David Crosthwait: Central Heating & Cold Air
Thank heavens for the following inventors. I know cold. Germany, England, Russia, yeah it really gets cold there. A frigid cold the kind that gets deep in your bones. The good old Fireplace just...
View ArticleJames Bowman: First black to graduate from MIT
Who is Dr. James Bowman? Well he was born on February 5th 1923 in Washington, D.C. He is married to Barbara Bowman and has one daughter, Valerie Bowman and one granddaughter. He was an ambitious man...
View ArticleKerrie Holley: The great SOA IBM man
Kerrie Holley is usually synonymous with IBM. Well Kerrie Holley is indeed his own man. He has made a name for himself but he remains a loyal IBM fellow. He received his IBM fellowship in 2006. So he...
View ArticleDr. Joseph L. Graves: The Misconceived Race
I have had an issue with the word “Race “for many years. Especially when applied to the separation of the race which would be the human race. The term “race” has been used or I should say abused...
View ArticleDr. Lloyd Augustus Hall: Preserving food
Have you ever eaten organic food with little to no preservatives? It’s delicious; however the transport is difficult and forgets about storing it. You better eat it right away if you want to enjoy the...
View ArticleEdmond Berger: The debatable Spark Plug
Okay so there are many different individuals who had something to do with the spark plug invention. Edmond Berger experimented with spark plugs in the mid 1800’s. Then there was Oliver Lodge who...
View ArticleLewis H. Latimer: The Patent Maker
Latimer H. Lewis was a draftsman and inventor. He was born into slavery on September 4, 1826 in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He was married to Rebecca, also a slave at the time but belonging to another...
View ArticleLloyd Noel Ferguson: First Doctorate in Chemistry
Lloyd Noel Ferguson was born February 9th, 1918 in the town of Oakland, California. In the 1870’s both his grandparents moved to California after the Civil War. His parents were born and resided in...
View ArticleMark Dean: Amazing Computer Technology
Mark Dean must have done something amazing. Even Time magazine admits that without Dean we wouldn’t be enjoying the fast paced gaining of knowledge through endless chat rooms and quick access research...
View ArticleOtis Boykin: Electrical Resistor
Otis E. Boykin was born in Dallas Texas on August 29th, 1920. After graduating from Fisk College located in Nashville Tennessee, he became a laboratory assistant at the Majestic radio f and TV...
View ArticleSaint Elmo Brady: First PHD in Chemistry
Getting a PHD is no easy task, but getting one in Chemistry is even more daunting. Now imagine you are an African American in 1916. Well that is when St Elmo Brady earned his PHD in Chemistry at the...
View ArticleWilliam Warrick Cardozo: Sickle Cell Anemia
William Warrick Cardozo was one of the great pioneers of the medical world. He was an expert on Sickle Cell anemia. He made it a point to study and try to understand the effects it has in the body...
View ArticleWoman with Brain Damage Shows No Fear Response
A study published in the journal Current Biology last week examined how certain parts of the brain respond to fear. The study specifically investigated one woman, known as S.M., because she is one of...
View ArticleYammer is Awesome – Almost!
Yammer is a rapidly growing enterprise social network. While the service was first offered to the public only in September 2008, the site boasts over 90,000 businesses using it, including over 80% of...
View ArticleYuriy: 4 Top Reasons Why I Hate Technology
Technology destroys jobs. A few engineers with good machinery may produce more work than a hundred of workers. Not always to the benefit of the workers. In 1811 Luddites, the British textile artisans,...
View ArticleVyou.com – Adding Nonverbal Data to Online Conversations
Words are powerful abstractions. We exchange some data with words. Yet, when we record our thoughts, letters do not always convey all the information. For example, a simple written NO may have a...
View ArticleFree 411 Services – Past, Present, Future & Bing
411 may now be quite redundant. But back in ancient times before the rise of the smart-phones, US citizens and illegals alike used this then-magical combination to find businesses and their phone...
View ArticleADstruc – Rent a Billboard Online!
Did you know that you could easily rent a street billboard online? A small but inspiring start-up ADstruc has capitalized on this niche idea and built an online platform for the billboard buyers and...
View ArticleApple without Steve Jobs – Will He Return?
Apple posted a media advisory that Steve Jobs will be on a medical leave of absence, but that he would continue as CEO and would still be involved in all major strategic decisions. So what does this...
View ArticleAsteroid Could Hit Earth in 2036
An asteroid larger than two football fields could strike the earth in 2036, according to Russian scientists. The chances of the Apophis Asteroid hitting the earth are very slim, however a newly...
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