National Inventors Hall of Fame 2006 inductees

The National Inventors Hall of Fame has announced its inductees for this year. Here's the list:

LIVING:

* Willard Boyle, George Smith: Charge-coupled device
* Vinton Cerf, Robert Kahn: Internet Protocol
* Robert Gore: ePTFE, known by the GORE-TEX® brand name
* Ali Javan: Helium-neon laser
* Robert Langer, Jr.: Controlled drug delivery
* Julio Palmaz: Intravascular stent

POSTHUMOUS RECOGNITION

* Herman Affel, Lloyd Espenschied: Coaxial cable
* Gregory Pincus: Oral contraceptive pill
* Richard Hoe: Rotary printing press
* Benjamin Holt: Caterpillar track-type tractor
* Dale Kleist, Games Slayter, John Thomas: Fiberglass
* William Upjohn: Dissolvable pill
* Granville Woods: Railroad telegraph
* Karl Bosch, Fritz Haber: Ammonia production process
* Elihu Thomson: Arc lighting

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