Protect and Swerve has already won Haque and Lee a “10 Under 20” award, which are presented to students who develop creative and civic-minded tech projects during CE Week, a consumer electronics and technology event in New York City. How we started: Protect & Swerve was a small project started at a 24 hour hackathon, […]
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A Single Migration From Africa Populated the World?
Modern humans evolved in Africa roughly 200,000 years ago. … The genomes were drawn from people in hundreds of indigenous populations: Basques, African pygmies, Mayans, Bedouins, Sherpas and Cree Indians, to name just a few. In the journal Nature, three separate teams of geneticists survey DNA collected from cultures around the globe, many for the […]
African nations will interconnect power grids by 2020
“Connections between Kenya and Tanzania, Kenya and Ethiopia, South Africa and Zimbabwe, Egypt and Sudan are at advanced stages of being commissioned,” he stated. –okmalume.africaafrica-to-interconnect-power-grids The continent currently generates approximately 120,000 MW of power with the South Africa and Egypt as the biggest producers. He added that the Democratic Republic of Congo’s(DRC) Inga Hydro electric […]
How to convert sand to soil?
Pasting sand to create fertile soil? –desktopimages.org Chinese scientists have developed a method to achieve this legendary mission, which is expected to help fight desertification. A 1.6-hectare sandy plot in Ulan Buh Desert in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, north China, has been transformed into fertile land, yielding rice, corn, tomatoes, watermelon and sunflowers, after being […]
Mankind could turn to geoengineering to solve our problems with the environment
“NASA is playing God, its making its own weather” – Jeremy Clarkson, heads to Mississippi where NASA test their Space Shuttle solid rocket boosters, consuming half a million gallons of fuel. During this test NASA manage to create artificial clouds. –From BBC Top Gear Quote: Now the most amazing thing is that back cloud out […]
The Oldest Boat To Be Discovered In Africa Is At Least 8,000 Years Old?
Dufuna Canoe is a canoe discovered in 1987 by a Fulani cattle herdsman a few kilometers from the village of Dufuna in the Fune Local Government Area, not far from the Komadugu Gana River, in Yobe State, Nigeria. Radiocarbon dating of a sample of charcoal found near the site dates the canoe at 8500 to 8000 […]
Hidden Figures: The African American Women Mathematicians Who Helped NASA
Black or white, East or West, single or married, mothers or childless, women were now a fundamental part of the aeronautical-research process. –Courtesy of William Morrow Working as a research mathematician at Langley was a very, very good black job — and it was also a very, very good female job. They had learned the […]
Ancient Metal Clamp & Keystone Cuts found in Axum, Ethiopia, South of the Sahara, Africa
The keystone cuts were found near the tombs of King Remhai & King Kaleb? Once carved, molten metal was poured into the joint to strengthen it and stop lateral movement of ancient megalithic stones. I’m not sure as to why it seems like the general populous doesn’t know that Ethiopia has a 7,000+ year old history. I […]
The Ships of the Great Pharaohs 5,000 years old?
Documentary on Reconstructing The Ancient Egyptian Ships. This documentary is very interesting and entertaining. All of the documentaries you will find on this channel will challenge your mind. Khufu Boat Museum – Supreme Council of Antiquities – Museums –Funeral of a Mummy by Frederick Arthur Bridgman dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5-000-year-old-wooden-boat-used-pharaohs-discovered –Boat model, painted wood. Egyptian Civilization, Middle Kingdom. Paris, […]
Are We All Related?
If you think your family is big now, it’s about to get even bigger. A new family tree project is showing that we have more cousins than we even realize. You may not know it yet, but AJ Jacobs is probably your cousin (many, many times removed). Using genealogy websites, he’s been following the unexpected […]
The DNA Journey
We asked people from all over the world to take a DNA test. It turns out that they have much more in common with other nationalities than they would ever have imagined. This video takes us on Carlos’ journey. Carlos is an event manager, model and entrepreneur, who is – or thinks he is! – […]
Former NASA Astronaut & The Current Chief Administrator of NASA: Charlie F. Bolden
Before becoming the head of NASA, Bolden was an astronaut who flew into space four times. He commanded two space shuttle missions. Bolden has worked both for the government and for private companies. He is a retired United States Marine Corps Major General. He is also the first African-American to be appointed NASA administrator. NASA’s Bolden: Mars […]
NASA Astronaut: Mae Jemison
She became the first African American woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992. In 2006, Jemison participated in African American Lives, a PBS television miniseries hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., that traced the family history of eight famous African Americans using historical […]
Star Trek’s Nichelle Nichols aka Uhura
“Who knew that Nichelle Nichols sizzled in the local cabaret scene before taking up her earpiece on the starship Enterprise.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Imagine something small enough to float on a particle of dust that holds the keys to understanding cancer, virology, and genetics. Luckily for us, such a thing exists in the form of trillions upon trillions of human, lab-grown cells called HeLa. But where did we get these cells? Robin Bulleri tells the story of Henrietta […]
Prince William Has Indian Ancestry?
