Go! Magazine posted on May 21, 2018 This month we’re talking about inventors who brought their unique talents and gifts to the world of transportation. Our next inventor, Frederick McKinley Jones, was elected into the American Society of Refrigeration Engineers and awarded the National Medal of Technology. He was the first African American to receive…
Go! Magazine posted on May 7, 2018 Our inventors were more than just inventors—they were actresses, clocksmiths, entrepreneurs, and engineers. They brought their unique gifts and ways of thinking to the world of transportation, changing how we get from Point A to Point B forever. And our next inventor was (of all things) a veterinary…
Go! Magazine posted on April 30, 2018 Hedy Lamarr was “the Angelina Jolie of her day,” starring in films from the 1930s to the late 1950s. This actress, who was considered “the most beautiful girl in the world”—her face serving as the inspiration for both Catwoman and Disney’s Snow White—was also a brilliant inventor. Some…
Go! Magazine posted on April 24, 2018 This month we’re talking about inventors who wore many hats. That brings us to our next inventor, Maria Beasley—an “engineering dynamo” of her time. Beasley secured 15 patents from the late 1870s to the late 1890s, many of which were for machines. Her list of patents ranged from…
Go! Magazine posted on April 20, 2018 You may have never heard the name John Harrison, but he belongs to the list of inventors who moved transportation forward. But there’s something else that’s special about John Harrison, he was actually a clocksmith by trade! Which proves to all of us that transportation is about bringing…
Go! Magazine posted on November 1, 2017 The United States has a lot of roads—3,980,817 miles to be exact. Roads are relatively simple but make a big impact, and they exist nearly everywhere, guiding traffic and travelers from one side of the country to the other. But it didn’t happen all at once. And the…
Go! Magazine posted on October 23, 2017 At the dawn of the 20th century, transportation was going through a period of transformation. With the development of the first practical automobile in the late 19th century and invention of Henry Ford’s assembly lines, making cars became more affordable and accessible than ever before, thus thrusting transportation…
Go! Magazine posted on October 20, 2017 There wasn’t always a bus to take, plane to catch, or car to drive. Transportation has evolved, adapted, and changed over time. Some of the finest transportation vehicles and systems of today evolved from the models of old. For example, trains today traveling at a top speed of…
Go! Magazine posted on August 26, 2016 If trains keep progressing the way they have in the last 200 years, where will we stand tomorrow? The steam locomotive was replaced by diesel and electric trains. Today, diesel and electric trains are rivaled by maglev technology. The maglev train is the leading rail technology of this…
Go! Magazine posted on August 24, 2016 When new technology provides a faster, better, or more efficient means of doing something, we adapt to new ways of life accordingly! In the last 200 years, rail transport has changed dramatically. And just as rail transport has changed over the last 200 years, it could change just…