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I'm going to post about smart blacks that helped to advance humanity in this thread.
George Edward Alcorn x-ray spectrometer
George Edward Alcorn invented a method of fabricating an imaging X-ray spectrometer.
Mass Spectrometer - Willard H Bennett and George Edward Alcorn
George Alcorn - Black Inventor Online Museum
George Edward Alcorn, Jr.
Patricia Bath
Patricia Bath Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com
Inventions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Bath
George Edward Alcorn x-ray spectrometer
George Edward Alcorn invented a method of fabricating an imaging X-ray spectrometer.
Mass Spectrometer - Willard H Bennett and George Edward Alcorn
George Alcorn - Black Inventor Online Museum
George Edward Alcorn, Jr.
George Edward AlcornGeorge Edward Alcorn, Jr. received a four-year academic scholarship to Occidental College in Los Angeles, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Physics. George Edward Alcorn received his degree with honors while earning eight letters in basketball and football. George Edward Alcorn earned a Master of Science in Nuclear Physics in 1963 from Howard University, after nine months of study. During the summers of 1962 and 1963, George Alcorn worked as a research engineer for the Space Division of North America Rockwell. He was involved with the computer analysis of launch trajectories and orbital mechanics for Rockwell missiles, including the Titan I and II, Saturn IV, and the Nova.
In 1967, George Edward Alcorn earned a Ph.D. in Atomic and Molecular Physics from Howard University. Between 1965-67 Alcorn conducted research on negative ion formation under a NASA-sponsored grant. Dr. George Edward Alcorn holds eight patents in the United States and Europe on semiconductor technology, one of which is a method of fabricating an imaging X-ray spectrometer. His area of research includes: adaptation of chemical ionization mass spectrometers for the detection of amino acids and development of other experimental methods for planetary life detection; classified research involved with missile reentry and missile defense; design and building of space instrumentation, atmospheric contaminant sensors, magnetic mass spectrometers, mass analyzers; and development of new concepts of magnet design and the invention of a new type of x-ray spectrometer.and limbs.
Patricia Bath
In 1981, Bath began working on her most well-known invention: the Laserphaco Probe (1986). Harnessing laser technology, the device created a less painful and more precise treatment of cataracts. She received a patent for the device in 1988, becoming the first African-American female doctor to receive a patent for a medical purpose. (She also holds patents in Japan, Canada and Europe.) With her Laserphaco Probe, Bath was able to help restore the sight of individuals who had been blind for more than 30 years.
Patricia Bath Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com
Inventions
Bath holds four patents in the United States.[5] In 1981, she conceived of the Laserphaco Probe, a medical device that improves on the use of lasers to remove cataracts, and "for ablating and removing cataract lenses".[5] The device was completed in 1986 after Bath conducted research on lasers in Berlin and patented in 1988,[14] making her the first African American female doctor to receive a patent for a medical purpose.[15] The device — which quickly and nearly painlessly dissolves the cataract with a laser, irrigates and cleans the eye and permits the easy insertion of a new lens — is used internationally to treat the disease.[1][5][16] Bath has continued to improve the device and has successfully restored vision to people who have been unable to see for decades.[11][17]
Three of Bath's four patents relate to the Laserphaco Probe.[11] In 2000, she was granted a patent for a method she devised for using ultrasound technology to treat cataracts.[6]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Bath