This thread is to celebrate and acknowledge the geniuses of African descent world wide whether they be African or of the diaspora. It seems we of people of African descent really don't talk about our geniuses, which is why Eurocentrics came up with that "Negros all have low IQ's..." Well that all ends in this thread. All are welcome to contribute to this thread.

Lets get started...

Here's a little good video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0Ld27RrIkLs#!

My man Ronald Mallett:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHC8z6ULs18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgUbWkiWNCo

Dr. Philip Emeagwali

Inventor of the World's Fastest Computer

Dr. Philip Emeagwali, who has been called the "Bill Gates of Africa," was born in Nigeria in 1957. Like many African schoolchildren, he dropped out of school at age 14 because his father could not continue paying Emeagwali's school fees. However, his father continued teaching him at home, and everyday Emeagwali performed mental exercises such as solving 100 math problems in one hour. His father taught him until Philip "knew more than he did."

Growing up in a country torn by civil war, Emeagwali lived in a building crumbled by rocket shells. He believed his intellect was a way out of the line of fire. So he studied hard and eventually received a scholarship to Oregon State University when he was 17 where he obtained a BS in mathematics. He also earned three other degrees – a Ph.D. in Scientific computing from the University of Michigan and two Masters degrees from George Washington University.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pMFy9sBLFQQ


The Great DR. Cheikh Anta Diop:
Do you guys know it was Diop who was one of the people who FIRST realized humanity started in Africa? Here a video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi0IRivzlNM

First American American Astronauts:
"First African-American Astronaut: Guy Bluford"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Gxbv9AqUwQI

"African American Astronauts Seek to Add New Chapter to Black History..."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=drLiQTpGINo

England's Smartest Family! (8-Year-Old Twins Break Education Records)(How could this BE!!!!!! I thought blacks had low IQ's....)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H10kTrABSUU

The great Ahmed Baba:

Most of you people may have not even heard of this guy. Ahmed Baba is probably one of my most favorite persons in African history. He was regarded as one of the greatest scholars of all time. He was originally born in Araouane, Mali. He was a medieval West African writer, scholar, Philosopher, and political provocateur in the area then known as the Western Sudan(which is basically modern day Northwest Africa). Throughout his life, he wrote more than 40 books and is often noted as having been Timbuktu’s greatest scholar! Here is a little video about him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vhx5OHfekk&list=FLOi5yL1B9aLEWSTjyIwcWLw

Did you know there was astronomy in Timbuktu?
http://www.scribesoftimbuktu.com/promo-video.php

"Black Engineer Invents 1000 Mile Engine on Single Charge"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el5AZRyOA6Y

"14 Year-old Girl Flies Cross Country"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8aLFG-GTDI

Arthur Zang

Arthur Zang is a young engineer in computer engineering, from Cameroon, who has developed a touchpad (Cardio Pad) for medical use. He was trained in Cameroon at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure Polytechnique (ENSP) in Yaounde.

While doing his academic internship at the General Hospital of Yaounde, in 2010, Arthur Zang becomes aware of the difficulties faced by Cameroonians in accessing care related to the heart. Indeed, there are approximately forty cardiologists for about 20 million Cameroonians. However, these cardiologists are often located in the cities of Yaounde and Douala; thus not always easily accessible, especially for patients living in remote cities. It is from this reality that this young engineer of 24 years (in 2011) will consider the design of the Cardio Pad.

In practice, the patient is connected to electrodes placed on his heart, which are connected to a module called Cardio Pad Acquisition Mobile (CAM) which, via a Bluetooth interface, transmits the heart signal to the Cardio Pad after the signal has been digitized. One can then read the heart beats, heart rate, and the intervals between each beat displayed on the Cardio Pad, etc. All these data are then stored in a file and sent to the cardiologist's Cardio Pad via a mobile telecommunication network.

Mobility and data storage provided by the Cardio Pad are two major advantages of the invention. Indeed, the cardiologist may not be in the hospital, but can instantly receive the results of a patient, make a diagnosis and administer the appropriate treatment from his Cardio Pad. This is telemedicine.

