In 1923,Garrett Morganpatented an electric automatic traffic signal. Morgan was the first African-American to own a car in Cleveland. He also invented the gas mask. Morgan's design used a T-shaped pole unit with three positions. Besides "Stop" and "Go," the system also first stopped traff...
COBBLESTONE knows history doesn't have to be dull and dry.Filled with fascinating true stories of American history,every page is a living,breathing guide to how Americans lived from the 1600s to today.It takes kids on a ...
Among the creative innovators behind these devices are African American inventors. From the traffic light to the ironing board, see a list of products that have sprung from the minds of Black inventors. George Washington Carver Improved Ironing Board, Invented by Sarah Boone in 1892 The ironing...
Mark Dean, 67, is a scientist who developed several technologies we use today. He invented the first gigahertz chip and the Industry Standard Architecture systems bus, which allows external devices— like printers and monitors—to be plugged into computers. He also developed the color PC monitor ...
A 15-year-old student who invented a flashlight getting power from the holder's body heat is going home today from California with a big prize and a chance to do further research.Ann Makosinski was the only Canadian among the four winners at Google's int
... invented the Marshall stack, feedback and the concept album ... once speared Abbie Hoffman in the neck with the head of his guitar ... inspired Jimi Hendrix's pyrotechnical stagecraft ... is partially deaf in his left ear ... stole his windmill guitar playing from Keith Richards ....
With Wix, you get a free plan, but if you're looking for some extra perks like having your own domain name, priority support, or the ability to sell products, you must upgrade to one of the paid plans. You have choices from the Light plan to the Business Elite plan; more information...
With Wix, you get a free plan, but if you're looking for some extra perks like having your own domain name, priority support, or the ability to sell products, you must upgrade to one of the paid plans. You have choices from the Light plan to the Business Elite plan; more information...
Wylie Aitken, founding partner of Aitken Aitken Cohn, argued that the case simply shone a light on the work already being done in courts. "It probably had no real impact other than it publicized and gave great exposure to the processing of a criminal trial, the ...
Presiding over the landmark Microsoft antitrust case, Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson made international headlines when he compared Microsoft’s market power to the hegemony enjoyed by John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil a century ago. But perhaps another,