Recently, more and more attention has been paid to environmental protection and renewable energy sources.
And does the reader know that one of the leading roles in this field was played by a Hungarian researcher? The "Queen of the sun" Maria Telkesh, one of the pioneers of the practical use of solar energy, was born in Budapest in 1900. After receiving her doctorate in physical chemistry, Telkesh moved to the United States, where she studied solar energy. In 1948, the world's first house was built in Dover, Massachusetts, heated entirely by solar energy, and Maria Telkesh was the developer of the solar heating system.
This is probably one of her main inventions. In addition, Maria invented many other devices - furnaces and solar-powered generators, developed a photoelectric mechanism that could record brain waves. Together with scientist George Creel, they developed a photoelectric mechanism that could record brain waves. They jointly described the results of these studies in the book "The Phenomenon of Life". In addition, Maria Telkes conducted research on what energy changes occur in cells when they become cancerous, about the root cause of the energy of life and the processes of cell death. By the way, relying also on her research, the modern Hungarian company Oncotherm kft., has developed its innovative technology and devices for oncothermy – the destruction of cancer cells by overheating them, to put it quite simply.
Telkesh has invented a large number of practical thermal devices, including a miniature desalination plant for use on lifeboats, which runs on solar energy. This installation can save the lives of pilots and sailors trapped in the open sea without fresh water. She also owns the invention of the first thermoelectric refrigerator.
The media regularly talk about the technologies and inventions of German and Japanese scientists, but we rarely hear about Hungarian ones. But a lot of already familiar things and technologies were developed by Hungarian specialists.