To achieve this, this brilliant inventor had to design a system for acquiring, processing and transmitting the cardiac signal via a mobile network (GSM for the moment). But he also had to develop a software (Mobile Cardio OCG) which aims at acquiring, amplifying and filtering a patient's heart rate. With no advanced training in electronics, Arthur Zang had to enroll in distance learning with an Indian University in digital electronics and embedded systems courses. At the end of this training he was able to design electronically the Cardio Pad touchpad. He had to order the components from China at a cost estimated at about 600,000 CFA francs (about 1,000 Euros). After assembling the various components, Arthur Zang then installed his operating system and software.

The Cardio Pad consists of a 10 inches LCD touch screen. However, the inventor plans to provide different sizes based on usage (7, 8 and 9 inches).

If not already done, let's hope that Arthur Zang is in the process of obtaining his patent from the OAPI (African Intellectual Property Organization) and / or WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) in order to protect his invention. Indeed, African inventors must also earn a living with their inventions.
Source:
http://www.kumatoo.com/arthur_zang.html


Touch pad:


A little video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXYDAxEahWs&feature=player_embedded

Oh noooooooo this can't be black people! !!

Biafran- ogbunigwe(ojukwu's bucket)

Dr. Lloyd Quarterman
(1918-1982)


We are in an age of discovery, we live in the world of the unknown. That's the only place to live.
—Lloyd Quarterman

Dr. Lloyd Quarterman was one of the African American nuclear scientists involved in the production of the atomic bomb. He worked with two of the most illustrious scientific minds of the twentieth century—Albert Einstein and Enrico Fermi.

Dr. Quarterman worked at two of the major laboratories concerned with nuclear research, located at Columbia University in New York City and at Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago, Illinois.

While he was at Columbia University, he worked with many of the world's leading scientists, including Einstein. He was also involved in the the top-secret Manhattan Project, which was aimed at developing an atomic bomb. When the Manhattan project was officially closed, Quarterman received a certificate of recognition for "work essential to the production of the Atomic Bomb, thereby contributing to the successful conclusion of World War II."

After the war, the hitherto secret facility at the University of Chicago officially became the Argonne National Laboratories. It was at Argonne that Quarterman worked with Enrico Fermi, where he recalls: "We split the atom in the East. We were working there on the Atomic Bomb. But the world's first nuclear reactor, which used the atomic splitting process in a peaceful way, was set up here in Chicago. It was under an Italian scientist, Enrico Fermi... I did all my quantum mechanics under him."

Argonne was the center for the design and development of nuclear reactors. Quarterman worked as a member of a team of scientists, contributing to the first full-scale use of controlled nuclear energy. At Argonne, they made the first reactor for Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine.

Not contented to rest on his laurels, Quarterman augmented his knowledge of chemistry and physics and also worked as a fluoride chemist. Working with a team that "led the world in fluoride chemistry," they created new compounds or, as he puts it, "invent[ed] molecules" from the reaction of fluorine atoms with "noble" gases (so called because they stood on their own)—xenon, argon and krypton.

Quarterman was also involved in spectroscopy. He devised a corrosive-resistant "diamond window" to study the complex molecular structure of hydrogen fluoride, the world's most powerful solvent. Modestly, he chose not to call it an invention, but "a first discovery trial."

He had also given some serious thought to "synthetic blood" but he stated that "[his] process never got off the ground... [as he] ran into socio-political problems."
Source:
http://www.blackhistorypages.net/pages/lquarterman.php

A group of Ugandan students from Makerere University's College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology have built Uganda's first electric car (the Kiira EV) in about 30 months. The car was successfully test driven on November 1, 2011 at the Makerere University. It still is a prototype, but most parts of the two-seater were designed and built in Uganda: the core body, combustion system, etc. The car project called VDP (Vehicle Design Project) is part of initiatives funded and supported by the President of Uganda.



The car's batteries have about 80 km autonomy and electricity is the only source of power used to run the Kiira EV (making it a noiseless car). More vehicles should be manufactured, including a 7-seater and a 30-seater van with about 200 km autonomy thanks to a solar panel.

