These men and women helped shape our country and the world through their innovation and genius. In honor we've selected 12 inventions by early African-American inventors and brought them to life through the magic of digital graphics. For the first time we can now see inventions in full-color 3-D animations and illustrations as originally envisioned by the inventors in their patent drawings. It's the closest thing to being there. You actually get to see what they invented and how it worked. It's a must for educators, students and anyone interested in history and African-American culture.

Inventions and Inventors Featured in Vol. 1

Cabinet Bed invented by Sarah E. Goode
Electrical Lamp invented by Lewis H. Latimer
Fountain Pen invented by William B. Purivs
Gas Mask invented by Garrett A. Morgan
Golf Tee invented by George F. Grant
Ice-Cream Mold invented by Alfred L. Cralle
Induction Telegraph System invented by Granville T. Woods
Letter Box invented by Philip B. Downing
Lemon Squeezer invented by John T. White
Lubricator invented by Elijah McCoy
Shoe Lasting Machine invented by Jan E. Matzeliger
Traffic Signal invented by Garrett A. Morgan

Requirements for your computer

Minimum PC Requirements
CPU Speed: 486 DX at 66 MHz or better.  Any Pentium or MPC2 compliant CPU
RAM: 16 MB or more
Display card: VGA or better with a Windows compatible sound card (Sound Blaster, etc.)
CD-ROM: 2x or greater (minimum 4x recommended)
OS: Windows 95, 98 or Windows NT 4.0 or later
QuickTime: v3.0 or later (included on this CD-ROM)
Adobe Acrobat Reader: free from www.adobe.com

Note: for best sound use a set of multi-media speakers

Minimum MAC Requirements
CPU Speed: 68020-, 68030- or 68040-based or Power Macintosh
RAM: 16 MB or more (Turn Virtual Memory off)
CD-ROM: 2x or greater (minimum 4x recommended)
OS: Mac OS version 7.1 or later
QuickTime: v3.0 or later (included on this CD-ROM)
Adobe Acrobat Reader: free from www.adobe.com

Note: for best sound use a set of multi-media speakers