Obituaries

One of the most iconic inventions of the 21st century is about to be retired. The Segway PT self-balancing scooter will officially cease production next month. It’ll no doubt leave a lasting legacy – albeit probably not the one the company intended.

Vera Rubin, the astronomer whose work first confirmed the existence of dark matter, has passed away at the age of 88. Along with that groundbreaking discovery, Rubin has a legacy of scientific achievements and awards, and was a strong advocate for women in science.

Scott Carpenter, one of the last surviving Mercury 7 astronauts, has died at the age of 88. The second American to go into orbit and the fourth Mercury astronaut to travel into space, Carpenter is also remembered for his contributions to oceanography.

Neil Armstrong, who on July 21, 1969 became the first man to step on the Moon, has died aged 82.

Ray Bradbury, author of such groundbreaking science fiction books as Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 91.

Automotive legend Carroll Hall Shelby passed away yesterday at age 89. Born in Texas on January 11, 1923, Shelby was a leading race car driver, then race and performance car designer who became a household name for his exploits.

Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, Grandson of the founder of Porsche, the designer of the Porsche 911, the founder of the Porsche Design studio and the architect of Porsche design culture, passed away yesterday, April 5 in Salzburg, aged 76.

Owsley "Bear" Stanley, pioneering audio engineer for the Grateful Dead and 1960s counterculture icon has died at 76.

This year the audio communications industry loses the founding father of the Sennheiser brand, Fritz Sennheiser, who died late May 17th a few days after his 98th birthday.

Sadly, the inventor of the ‘flying taxi’, Michael Robert Dacre, has died after a crash during a test flight of a new Jetpod prototype in Taiping.

February 17, 2007 The man who invented the remote control for the television, Dr. Robert Adler, died this week, giving us a timely reminder of just how fast te

August 23, 2005 Electronic music pioneer Dr. Robert Moog (71) passed away at his home in Asheville, N.C. earlier this week and will be mourned by a generation