Edward Thomas Both (1908–1987) was an Australian inventor credited with the development of a number of medical, military and general-purpose inventions. These included a low-cost "
iron lung", a
humidicrib, the first portable
electrocardiograph and the "visitel" – a forerunner to the modern
fax machine. His inventions gained him an
OBE in 1940, and his work led to Both being given the moniker of the "Edison of Australia".