René Laennec

Invented stethoscope, 1816 Paris

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#5168: Ten Inventors You've Never Heard Of

From the yellow traffic light to the geoid model behind GPS — ten inventors whose quiet work reshaped daily life, and why we forgot them.

Sep 10
#5167: The Stethoscope Isn't Dead, It's Getting AI Ears

Two centuries of the stethoscope — and why AI is now making it more useful than ever, not obsolete.

Sep 10