 3-D glasses

From 3D Movies to Microwave Ovens: Romania’s Famous Inventor

by Naomi Gherman
12 października 2022
Romania/Culture/People

Do you enjoy the experience of watching a 3D movie and getting to “live” every minute of it? It is all thanks to the Romanian inventor Theodor Ionescu who brought 3D images to TV and cinema and created one of the biggest industries in the world.

Cyber security in two-step verification, multi-factor authentication, information security and encryption, secure access to user's personal information, secure Internet access, and cybersecurity. stock photo

Infobip: The First Croatian Unicorn

by Danijel Bačan
14 czerwca 2023
Croatia/Business/Tech

Have you ever forgotten your Facebook password? You probably changed it via SMS confirmation using the service created by Infobip. How did this Croatian start-up become a unicorn in digital communication?

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