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Invention Spotlight: Kelvin Doe, Teenage Inventor
Teenage Inventor, Kelvin Doe aka DJ Focus, from the Sierra Leone is already a prolific inventor at 15 years old. He has created sources of electricity, a radio station, and a windmill for his community. Tweet
Read the rest of this entry »Theoretical Physicist Sylvester James Gates Jr. Interview
Theoretical Physicist, Sylvester James Gates Jr. Talks about his interest in physics and supersymmetry, and how to be a success. He seems like he could talk about science for days. It’s always inspirational to see someone love what they do. Tweet
Read the rest of this entry »Black History Fact Of The Day: Closed Circuit Television Security
Marie Van Brittan Brown is the inventor of closed circuit television security. She received a patent for her invention in 1969. Her invention is the blueprint for the closed circuit television system that is used for surveillance and traffic monitoring. Tweet
Read the rest of this entry »Invention Spotlight: William KamKwamba, Young African Inventor
William KamKwamba created a windmill to supply electricity to his village. He created this invention at the age of 14, despite not being able to afford a formal education. I pray that his genius is not negatively exploited, and that he continues to help his people. Tweet
Read the rest of this entry »The Origins Of The Technique Of Vaccination
“In the early 1700s, as America was being ravaged by smallpox, Onesimus, an African slave who belonged to Cotton Mather, told of a technique, long practiced in Africa, to prevent smallpox by introducing the ‘pus from the ripe pustules’ of a smallpox patient into a small incision on the arm of an uninfected patient. The […]
Read the rest of this entry »Invention Spotlight: The Sleek $9 Bike That Holds Up To 485 Pounds
Ingenious, practical, and innovative; Izhar Gafni has created a bike made entirely out of recycled materials. The main recycled material used in this bike, which costs approximately $9 to $12 to manufacture, is cardboard. You would think that a cardboard bike would be impossible to ride. However, according to Fast Company (where I first spotted […]
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