The car's design was conducted by a brilliant automotive designer - Jonathan Kasumba. Indeed, it is important for such projects to be partly centered on the design process of the car, which is essential in any industrial design especially if the car must be mass-produced.

The prototype cost the college about $35,000 to assemble, although it is believed that the cost can be brought down to $15,000.

The whole team that worked on the project has at least proven that Africans can easily embark in very difficult projects and be successful. It shows, once again, that Africans have talent and genius; and that a full-fledged eco-friendly car industry in Africa is most likely looming ahead.
Source:
http://www.kumatoo.com/ugandan_students.html

Lybrease Woodard
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Lybrease Woodard, Payload Operations Director at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., leads flight controllers in planning and coordinating science activities for crews onboard the International Space Station. (Credit: NASA Marshall)

NASA engineer Lybrease Woodard orchestrates science operations aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as if she's conducting a symphony. She leads a complex, talented group of players and instruments, whose scientific findings are music to so many ears here on Earth.

Woodard's "podium," however, is earthbound. As a NASA payload operations director, she orchestrates ISS science activities from the Payload Operations Center at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Ala.

"When I watch space crews carry out activities I helped plan, I feel like I'm right there beside them, helping them successfully complete the job," Woodard said.

That achievement is important to Woodard, a Huntsville native whose close-knit African-American family fostered her strong work ethic. "They instilled in me a positive belief system that I could accomplish great things," she said.

After graduating in 1977 from Huntsville High School, where she concentrated on math and science, Woodard signed up for MSFC's cooperative education program. The program introduces high school graduates to the NASA workforce the summer prior to their first semester in college.

"I was recommended for the program by my high school guidance counselor, which speaks very highly of the important role counselors play in identifying potential in our high school kids," Woodard said.

In 1981, Woodard, the youngest of four children, became the first of her siblings to graduate from college. She received an industrial engineering degree from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Since then, she has continued her NASA career, supporting numerous space crews who have performed hundreds of experiments on Spacelab, a laboratory that carried out science missions inside the Space Shuttle's payload bay, and the ISS.

Today, Woodard leads a team of flight controllers responsible for all science aboard the ISS, the most sophisticated, world-class laboratory ever placed in orbit. She paved the way for ISS science operations when she served as the lead payload operations director for Expedition 2, from March to August 2001.

Expedition 2 was the second research mission on the ISS and the first to use the Station's Destiny laboratory. It also was the first expedition with science operations controlled 24 hours a day, seven days a week by the Payload Operations Center cadre at MSFC. Woodard, a pioneer in NASA crew operations, helped ensure the success of Expedition 2 by leading a team of more than 60 flight controllers.

Woodard's success led to her next assignment, a lead payload operations director on Expedition 8, the current crew aboard the ISS. During the expedition, the science team in space and on the ground performs research across a variety of scientific disciplines that will contribute to our understanding of the human body in space, Earth's environment, medicine, manufacturing processes and other fields.

"I am blessed when I can make someone's dreams come true," Woodard said. "If I can make this happen for the scientists by implementing their desires, then I consider myself a success; and, if I can add to the ISS crew's probability for success by dotting the i's and crossing the t's, then it has been a good day."

Jean-Patrice Keka


A private initiative to conquer space is ongoing in Congo-Kinshasa, thanks to the ingenuity of one man, Jean-Patrice Keka Ohemba Okese, who has federated a team of Congolese scientists. Jean-Patrice Keka is himself a scientist who studied at the Institut Supérieur des Techniques Appliquées (ISTA) in Kinshasa. He is heading a small company named DTA (Développement Tous Azimuts).

It is in 2005 that DTA started its space program named "Troposphere" that aimed at launching 5 experimental rockets that should not exceed an altitude of 36 152 m. DTA bought some land at the Menkao site in the suburbs of Kinshasa where it has set up a control center with all the necessary equipment to manufacture and launch rockets. This small "made in Congo" room has, among others, an automatic powering device, a telemetry system (speed and altitude via GPS), a video monitoring system to control the rocket trajectory and a rocket launching pad. The rockets are manufactured with scrap.

Troposphere I, the first rocket designed by DTA, should have been launched in April 2007. Due to technical reasons related to the beginnings of the space program, the rocket did not take off.

