inventor

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Unruly salt-and-pepper hair in a long quaff, round glasses and broad smile give James Ortiz the look of a whimsical inventor, the kind that hides away in his workshop crafting extraordinary artifacts.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Subsequently striking up a friendship with Charles Babbage, an inventor and mechanical engineer, Lovelace would become fascinated with his plans to build a complicated calculating machine.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

It used the name to sell a beer with a label featuring an image of the inventor Nikola Tesla.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

This was basically the argument made by Jamie Siminoff, the founder and head inventor of Ring, as he went on an apology tour of sorts to try and mitigate the post-Super Bowl damage.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026

Once an inventor has discovered a use for a new technology, the next step is to persuade society to adopt it.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond