{"id":11347,"date":"2023-06-13T10:01:30","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T08:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diasporascholarship.hu\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=11347"},"modified":"2026-05-05T14:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T12:00:12","slug":"hungarian-inventors-day","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/diasporascholarship.hu\/en\/news\/hungarian-inventors-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Hungarian Inventor\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Nobel Prize Winners<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The date, 13<sup>th<\/sup> June, was chosen for the Hungarian Inventor\u2019s Day by the Association of Hungarian Inventors. On this day (72 years ago), <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/studyinhungary.hu\/blog\/hungarian-nobel-prize-winners-albert-szent-gyorgyi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Albert<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/studyinhungary.hu\/blog\/hungarian-nobel-prize-winners-albert-szent-gyorgyi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Szent-Gy\u00f6rgyi<\/a> <\/strong>applied for patent for his method of preparing products with Vitamin C. He is one of the 13 Hungarian inventors who have been awarded by Nobel Prize.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about Nobel prize winners such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/studyinhungary.hu\/blog\/hungarian-nobel-prize-winners-gyorgy-bekesy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gy\u00f6rgy B\u00e9k\u00e9sy<\/a> <\/strong>&#8211; researcher specialised for auditory perceptions and the mechanism of the ear<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/studyinhungary.hu\/blog\/hungarian-nobel-prize-winners-denes-gabor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">D\u00e9nes G\u00e1bor<\/a> &#8211;<\/strong> developer of holography and the process of creating 3D images<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/studyinhungary.hu\/blog\/hungarian-nobel-prize-winners-imre-kertesz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Imre Kert\u00e9sz<\/a> <\/strong>&#8211; writer, essayist, journalist and translator. He was the first Hungarian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2002.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the whole list of Nobel prize winners <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mta.hu\/english\/hungarys-nobel-prize-winners-106018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Everyday items<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In addition to our Nobel prize winners, numerous Hungarian inventions had huge impact on our modern life such as ballpoint pen \u2013 which was invented by L\u00e1szl\u00f3 B\u00edro and changed the way we write- , the electric locomotive \u2013 invented by K\u00e1lm\u00e1n Kand\u00f3, the father of today\u2019s electric trains- , the safety match \u2013 by J\u00e1nos Irinyi, a Hungarian chemist -, and many others. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/studyinhungary.hu\/why-hungary\/menu\/famous-hungarian-inventions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check out the whole list here!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Natural mysteries<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Importantly, a modern significant scientific innovation in mathematics, G\u00f6mb\u00f6c also shed a light on some of nature\u2019s exciting mysteries. G\u00f6mb\u00f6c is a special geometrical shape, which always returns to its originally upright state position on a horizontal surface when you move it, however, it has no added bottom weight. The innovation helped NASA to identify ancient rivers on Mars and also contributed to explaining the spaceship-like shape of the first interstellar asteroid \u2018Oumuamua. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.studyinhungary.hu\/blog\/hungarian-innovations-the-gomboc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more about G\u00f6mb\u00f6c here!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Modern innovators <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget that innovators live among us, and our modern life is still full of challenges and questions about the world that we haven\u2019t answered. The Alumni Network Hungary Webinar series also aims to promote innovation, expands your knowledge, and share inspiring stories of researchers about their latest scientific, academic and cultural news. Check out the latest interviews with innovators and pioneers <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/studyinhungary.hu\/blog\/tag\/alumni\/page\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> <\/strong>and joint the <a href=\"https:\/\/alumninetworkhungary.hu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Alumni Network Hungary<\/strong><\/a> to get the latest information about our upcoming webinars.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11354 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/diasporascholarship.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/AdobeStock_335920355-1-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/diasporascholarship.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/AdobeStock_335920355-1-1.jpeg 684w, https:\/\/diasporascholarship.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/AdobeStock_335920355-1-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/diasporascholarship.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/AdobeStock_335920355-1-1-391x260.jpeg 391w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All in all, Hungarian inventors\u2019 day is a great opportunity to remember that humans have answered so many questions with innovative solutions and to reconsider that modern innovators live among us. You can also be one of them. Dare to ask questions in your own fields (even if no one has asked such questions before) and try to give the best answer as you can. That\u2019s how innovators born!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source of the pictures:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/G%C3%B6mb%C3%B6c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/G%C3%B6mb%C3%B6c<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/hu\/users\/ritae-19628\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=3212137\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rita und mit <\/a> &#8216;s picture on<a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/hu\/\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=3212137\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Pixabay<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inventor\u2019s Day is celebrated all over the world and provides a platform to showcase innovative ideas, inventions, and technological advancements across various fields. Countries have chosen different days to celebrate their own inventions including Hungarians who celebrate Hungarian inventor\u2019s day on 13th June. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11348,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"portfolio_entries":[23],"class_list":["post-11347","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_entries-actual"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diasporascholarship.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/11347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diasporascholarship.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diasporascholarship.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diasporascholarship.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11347"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/diasporascholarship.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/11347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17194,"href":"https:\/\/diasporascholarship.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/11347\/revisions\/17194"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diasporascholarship.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diasporascholarship.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diasporascholarship.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11347"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_entries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diasporascholarship.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_entries?post=11347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}