‘Black Scientists Who Changed the Game’ – African American History Month 2018 #BlackHistoryMonth @comaniddy
My friend Michael aka Coma Niddy makes rhymes about science and his ‘Black Scientists’ rap (video below) includes a number of shout-outs for luminaries of various scientific disciplines like Percy Julian, Patricia Bath, Garret Augustus Morgan, Rebecca Crumpler, and others.
Let’s travel to the not so distant past to honor Black Scientists and Inventors who overcame the odds and achieved greatness. I hope you enjoy this song and feel all inspired 🙂
Eink, E-paper, Think Ink – Collin shares six segments pondering the unusual low-power display technology that somehow still seems a bit sci-fi – http://adafruit.com/thinkink
Stop breadboarding and soldering – start making immediately! Adafruit’s Circuit Playground is jam-packed with LEDs, sensors, buttons, alligator clip pads and more. Build projects with Circuit Playground in a few minutes with the drag-and-drop MakeCode programming site, learn computer science using the CS Discoveries class on code.org, jump into CircuitPython to learn Python and hardware together, TinyGO, or even use the Arduino IDE. Circuit Playground Express is the newest and best Circuit Playground board, with support for CircuitPython, MakeCode, and Arduino. It has a powerful processor, 10 NeoPixels, mini speaker, InfraRed receive and transmit, two buttons, a switch, 14 alligator clip pads, and lots of sensors: capacitive touch, IR proximity, temperature, light, motion and sound. A whole wide world of electronics and coding is waiting for you, and it fits in the palm of your hand.
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