Added: Feb 22, 2012
From: scishow
Duration: 3:41
Who invented microphones, PCs, and video game consoles? In honor of Black History Month, Hank talks about some African Americans scientist/inventors who've helped make all our lives more awesome. Like SciShow on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Follow SciShow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Citations in Google Document here: http://dft.ba/-1Vrf Credits: Produced by Hank Green Chief Editor: Blake de Pastino Cinematographer: Nick Jenkins Video Editor: Matt Ferguson Graphics: Amber Bushnell Written by Blake de Pastino The SciShow theme was composed by Tom Milsom TAGS: scishow, science, breaking, black history month, african american, scientist, physicist, james west, electret microphone, mark dean, electrical engineer, IBM, PC, isa system bus, gerald lawson, console, video game, cartridge, console gaming, invention, inventor
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Views: 73918 Comments: 1020
creatureofhabits Says:
Apr 14, 2012 - Could you possible talk about the eye? The connection between it, and the brain. I'd like to know why things are more visually appealing then others, how our brain interprets colours and lights, why when we close our eyes we can still see blotchy shapes, what determines eye colour, how does crying work, I think you could talk about a lot of things! It's all so fascinating!
requiresmints Says:
Apr 14, 2012 - But who invented coolaid???
225228fww Says:
Apr 15, 2012 - Holly crap those flowers aren't stickers!
cookrealfood Says:
Apr 19, 2012 - That was obviously sarcasm. Not for your benefit, for the benefit of my fellow humanist, free thinking, vegetable eating peers. TROLL.
cookrealfood Says:
Apr 19, 2012 - and FIRST OF ALL 'pinko commies' is redundant. And second liberal people do not want communism whatsoever. Loss of autonomy is not something that interests democrats. Democrats want more power to the people, that's not a bad thing, and that is NOT communism.
AlienDesperato Says:
Apr 19, 2012 - That sure sounds like something a pinko liberal commie would say.
had2chopit Says:
Apr 19, 2012 - So,you wannabe, willube? still the bias shines from the arrogance of ignorance and the recognizing of IT is bliss.?
MasterKatCherryBomb Says:
Apr 23, 2012 - How celebrating a persons life and they accomplishments propaganda? that's just ridiculously dumb.. not saying because i'm colored it goes for anyone who celebrates things like 4th of july, christmas, valentines day ect. stop bitching about the past and be happy for what u got today
Funkermonster Says:
Apr 24, 2012 - By logic, every American is an African American.
CiscoTheMan Says:
Apr 26, 2012 - You don't care about me? D: Why Hank Green? WHY?!
LordHengun Says:
Apr 27, 2012 - Neural connection: Interestingly, visual info passes through the thalamus, assessing threat BEFORE it enters the visual cortex, and if I remember correctly could trigger a fight/flight response without the brain "knowing" about it. Color/light: Different cone receptors react differently to different frequencies of light. When excited, they send a signal to a ganglion cell that sort of "averages" the signal from all the cells in its receptive field. Google trichromatic color theory for more! :)
Harpenboper Says:
Apr 30, 2012 - You forgot AIDS
mrcjrowe Says:
May 1, 2012 - No. That's Just you being racist and bad minded because you can't handle the information presented in this video by.... a white brother ! lol Everyone knows that Aids was made in an american lab. It has long been discovered that Aids never came from a green monkey in Africa lol No. It came from the europeans. Fact.
Altorin Says:
May 1, 2012 - not to take away from Gerald Lawson, but Ralph Baer's Odyssey predated the Channel F, and used different cartridges (although they weren't really in a cartridge format, and they weren't sold seperately, and they were largely the same). It wasn't until the 2600 came out though that cartridges really exploded. I think "Cartridges" were just an idea that had to happen, and they were "invented" by several different people working for several different companies in a short period of time.
devibeatrack Says:
May 2, 2012 - African Americans - in the wider public it's talked nicely about them - but in everyday life they're discriminated. Some people really think that it's enough to say some nice or neutral words - when in fact Afro Americans get discriminated with behavior - while the nice or neutral words are used from divert from this fact.
arp49 Says:
May 5, 2012 - and peanut butter!
cookrealfood Says:
May 7, 2012 - sounds like you don't know how to get along with other people. good luck with life troll. =D
AlienDesperato Says:
May 7, 2012 - Oh I can get along with people, just not the mentally ill liberal pinko commies that resort to the LOL xD TROLL retort.
MrKerbinator23 Says:
May 16, 2012 - wasn't peanut butter invented by kellog? in a time where the peanut harvest was excessive and people were looking for new styles of food?
GTpanik Says:
May 16, 2012 - I find it funny that white people would come on here and start some crap. I'm a otaku (geek) lets just enjoy this, geez!
GTpanik Says:
May 16, 2012 - PEACE!!!
Zastanick Says:
May 22, 2012 - Dear Scishow (I was reading that as Scis how and not sci show until I typed it, I'm moronic) could you do a show on some of the more realistic theories of how we'll eventually manage interstellar travel?
TheMakemeasamich Says:
May 25, 2012 - "dean lead the team"
mellowarrior Says:
Apr 14, 2012 - Thank you for making this video....and all of the others you have created. It is important to acknowledge these Scientists and Inventors because diverse minds working together enhance creativity and provide unique solutions....and the human race desperately needs creative solutions right now.