STEAM Role Models

"Our children/students deserve to know and respect the names behind the technology they use every day. Dr. Gladys West, the mathematician whose work made GPS possible, passed away on January 17, 2026, at age 95. Her journey—from a small farm to the National Inventors Hall of Fame—serves as a powerful bridge between classroom learning and real-world impact. Let’s commit to sharing her story to help our children see the greatness within themselves and others." Visit www.BlackMiracles.com

Happy New Year and thank you for the connection. February is “Real History Month” or to some “Woke History Month” or “Black History Month” ... whatever you call the month of February, it is a good time to start HIGHLIGHTING MAJOR INVENTORS AND SCIENTISTS for 365 days. Let us take this opportunity to celebrate the Amazing People who have contributed so much to the High Technology, Safety, and Innovation we depend on daily. Attached is one of our many featured STEAM Role Models that our children must know to be inspired to love learning and close the achievement gap. To see many other Role Models that I wish I learned about as a child student ... please visit www.blackmiracles.com

Happy New Year and thank you for your Support. February is “Real History Month” or to some “Woke History Month” or “Black History Month” which is a good time to HIGHLIGHT MAJOR INVENTORS AND SCIENTISTS for 365. Let us take this opportunity to celebrate the Amazing People who have contributed so much to the High Technology, Safety, and Innovation we depend on daily. One example feature is Dr. James West pictured below. Our children must know these Role Models to inspire them to close the achievement gap. Please visit www.blackmiracles.com

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Grant, a keen golfer, created and patented a golf tee in 1899 as a result of frustration. When playing the first stroke of a hole from the teeing ground, the golf tee is the small piece of equipment that lifts the golf ball off the ground. To put it another way, Grant’s invention gave golfers more control over their clubs, as well as the speed and direction of their drives. Despite this, it took nearly a century for the late-nineteenth-century Boston dentist, who also made history at Harvard, to be recognized for his invention.

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Due to his exceptional inventive abilities, American inventor and owner of the United States Lighting Company, Hiram Maxim (then a rival of Edison), employed Latimer as assistant manager and draftsman for the company. In 1881, he brought innovation to the light bulb technology by inventing and patenting a carbon filament that, for the first time, allowed lights to shine continuously. Also in that year, the United States Electric Company bought the patent for this invention.

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The foil electret microphone saved space and money while also being quite sensitive to sound. It improved hearing aids, for example, allowing those who wear them to go for a walk without experiencing painful vibrations. The technology has also been used in blood pressure readings and in the United States space program. Cell phones, computers, hearing aids, and audio recording equipment are all used now.

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He had a rare skill and mastery of electronic appliances and devices, and the surprising thing was that his expertise was self-taught. He would later gain employment aboard a steamship outside of the USA. After working on the steamship for a while, he returned to Hallock, Minnesota, where he started to design and build racecars, which he drove and used to compete in local race tracks and events.

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In 1989, Emeagweli mirrored the bees’ honeycomb construction. He used 65,000 processors to invent the world’s fastest computer, a device that performs computations at 3.1 billion calculations per second.

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