Still, there are hundreds of other unsungBlack inventorswho have shaped the world with their innovations. Lonnie Johnson invented the Super Soaker, Mark Dean co-invented the IBM personal computer and James West invented the widely used foil electret microphone. Now let's look at 12 other groundbr...
“the toughest Irishman attorney west of Chicago,” practically invented one of the stock characters of the current tabloid world: the celebrity divorce lawyer. Today, few things move newsstand sales and boost online traffic more than broken vows (see: Sandra Bullock and Jesse James). But long ...
A few decades after receiving his patent, Congress amended patent laws so that all African Americans were free to receive patents, opening the door for all future black inventors. 2. Lewis Latimer We all know that Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb, but did you know that Lewis Latimer invent...
The cruel fact of life for inventors of better mousetraps is that, if you can’t find anybody with SERIOUS mouse invasions, you are hosed. Your superior trap will do nothing but waste the time and money of everyone involved. But even if you can find places where the mice are dancing in...
I doubt it. You would have to askthe three peoplewho are responsible for this big mess,the trio of supreme inventors. Forget it. Even if we all yell together, we will remain inaudible. At their scale, a millennium is barely one thousandth of nanosecond. And our solar system is a thousa...
“Most inventors and engineers I’ve met are like me ... they live in their heads. They’re almost like artists. In fact, the very best of them are artists. And artists work best alone ... I’m going to give you some advice that might be hard to take. That advice is: Work alo...
11 Products That Were Invented to be Used for Something Else Gallery Credit: Bruce Mikells Necessity is a Mother at least for Inventors Guinness World Records via YouTube Necessity is a Mother at least for Inventors The following list of products have become commercially successful for a use tha...
11 Products That Were Invented to be Used for Something Else Gallery Credit: Bruce Mikells Necessity is a Mother at least for Inventors Guinness World Records via YouTube Necessity is a Mother at least for Inventors The following list of products have become commercially successful for a use tha...
which he patented in 1897. Not much is known about his life but he is remembered for two inventions, the other being a plasterer's hawk, which works much like an artist's palette for a plasterer or mason. In the pantheon ofAfrican American inventors,...
George Washington Carver invented so many things that he was 44 “The Wizard(能手) of Tuskegee”. He died in 1943 at the 45 of 79. 【小题1】 A. animals B. plants C. buildings D. photos 【小题2】 E. much F. many G. little H. few 【小题3】 I. house J. far...