Troposphere II was successfully launched on July 10, 2007 and reached an altitude of 1,014 m in 35 seconds. It had a mass of 15.465 kg and a diameter of 5 cm.

Troposphere III should have taken off on October 12, 2007; but it was a failure.

Troposphere IV was successfully launched on July 10, 2008, one year after Troposphere II. It is exactly at 5:40 PM that the rocket took off from the pad to reach an altitude of 1,548 m in 47 seconds at the supersonic speed Mach 2.7 (2.7 times the speed of sound). It had a diameter of 16 cm, a mass of 200 kg and a one-ton thrust.

The Troposphere program was self-financed by DTA. However, after the successful launches of Troposphere II and IV, the Congolese government decided to get involved in the project. The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research represented the Congolese government when Troposphere IV was launched. This launch was also the subject of a short documentary on a foreign TV channel (AITV-RFO), showing that the work started by Jean-Patrice Keka and his team has reached an international audience.

Troposphere V, the last rocket of a series of 5 should have been launched in October 2007. The launch was delayed for about 5 months and actual liftoff took place on March 28, 2008. The rocket was 5 m long with a total mass of 750 kg and was supposed to reach an altitude of 36,000 m (36 km) in 95 seconds (1min 35s) at Mach 3 (3 times the speed of sound). Troposphere V consisted of two levels. Level I had a thrust of 7,000 kgf while level II had a thrust of 1,000 kgf. The diameter of levels I and II was 48 cm and 16 cm respectively. The combustion time was planned to be about 6 seconds per floor (level). Troposphere V's total manufacturing cost is about $50,000 (about 25 million CFA francs). However, the launch was not a success as the rocket did not take off vertically and crashed.

Despite the failure of the last and most important of the rockets, the lesson to be drawn here is that a team of Congolese scientists has started working on a space program with very limited funds. Even NASA faced failures while trying to conquer space and the moon. This failure should not be the end of the program because the support of the Congolese government is crucial for this program to succeed one day.

There are lots of implications at stake (economical, scientific, industrial, military, etc.) for the government to support the program. The impact on employment is obvious because this program should contribute to the development of plants capable of producing chemicals such as chlorine, potassium, lime, etc., as well as the manufacturing of electronic, computer and telecommunication components... There is also a need to set up specialized companies that will manufacture state of the art launching pads, that will upgrade the existing control center which is quite rustic and train more Congolese in corollary scientific disciplines.

Can Congo-Kinshasa do it alone or would it make much more sense if such an ambition was brought up at the pan-African level so that Research and Development costs could be shared and African scientists get together to materialize this dream? Only time will tell us.
http://www.kumatoo.com/jean-patrice_keka.html

Great thread

H-Star89:
Great thread

Thanks.

5 Yr Old Black Girl Passes GCSE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZycwAIQ38g

Reaching to the Stars: African American Physicists and Astronomers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9q8I3bU68Gw

14 Year Old Black inventor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JJ2Cd9Jin1k

Black Teens Students Build Plane.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NwNNWUb6niI

Black Engineer On A Mission.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wK7FHabO4s0

George R. Carruthers
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(source) Born 1 Oct 1939
African-American astrophysicist who was the principal inventor of a new space camera to measure ultraviolet light which can be used to identify interstellar atoms and molecules. After several years in development, it was taken to the moon on the Apollo 16 mission (1972). Positioned on the moon's surface, the camera could also image the gases of the Earth's atmosphere. The concentration of the pollutants, such as carbon monoxide, in the air surrounding large cities could be determined for many cities at the same time. Other space cameras developed by Carruthers and his colleagues have surveyed the ozone layer and transmitted photos of distant stars and planets for computer analysis. He also pioneered in the development of electronic telescopes.

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Physicist George Edward Alcorn, Jr

Physicist George Edward Alcorn, Jr. is best known for his development of the imaging x-ray spectrometer. An x-ray spectrometer assists scientists in identifying a material by producing an x-ray spectrum of it, allowing it to be examined visually. This is especially advantageous when the material is not able to be broken down physically. Alcorn patented his “method for fabricating an imaging x-ray spectrometer” in 1984. He was cited for his method’s innovative use of the thermomigration of aluminum. For this achievement he was recognized with the NASA/GSFC (Goddard Space Flight Center) Inventor of the Year Award.

