How did I miss black history month in February? I must have been too focused on Valentine's Day (no diamonds this year). African-American inventors helped build this country from the Michael C Harney's 1884 invention of the lantern to the present (1999 Patricia Bath's invention of laser surgery apparatus). A lot of focus is paid to today's exciting technological inventions, but we wouldn't be where we are today with the iPhone, mobile networking, and robotic science without indoor toilets, clean running water, vaccines, and the first telephone.
80-90% of today's inventions today are improvements on products that already exist. People just figure out how to do it better, smarter, smaller, and hopefully cheaper. I was surprised myself to see the huge group of unsung African American heroes that helped make our lives better today. Hats off to my inventor friends out there in blog land that are working to make tomorrow better through new inventions. Have a great weekend...
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