Innovators in Tech & STEM
Mae Jemison the first black woman to travel in space (in 1983 and 1992, respectively).
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Roy Clay Sr. worked on the design and construction of the company’s first computers in the 1960s.
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Mark Dean helped develop the IBM PC, he also worked to develop the color monitor.
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Frank Greene is considered one of the first black technologists, Frank Greene developed high-speed computer systems in the 1960s.
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Gerald A. Lawson created the first home video game system that used interchangeable cartridges, offering gamers a chance to play a variety of games and giving video game makers a way to earn profits by selling individual games.
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Valerie Thomas would eventually earn a degree in physics and land a job at NASA. In 1980 she received a patent for the illusion transmitter, an early form of 3-D technology.
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Garrett Morgan invented the 3-light traffic light in 1923.
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Marc Hannah developed 3-D graphics technology that would be used in many Hollywood movies. Also helped with designing the Nintendo 64 gaming system.
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