Aprille Ericsson-Jackson
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Aprille Ericsson-Jackson was the first African American woman to receive a degree in aerospace engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); and later a PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Howard University. With all odds against her-being that this field was nontraditional to women and African Americans-her accomplishments provided amazing opportunities. She has paved the way for young women in science and is included among the "Top 50 Minority Women in Science and Engineering". In 1997, she received the Women in Science and Engineering award, given to the top engineer in the federal government. Ericsson-Jackson is passionate about advocating to women the importance of science and math, stating, "We must reach out to the biggest population of math and science underachievers - girls." She currently works for the guidance, navigation, and control design analysis section at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, located in Greenbelt, Maryland.
Now we are all aware that more Blacks need to get into these kinds of feilds but if left up to the current media you could beleive that they are not there at all and this is current history who is telling their stories?;
this basic lack of info about things happening right now cause folks like simple...to exist.

Gen. Charles Bolden


President Barack Obama on Saturday named the first African-American to head NASA, the nation’s space agency.


The announcement was designed to coincide with this week’s return of the space shuttle Atlantis, now pushed back to Sunday.


Gen. Charles Bolden is to be administrator of NASA, and Lori Garver is to be deputy administrator of NASA.


“These talented individuals will help put NASA on course to boldly push the boundaries of science, aeronautics and exploration in the 21st century and ensure the long-term vibrancy of America’s space program,” Obama said.


Here are the bios from the White House’s “intention to nominate” announcement:


Gen. Charles Bolden, Nominee for Administrator of NASA

Charles Bolden retired from the United States Marine Corps in 2003 as the commanding general of the Third Marine Aircraft Wing after serving more than 34 years, and is currently CEO of JackandPanther LLC, a privately held military and aerospace consulting firm. Gen. Bolden began his service in U.S. Marine Corps in 1968. He flew more than 100 sorties in Vietnam from 1972-73. In 1980, he was selected as an astronaut by NASA, flying two space shuttle missions as pilot and two missions as commander. Following the Challenger accident in 1986, Gen. Bolden was named the chief of the safety division at the Johnson Space Center, with responsibilities for overseeing the safety efforts in the return-to-flight efforts. He was appointed assistant deputy administrator of NASA headquarters in 1992. He was senior vice president at TechTrans International Inc. from 2003 until 2005. Gen. Bolden holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis and a M.S. in systems management from the University of Southern California.

Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr.
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Recognized Achievement:
Astronaut
Bio:
Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. (October 2, 1935-1967) - The first African-American astronaut, Lawrence graduated from Englewood High School and went on to earn his doctorate in chemistry from Ohio State University. He died in a plane crash while working as an instructor pilot for the Edwards Air Force base in California. Lawrence earned the Air Force recommendation Medal, the Air Force Outstanding Unit Citation, and was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart medal. The Robert H. Lawrence Elementary School in Chicago is named in his honor.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

You can think of Neil deGrasse Tyson as the Carl Sagan of the 21st century—as long as you envision a Sagan who's muscular, African American and as cool as his predecessor was geeky. While Sagan used to appear on the Tonight Show to chat professorially with Johnny Carson, Tyson trades quips with Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. And you can hardly imagine Sagan's being named Sexiest Astrophysicist Alive by PEOPLE magazine (Tyson got the nod in 2000) or declaring, as Tyson once did, that in high school "I was a nerd who could kick your butt."65. "J. Craig Venter":http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100

NASA Astronaut Stephanie Wilson
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Astronaut Stephanie Wilson, STS-121 mission specialist. She became interested in being an astronaut when she was about 13. "I was first interested in astronomy when I was given an assignment in school to interview someone in an, that worked in a career field in which I was interested. I have a bachelor's degree in engineering science from Harvard University; and a master's in aerospace engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. I worked for the former Martin Marietta astronautics group, on the Titan 4 launch vehicle. I did dynamics analysis. I also worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the attitude and articulation control group for the Galileo spacecraft. So for me, working here at Johnson Space Center as an astronaut has been a natural progression from working on the dynamic response of launch vehicles to controlling and testing robotic spacecraft to now having a chance to fly on the Shuttle."
http://blkav8tor2003..com/2009/03/first-all-female-african-american.html

