Mexican inventors have contributed in creating many notable inventions whether it is a pill or a colored television. Here are some of the top Mexican inventors who have left everlasting landmarks in the history of innovation:
1. Luis Miramontes: Luis Miramontes was a chemist, he co-invented the contraceptive pill. In 1951, Luis Miramontes, college student, was under the direction of Syntex Corp Ceo George Rosenkranz and researcher Carl Djerassi. Miramontes invented a new procedure for the synthesis of the progestin norethindrone, the active element for what would become the oral birth control pill.
2. Victor Celorio: a technology supporting e-book distribution by quickly and elegantly printing an offline copy, named ‘Instabook maker’ was patented by celorio. Victor Celorio was granted US patents 6012890 and 6213703 fpr his invention. He was born on 27 July, 1957 in Mexico City.
3. Guillermo Gonzalez Camarena: Guillermo Gonzalez Camarena invented an early color television system. He received US patent 2296019 on September 15, 1942 for his "chromscopic adapter for television equipment". Gonzalez Camarena publicly displayed his color television with a transmission on August 31, 1946. The color transmission was broadcast direct from his laboratory in Mexico City.
4. Victor Ochoa: Victor Ochoa was the Mexican American inventor of the Ochoaplane. And the inventor of a windmill, magnetic brakes, a wrench, and a reversible motor. The best known invention by him is Ochoaplane which was a small flying machine with collapsible wings. Mexican inventor Victor Ochoa was also a Mexican revolutionary.
5. Maria Gonzalez: Doctor Maria Del Socorro Flores Gonzalez won the MEXWII 2006 award for her work on diagnostic methods for invasive amebiasis. Maria Gonzalez patented processes to diagnose invasive amebiasis, a parasitic disease that kills over 99,000 people each year.
6. Juan Lozano: Juan Lozano, a Mexican inventor with a lifelong passion of jet packs, created the Rocket Belt. Juan Lozano's company Tecnologia Aeroespacial Mexicana sells the Rocket Belt for a hefty price.