Bertha Benz

For most people, gadgets like smart phones and wearables are nothing more than the magical little machines that make it easier to do things like Facebook-stalk an ex in that Monday morning meeting. However, they probably don’t know who invented the first smart watch or the person who paved the way for “smart refrigerators” that can tell you when you’re out of milk.
對(duì)于大多數(shù)人來(lái)說(shuō)，像智能手機(jī)和便攜式計(jì)算機(jī)這樣的小玩意只是一些神奇的小電器，它們能為人們提供便利，比如讓你在周一的會(huì)議上用臉書(shū)網(wǎng)人肉搜索前任的蹤跡?？墒牵藗兇蟾挪⒉恢朗钦l(shuí)發(fā)明了第一款電子手表，也不知道誰(shuí)為能告訴你什么時(shí)候沒(méi)牛奶了的“智能冰箱”發(fā)明鋪平了路。

Many of the world’s biggest inventions that have made life possible and transformed entire industries came from the minds of overlooked and underrated geniuses. Meet the men and women who’ve shaped our reliance on and expectations for technology, but aren’t as widely known as they should be.
世界上有許多最偉大的發(fā)明，它們?yōu)槲覀儗?shí)現(xiàn)了新的生活方式，革新了整個(gè)工業(yè)系統(tǒng)，而它們卻都是源于一些被眾人忽略，懷才不遇的天才頭腦。了解一下這些天才吧，是他們促生了我們對(duì)科技的依賴(lài)和期望，他們本應(yīng)名聲斐然，卻鮮為人知。

1.Bertha Benz, Mother of Motoring (1849-1944)
貝爾塔·本茨 汽車(chē)之母

Bertha Benz was the trailblazing wife of the German engineer, Karl Benz, credited today with inventing the first modern car. Karl was apparently a genius engineer, but he didn’t have the same business acumen or vision as his wife (he didn’t even think to fit the vehicle with a fuel tank).
貝爾塔·本茨是德國(guó)機(jī)械師卡爾·本茨的妻子，她是名具有開(kāi)拓精神的女子，她為第一輛現(xiàn)代汽車(chē)的發(fā)明做了不小的貢獻(xiàn)。她的丈夫卡爾確實(shí)是個(gè)天才的機(jī)械師，但他卻不如妻子那樣具有商業(yè)頭腦和遠(yuǎn)見(jiàn)（他甚至沒(méi)想到在汽車(chē)上裝上油箱。）
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Florence Parpart

2. Florence Parpart, Creator of The Modern Refrigerator (Early 20th Century)
佛羅倫薩·帕帕特，現(xiàn)代冰箱的發(fā)明者

In 1914, Florence Parpart - a housewife from New Jersey - won a patent for the first modern refrigerator that used electricity, rendering the icebox obsolete. It is believed that she may have used her fiancé’s expertise in electrical circuitry to assist with the first prototype.
在1914年，佛羅倫薩·帕帕特——一位來(lái)自美國(guó)新澤西的家庭婦女——為自己的發(fā)明獲得了一項(xiàng)專(zhuān)利，她發(fā)明了第一臺(tái)電力驅(qū)使的現(xiàn)代冰箱，淘汰了冷藏庫(kù)。人們相信她在研制第一代冰箱原型的時(shí)候一定借助了她的未婚夫在電路上的專(zhuān)業(yè)優(yōu)勢(shì)。

Marie Van Brittan Brown

3. Marie Van Brittan Brown, Home Security Siren (1922-1999)
瑪麗·范·布里坦·布朗，家用安保系統(tǒng)

As a nurse who worked odd hours, she was concerned about the recent uptick in crime and wanted to easily identify visitors at the door.?
作為一名上班時(shí)間不固定的護(hù)士，瑪麗對(duì)當(dāng)時(shí)犯罪率的不斷上升感到憂(yōu)慮，她希望能夠在家門(mén)口就能辨別來(lái)訪的人是否安全。

She and husband Albert Brown, an electronics technician, devised a mechanism featuring four peep holes and a motorized camera, which could slide up and down to look out each one. The surveillance device also gave a homeowner the ability to unlock the door with a remote control, or press a button to alert a nearby neighbor or security firm.
她和作為電子機(jī)械師的丈夫艾伯特·布朗發(fā)明了一種機(jī)械，這種機(jī)械備有四個(gè)監(jiān)控口，還有一個(gè)可活動(dòng)的攝像頭，攝像頭可以上下移動(dòng)，觀測(cè)四個(gè)監(jiān)控口中的情況。這種監(jiān)控設(shè)備還能讓家中主人遙控開(kāi)門(mén)，或者觸動(dòng)按鈕向周?chē)従踊虬踩景l(fā)出警示。

Patented in 1969, the Browns’ invention is now the framework for modern home security, crime prevention, and traffic monitoring.
設(shè)備在1969年獲得了專(zhuān)利，布朗的這項(xiàng)發(fā)明成為了現(xiàn)代家庭安保設(shè)備，社會(huì)預(yù)防犯罪設(shè)施，交通監(jiān)控設(shè)施得以發(fā)展的基本架構(gòu)。

Edward Thorp

4. Edward Thorp, Father of Wearable Computing
愛(ài)德華·索普，可穿戴式電腦之父

MIT mathematics professor and hedge fund manager Edward Thorp loved beating the odds so much that in 1961 he invented the world’s first wearable computer to help him win at casinos.?
麻省理工大學(xué)的數(shù)學(xué)教授和對(duì)沖基金經(jīng)理——愛(ài)德華·索普喜歡戰(zhàn)勝困難，就此在1961年，他發(fā)明了世界上第一臺(tái)可穿戴式電腦，幫助他在賭場(chǎng)里贏錢(qián)。

Thorp and his co-conspirator, professor Claude Shannon, who had worked on cryptography and code-breaking during World War II, created what is widely regarded as the first wearable computer.
索普和自己的合作者——在二戰(zhàn)時(shí)期致力于密碼編寫(xiě)和破譯的相關(guān)研究的克勞德·香農(nóng)共同發(fā)明了被公認(rèn)為世界上第一臺(tái)的可穿戴式電腦。