Ten African Inventors You Need to Know
Spark Plugs were invented by Edmond Berger, a black man, and was launched on 2nd February 1989
Touch-tone telephone, caller I.D and fiber optic cable were invented innovations derived from the works of Dr. Shirley Jackson Dr. Shirley is currently serving as the 18th President of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York
The Internet was invented by African-American called Emmit McHenry. McHenry created a complicated computer code which has, today, enabled millions of ordinary people to surf the Internet His invention has also enabled people to receive emails without studying computer science.
What is known as the elevator was invented by African-American Alexander Miles. No one teaches about him in schools. Dr. Walter McAfee, an African-American mathematician and physicist, was the first person to calculate the speed of the moon in 1946.
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, who was born in Pennsylvanian in 1856, was the first African cardiologist He performed the very first successful open heart surgery and founded the first non segregated hospital in the United States.
Garrett Morgan, an African American, is the brain behind the invention of the popular traffic light. Today, millions of cars continue to remain organized on the roads because of the brains of this nobble black African.
Philip Emeagwali, a Nigerian-born computer scientist, built the fastest computer in the world using 65,000 processors This gave the computer the ability to perform 3.1 billion calculations per second.
Fredrick McKinley Jones is the African scientist who invented refrigeration systems for long-haul tracks in 1935. This is a roof-mounted cooling device whose invention eliminated the risk of food spoilage during long-distance shipping trips He was issued the patent on July 12 1940. Today, fresh foods can safely be transported across the world because of Fredrick's earth-breaking invention.
Jan Ernst Matzeliger was born in 1852. Jan Matzeliger helped revolutionize the shoe industry by developing a shoe-lasting machine that would attach the sole to the shoe in one minute.
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