Time Machine
Remembering Srinivasa Sourirajan, the 'father of reverse osmosis'
Dr Srinivasa Sourirajan co-invented the life-saving reverse osmosis water purification process.
Alan Turing: The enigmatic codebreaker
Mathematician Alan Turing's role in cracking German ciphers shaped the course of the Second World War and saved millions of lives.
Masahiro Hara: he cracked the QR code
Drawing ideas from a board game, Masahiro Hara made the world a more efficiently pixellated place with a machine-readable matrix.
Luke Howard: the 'Godfather of Clouds'
By classifying clouds, Luke Howard brought order to meteorology.
This rod is a life-saver
Benjamin Franklin's kite experiment yielded shock-absorbing lightning rods.
