Trailblazing Black Scientist Lewis Latimer To Be Honored This Saturday
Lewis H. Latimer, the scientist who helped invent the light bulb, to be honored with a headstone installation....
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60-Year-Old Personal Trainer Invents Revolutionary All-In-One Push-Up Bar For Home And Commercial Gyms
This all-in-one bar is uniquely designed to develop and strengthen the total body while targeting the core and chest....
Author Shares Sweet Story Behind Black Man Known as ‘Father of Ice Cream’ Who Worked at the White House
Do you know the 'Ice Cream Man?'...
Meet The British Woman Creating Waterproof Scarves For Black Swimmers
British inventor and entrepreneur Danielle Obe has designed a waterproof headscarf to encourage more black women to swim....
Nigerian Inventor Creates Stove That Cooks Food And Charges Smartphones
Max Chinnah, a 26-year-old Nigerian inventor, patented a smokeless stove that cooks and converts heat energy into electricity to charge cell phones....
Inventions Made by Black Slaves Denied Patents
“One group of prolific innovators, however, has been largely ignored by history: black inventors born or forced into American slavery," says attorney Shontavia Johnson....
7 Facts You Should Know about Shirley Ann Jackson
Here's a list of seven interesting facts about Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, the black woman who invented Caller I.D. and Call Waiting....
Global Tech: Namibian Teen Shines as Inventor of ‘Free-to-Call’ Phone
A teenager in Namibia is gaining a lot of attention from the tech world for a mobile phone he invented. Simon Petrus created a phone...
The Road to TechConneXt: Ty Ahmad-Taylor
The Road to TechConneXt is a lead-up series to Black Enterprise's TechConneXt Technology Summit, profiling today's tech leaders and innovators. This week: THX, Ltd, CEO,...
Mississippi Could be the Next Silicon Valley
"... the state is ideal for creating innovation centers for drone manufacturing and also for business accelerators."...