Mae C. Jemison
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Mae C. Jemison blasted into orbit aboard the space shuttle Endeavor, September 12, 1992, the first woman of color to go into space. This historic event was only another in a series of accomplishments for this dynamic African-American women.
Dr. Jemison was Science Mission Specialist (a NASA first) on the STS-47 Space lab J flight, a US/Japan joint mission. She conducted experiments in life sciences, material sciences, and was co-investigator in the Bone Cell Research experiment. Dr. Jemison resigned from NASA in March 1993.

Chemical engineer, scientist, physician, teacher and astronaut, she has a wide range of experience in technology, engineering, and medical research. In addition to her extensive background in science, she is well-versed in African and African-American Studies and is trained in dance and choreography.

Bertin Nahum

Bertin Nahum, from Benin, born in Senegal and a French citizen too, has created a robot called Rosa™ that assists surgeons with brain surgery. He started his company (Medtech SAS) that conceives surgical robots in 2002. In his mind, robots are one of the best means to help surgeons perform their tasks efficiently and with precision. He is a graduate of The National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA Lyon, France) and holds a Master of Science in Robotics from Coventry University (England).
Source:
http://www.kumatoo.com/bertin_nahum.html

Dr. Oviemo Ovadje
Dr. Otu Oviemo Ovadje is a Nigerian medical Doctor who has contributed in developing an effective, simpler and affordable blood auto-transfusion mechanism. He started working on the invention in 1989 with 120 US dollars. In 1995, he was declared best African scientist and founded EATSET Industries in April 2001. He has patented the invention in 9 countries.

Auto-transfusion is a technique that is already used in the developed nations; however, this technology is very expensive. Indeed, it consists of sophisticated equipment using centrifugation, allowing haemoconcentration and cell washing. All developing countries cannot afford such equipment to save lives.

Dr. Oviemo's invention, called EAT-SET (Emergency Auto-Transfusion Set), is very impressive and can save a lot of lives. EAT-SET is a system that recovers blood from internal bleeding. The EAT-SET device uses the patient's own blood and safely reinfuses it if processed within the first 24 hours after haemorrhage. Blood is aspirated into a collection container and is reinfused by gravity to the patient after a filtration process. EAT-SET only takes two (2) minutes to process 500 ml of blood. Two hundred (200) units were manufactured in Italy for clinical trials.

The system is entirely closed and made of a reusable collection device holding a disposal filter (no risk of infection). Suction and retransfusion lines are connected to the system. A hand held vacuum pump is used for blood suction from body cavities. One key advantage of the EAT-SET is its ability to function without electrical power; making it a system of choice for Africa where energy generation and distribution are not optimum. Another advantage is that it prevents the transmission of diseases and avoids immunological complications of homologous transfusion. Last, but no least, EAT-SET permits greater flexibility in relation to the use and supply of blood banks, especially in most African countries where blood resources are extremely scarce due to the absence of an organized volunteer donation program.

UNDP (United Nation Development Program) and the government of Nigeria funded the EAT-SET Project, with WHO (World Health Organization) acting as the executing agency and providing assistance in the coordination of the project.

Dr. Oviemo has received several awards for his invention, from the African Union (AU) to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), among several other renowned organizations.
Source:
http://www.kumatoo.com/dr_oviemo_ovadje.html

Ezekiel Izuogu
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Engineer Ezekiel Izuogu is of Nigerian nationality and inventor of the Z-600 prototype which is the first Nigerian home-made car with a Nigerian technology. The invention was released to the general public in 1997.

The Z-600 prototype was equipped with a 1.8 Liter 4-cylinder engine that consumed 18 mpg (7.6 liters/km) and reached a speed of 140 km/h (86 mph). Front Wheel Drive (FWD) was chosen over Rear Wheel Drive (RWD) because a transmission tunnel would be more expensive to fabricate. The design of the car was very functional. The prototype resembled a Renault 4 with its upright stance and a front end that resembled the Peugeot 504.