DNA testing has revealed that Prince William will become the first British monarch of Indian ancestry. A clear genetic line has been drawn between the Duke of Cambridge and a half-Indian woman, potentially marking him as the first King whose bloodline is descended from the country. Analysis of saliva samples on relatives of Prince William […]
An artificial toe from Egypt-world’s first medical prosthetic?
The original Cairo toe, made out of wood and leather, is housed at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. The toe was found attached to a female mummy near Luxor and is thought to date back to between 950 and 710 B.C. If the parts were indeed used to help ancient Egyptians missing a big toe walk […]
The Golden Ratio Formula for Beauty?
It has long been said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and thought that beauty varies by race, culture or era. The evidence, however, shows that our perception of physical beauty is hard wired into our being and based on how closely the features of one’s face reflect phi in their proportions. […]
Model, Actress and App Developer /IOS Programmer : Lyndsey Scott
Nationality: (New Jersey) American. Ethnicity: African descent. Lyndsey is a successful model with a Computer Science major who creates apps and promote diversity in the tech world.. After graduating from Amherst College with dual majors in Theater and Computer Science, Lyndsey started acting and modeling in NYC and soon became the first African-American model ever […]
Our Love For Gold
Since the time of King Mansa Musa and before that, there were ancient African gold mines as far down the Continent as South Africa. Hello every one, I tried to share some of the best Royal African Kings and Queens photos with their amazing Gold jewelry. I love accessories; so sharing things like this with […]
The First 3D-Printed Supercar
Meet Blade – a super-light sports car with a 3D printed chassis, designed as an alternative to traditional car manufacturing. Through 3D printing, entrepreneur Kevin Czinger has developed a radical new way to build cars with a much lighter footprint. Read More On Forbes: http://onforb.es/1fBjCqt
3,000 Year-Old Hieroglyphics In The Temple Of Seti I In Abydos
Curious looking things. When the plaster first originally fell off, it was covered up again for 8 years. I’m not sure as to why the government/archaeologist covered it up but I watched countless documentaries and read different theories world wide on these images; No definite conclusion on this matter. People can’t seem to agree on what this […]
Lalibela and its 12th-13th century rock-cut Christian churches in Ethiopia, Africa
The Church of St. George is one of eleven monolithic churches in Lalibela, a city in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Originally named Roha or Warwar, this historical and religious site is currently accepted in the modern name of Lalibela, after King Gebre Mesqel Lalibela of Ethiopia, who is regarded as a saint-like figure by […]
Klerksdorp Spheres are 2.8 – 3 Billion Years Old from South Africa
One of the Wonderstone (Ottosdal or Klerksdorp) spheres. In the Wonderstone Mines at Ottosdal (West Transvaal, South Africa), hundreds of metallic spheres have been found over several decades in pyrophillite (or wonderstone) deposits of Precambrian date, some 2.8 billion years old. Pyrophillite is a metamorphosed sedimentary mineral mined for use in masonry buildings, as an […]
Owner of Tetris is living off the grid
The Tetris Company, LLC (TTC) is based in Hawaii and is owned by Henk Rogers and Alexey Pajitnov. The company is the exclusive licensee of Tetris Holding LLC, the company that owns Tetris rights worldwide and the Tetris Company licenses the Tetris brand to third parties.
App Measures Which Friends Are Stressing You Out And Blocks Them
A new app called “pplkpr” is designed to help you recognize unhealthy relationships in your life. By measuring your emotions via a heart-rate monitor, the app figures out which friends stress you out more often than they make you happy. Then it manages your social life so you don’t hang out with them anymore. […]
Sky Blue Stone of Sierra Leone, Africa
The Controversy around this rock called the Sky stone (12000 BC) ~ was found In 1990, an odd type of blue stone, was discovered by geologist and archaeologist, Angelo Pitoni, in Sierra Leone, West Africa. He sent the mysterious stone to be investigated at several laboratories around the world. The tests were carried out in laboratories […]
Nootropics
Harder, better, faster — the Silicon Valley way of life. Where your mind is your money, some techies are turning to smart drugs to enhance brain performance.
Information Overload?
“How does information overload impact you?” That’s the question Jonathan Spira, chief analyst at Basex, a knowledge economy research firm, asked senior executives at companies including IBM, NBC, Research in Motion, and Siemens, among others. The answers may surprise you. http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2010/mar/09/reading-multimedia-overload In a world flooded with too much information, brevity is a […]
Electricity can dramatically improve mental focus?
Napping can Dramatically Increase Learning, Memory … What Is the Best Way to Improve Your Brain Power for Life … Focus@Will claims to boost brain power by 400 PER CENT …