One Latin American country, Mexico, has a rich history of inventions and inventors, particularly in the 20th century. Many people accredit Guillermo González Camarena with inventing color television, but that’s not entirely true. Camarena was a young 23-year-old when he patented the chromoscopic adapter, which allowed the black-and-white cameras of the time to capture color images. The technology was durable and long-lived. In fact, the adapters were used to take pictures of Jupiter during Voyager’s 1979 mission. For the record, Scottish engineer John Logie Baird built the world’s first working color television equipment in 1937. Luis Miramontes was a Mexican engineer who invented the contraceptive pill in a Mexico City laboratory. He created oral contraceptives that helped prevent pregnancy and alleviated menstrual pain. The tablets, called norethindrone in the lab and Ortho-Novum in pharmacies, also reduce the risk of endometriosis and ovarian cancer. One Mexican family with a lot of talent is the Báez family. Mexican-American physicist Albert Vinicio Báez helped co-invent the X-ray reflection microscope. The invention produces enlarged images of both small and distant objects. It’s used to study everything from cells to galaxies. Albert’s daughter is Joan Báez, the famous American folk music singer who popularized Bob Dylan’s songs when he was just starting out.