What really made this car unique is that 90% of the components were made locally. The car was going to sell for $2,000, which would have made it the cheapest car in the world. Mass production was planned under Izuogu Motors located in Naze, Imo state. However, there have been several hurdles, mainly financial and political, that have prevented the car from going past the prototype stage.

In 2005 Ezekiel Izuogu was invited to South Africa to give a speech on science and technology. The South African government showed keen interest in the prototype and wanted its inventor to build it in South Africa.

In March 11, 2006 robbers raided the factory of Izuogu Motors, taking with them the molds of the engine blocks and crankshaft, mudguards and other components. These components were absolutely unique and home-made. This was a big setback for the project.

What are the internal or external interests that wanted to prevent the mass production of this car in Nigeria or elsewhere in Africa? It appears that some market forces could have found this invention a danger to their own interests! Indeed, let us imagine a car worth $2,000 and sold across Africa!

This proves that without any commitment from governments, it will always be difficult for African Inventors to ease the pain of the African people. This robbery is the proof that such strategic inventions should be regarded by sensible African governments as assets of National Interest to be put under the protection of the army or the police. With this loss, an invaluable property right has been lost to the detriment of Nigeria and Africa as a whole. But Africa is full of talents and other inventors will certainly surface and accomplish this dream of an African-made car.
Source:
http://www.kumatoo.com/ezekiel_izuogu.html

Pr. Tebello Nyokong


Tebello Nyokong, a South-African scientist, has won the Africa-Arab State 2009 L’Oreal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science for her pioneering research into photodynamic therapy specifically suited to the African environment. She is a Professorof Medicinal Chemistry and Nanotechnology at Rhodes University, and is the third South African Scientist to receive this award.

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) uses specially developed dyes to direct deadly light onto cancer cells, and is being researched all over the world as an alternative to chemotherapy. The dye is injected into the bloodstream or applied directly to the skin. PDT is combined with nanoparticles that absorb and re-emit light in order to target the cancer cells with red light, and kill them with an efficient treatment.

These dyes have been developed primarily outside Africa and Tebello Nyokong believes that more research is needed to establish which dyes are most efficient in the harsh African sunlight. “Any amount of the drug on healthy tissue (such as the skin) is affected by even the smallest amount of sunlight, even indoors,” said Tebello Nyokong. Her research on new dyes for photodynamic therapy specifically suited to the African environment is still at an early stage. She hopes, however, to see products available in the market in the years to come.

Another aspect of Tebello Nyokong’s research is pollution control. One of the methods for the purification of water is photochemical destruction of pollutants (such as chlorinate phenols and other pesticides) using ultraviolet light. However, photodegradation products for some of the pollutants are more toxic than the parent compounds. Photosensitized oxidation has been suggested as a possible solution to this problem. Professor Nyokong is investigating the use of phthalocyanines as photosensitizers, including biomimetic and electrochemical degradation of the pollutants, in the transformation of chlorinated phenols and other pollutants into less harmful products.

Professor Tebello Nyokong rightly and beautifully proves that development issues are not reserved to male inventors because women do need to be part of the industrial development process in Africa.
Source:
http://www.kumatoo.com/pr_tebello_nyokong.html

*double post*

The Lloyd Quarterman guy is a fraud or at least the claims people are making about him are fraudulent. Same with the fake claims from/about Emeagwali.

Legitimate achievers that you could profile:

Vivien Thomas

Percy Lavon Julian

Elijah McCoy

Mark Dean

Ben Carson

PhysicsQED: The Lloyd Quarterman guy is a fraud or at least the claims people are making about him are fraudulent. Same with the fake claims from/about Emeagwali.

I see...

PhysicsQED:
Legitimate achievers that you could profile:

Vivien Thomas

Percy Lavon Julian

Elijah McCoy

Mark Dean

Ben Carson

Thanks.

#BlackWomenDidThat Inventions by black women
check out this video of great black women inventors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMswggtpEH8