Electromagnetic Ankh with Students at the Nsoromma School

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-8IOCyZjIE

The Electromagnetic Ankh experiment from the book "P.T.A.H. Technology" by African Creation Energy was part of a Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (S.T.E.A.M.) Camp for Middle School Students at The Nsoromma School on Nov. 16, 2013.  http://www.nsoromma.org

THE MASTER KEY to African Engineering

Whosoever Holds This Symbol, If They Be Worthy, Shall Possess The Power Of PTAH

Djed, Ankh, and Waas

THE MASTER KEY

to African Science, Technology, and Engineering

Question: What is the Djed Pillar?
Answer: The Djed Pillar is a symbol from Ancient African culture which represented concepts related to “stability”.

Question: What is the Ankh?
Answer:  The Ankh is a symbol from Ancient African culture which represented concepts related to “Life”.

Question: What is the Waas Scepter?
Answer:  The Waas Scepter is a symbol from Ancient African culture which represented concepts related to “Power”.

Question: Are there any Ancient primary sources which depict the Djed Pillar, the Ankh, and the Waas Scepter grouped together?
Answer: Yes, the Djed Pillar, the Ankh, and the Waas Scepter are routinely depicted grouped together in the Medu Neter Hieroglyphics found throughout Ancient Kemet to represent concepts related to “Stability, Life, and Power”.  The Djed Pillar, the Ankh, and the Waas scepter are also depicted grouped together in the staff held by the Ancient African Deity named Khonsu, the traveler.  And, the Djed Pillar, the Ankh, and the Waas scepter are also depicted grouped together in the staff held by the Ancient African Deity of Technology, Engineering, Artisans, Craftsmen, and Blacksmiths named PTAH.

Question: Besides being held by the Ancient African deity of Technology and Engineering named PTAH, are there any other relationships between the Djed Pillar, the Ankh, and the Waas Scepter to Science, Engineering, and Technology?
Answer: Yes, the book entitled “The Ankh, the African Origin of Electromagnetism” by Nur Ankh Amen points out the relationship between the concept of “life”, which is made possible by way of the flow of electricity and magnetism, in the Human body, to the potential electromagnetic characteristics of metallic Ankhs.  The book “The Ankh, the African Origin of Electromagnetism” also points out the similarity between the appearances of the Djed Pillar, to an electronic voltage source known as the pile battery.  The book “P.T.A.H. Technology: Engineering Applications of African Sciences” further expounds on the concepts presented in the book “The Ankh, the African Origin of Electromagnetism” by showing through experimentation and demonstration that an Electromagnetic Ankh can in fact be constructed utilizing the Djed Pillar, a symbol representing stability, as a pile battery, Stable DC voltage source, the Ankh as a Solenoid coil, and the Waas scepter as the core at the center of the Ankh coil.  Moreover, the book "P.T.A.H. Technology: Engineering Applications of African Sciences” shows that not only is the geometry and appearance of the Ancient African symbols of the Djed Pillar, the Ankh, and the Waas Scepter consistent with what they “look like” in modern electric circuits, but also, the Ancient Meaning of these symbols, Djed representing Stability, Ankh representing Life, and Waas representing power, are consistent with what they would mean in an electric circuit: Djed Pillar Pile Battery being a source of stable DC voltage, the flow of electrical current through the loop of the Ankh creating an Electromagnet, and the association between Life being made possible by the flow of Electricity and Magnetism in the Human body, and the Waas scepter representing power which is consistent with Electric power.  Even more interesting, the book “P.T.A.H. Technology: Engineering Applications of African Sciences” shows that in an electrical circuit, the grouping of the symbols of the Djed Pillar, the Ankh, and the Waas scepter representing Voltage, Current, and Power respectively, forms a mathematical equation essential and fundamental to modern circuit theory known as Ohm’s Law.  Thus, in the fields of Science, Technology, and Engineering, the Djed, Ankh, and Waas can be understood as Mathematic Objects, symbols, or variables in an equation.

Question: What is a Mathematical Object, and What is a Variable?
Answer: A mathematic object is a type of Abstraction or symbol which can represent a thing, idea, or concept.  In mathematics, a variable is a symbol designating a value that may change within the scope of a given problem or set of operations

Question: Ok, so you are suggesting that the Djed, Ankh, and Waas are a “Master Key” to African Science, Technology, and Engineering, but so far you have only discussed how the Djed, Ankh, and Waas can be understood as Mathematic variables in equations related to Electronics.  Are there any other fields of Science, Technology, or Engineering which the Djed, Ankh, and Waas can serve as symbols in Mathematic equations?
Answer: Yes.  The book “9 E.T.H.E.R. R.E. Engineering” by African Creation Energy expounds on the topics discussed in the book “P.T.A.H. Technology: Engineering Applications of African Sciences” by showing how the topics of Thermodynamics, Hydrodynamics, and Fluid Mechanics can be extended from the discussion about the movement of electrons by using African symbology.  When the  “Electromagnet” described in the book “P.T.AH. Technology” is constructed by connecting the Djed, Ankh, and Waas, it heats up as the electrons move through the solenoid coil of the Ankh.  Thus there is a direct relationship between the movement of electrons, or electricity, to the flow of heat, or Thermodynamics.  This relationship is further strengthened by the fact that the Ancient African deity of Technology and Engineering named Ptah, who is depicted holding the Djed, Ankh, and Waas symbols in his staff, is said to have been married to a goddess named Sekhmet who is related to the “power of heat” or Thermodyanmics.  Furthermore, in his article entitled “Reinterpretations of the Ankh Symbol Part 2” by Asar Imhotep, he discusses the relationship of “bio-mimicry” between the appearance and meaning of the Djed, Ankh, and Waas symbols, to the Spinal Column, Thorax Bones, and Brain stem respectively, and how this relates to the Cardiovascular processes which sustain life in the Human body.  Considering that the Cardiovascular process in the Human body is a form of Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics with the flow or movement of liquid in the form of Blood, and the flow or movement of air in the form of breath or respiration, then we can see how the symbols of the Djed, Ankh, and Waas can serve as symbols in Mathematic equations related Electricity, Thermodynamics, Hydraulics or Fluid Mechanics, and Mechanical Engineering. 

Question: The analogies and synchronicities which you have presented here are nice, but is it really necessary to make these comparisons?  Is there any added benefit or evidence to suggest that these analogies actually help students better learn and remember the scientific and engineering principles?
Answer: Yes.  Electrical, Thermal, Hydraulic, and Mechanical interdisciplinary analogies have been developed over time. and have been routinely included as part of curriculums taught in Science and Engineering programs at Universities across the world.  The relationship between Power, Current, and Voltage known as Ohm's Law in the Electrical Discipline, to the relationship between Power, Temperature, and Heat Flow known as Fourier's Law in Thermodynamics, to the relationship between Power, Pressure, and Fluid Flow known as Poiseuille's Law in Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics, to the relationship between Power, Force, and Velocity known as Dashpot in the Mechanical Discipline, regularly serve as a form of Transformative learning Pedagogy for Science and Engineering professors.  For example, the concept of electrons flowing from a battery through a wire may not be as easily understood by a student as the concept of water flowing from a pump through a pipe.  Therefore, the Hydraulic analogy to the Electrical discipline provides a Transformative learning methodology by which the concept may be better comprehended.  However, like all analogies, there are benefits and limitations.  Transformative learning is the Pedagogical modality utilized most frequently by Master Teachers.  Transformative learning is the expansion of consciousness through the transformation of basic worldview; transformative learning is facilitated through consciously directed processes such as appreciatively accessing and receiving the symbolic contents and critically analyzing underlying premises.  Therefore, based on the aforementioned premises, the symbols of the Djed, Ankh, and Waas can be utilized by Science and Engineering teachers, instructors, and professors to student of Egyptian, Kemetic, or African-centered studies, as part of a Transformative learning pedagogy, and as part of a Constructivist or “discovery” model of education by gaining new information about Electrical, Thermal, Hydraulic, and Mechanical disciplines from existing knowledge which has been generated by learning about the Djed Pillar, the Ankh, and the Waas Scepter.

Question: Are you trying to suggest that the Ancient Egyptians actually had all this advanced scientific and engineering knowledge about Electrical, Thermal, Hydraulic, and Mechanical mathematic equations?
Answer:  The purpose of this presentation is to neither confirm nor deny what knowledge may have been known to people who lived over 5000 years ago.  The purpose of this presentation is to demonstrate how the Ancient African symbols of the Djed, Ankh, and Waas can be used as a “Master Key” to comprehending Electrical, Thermal, Hydraulic, and Mechanical science and engineering disciplines which are practical, applicable, and relevant to survival, well-being, and nation building in your life right now.  The process of taking African cultural symbols and concepts from the past and making them relevant and practical in the here-and-now, is part of the Sankofa approach to studying history.  Sankofa is an Adinkra symbol from Ghana West Africa, which is depicted as a bird with its head turned backwards, meaning “ go back and get it”. The Sankofa symbol represents a practical approach to studying History by taking from the past what is good, and bringing it into the present, in order to make positive progress through the practical application and utilization of knowledge.  Therefore, in the spirit of Sankofa, the Djed, Ankh, and Waas can be used as a “Master Key” to comprehending Electrical, Thermal, Hydraulic, and Mechanical phenomena.

However, what are the chances that Ptah, the Ancient African deity associated with Engineering and Technology, would be holding a set of symbols which have such a synchronous association to symbols and concepts across electrical, thermal, hydraulic, and mechanical engineering and technology disciplines.  Moreover, the movement from the electron (electricity), to heat flow (thermodynamics), to element flow (hydraulics), to the movement of matter (mechanics) is consistent with the modern scientific description of the way sound is generated up from the movement of electrons to the movement of matter, and is also consistent with the cosmology found in the Memphite Theology of Ptah rising from the primordial abyss (electrical and thermal) and then imagining with his heart (hydraulic) and speaking with his tongue (mechanical) to produce sound.  Indeed, the Djed, Ankh, and Waas are The Master Key mathematic symbols to African Science, Technology, and Engineering.  A master key is One Key which can open up several different locks, and a master symbol is One symbol which can be used to apply to several different concepts.  This is that key which will open the domain of multiple disciplines.  You now hold the key that is between 1 and 9, for the key does not open the door, you do.

Are you strong enough to pick up the Staff of PTAH

African Women in S.T.E.M.: Jonecia Keels and Jazmine Miller

Source: http://www.theroot.com/multimedia/black-women-techies
Jonecia Keels and Jazmine Miller

Computer scientists, Spelman College

The next generation is ready to soar. In 2010, Keels and Miller beat Harvard and Stanford to win the AT&T Big Mobile on Campus Challenge. Keels -- in Spelman's Dual Degree Engineering program -- and Miller, a computer science major, also co-captained the college robotics team, which tied for first place in the RoboCup Japan Open 2009 tournament.

Tchokwe Cosmology and the Lusona Cosmogram

Tchokwe Story of the Beginning of the World

The figure at the top is God, at the left is the Sun, at the right is the Moon and at the bottom is a human. The Lusona represents the path to God.

One day the Sun went to visit God. God gave the Sun a chicken and said, "Return in the morning before you leave." In the morning the chicken crowed and woke the Sun. When the Sun went to God, God said, "You did not eat the chicken I gave you for supper. You may keep the chicken but return here every day." That is why the Sun circles the earth and rises every morning.

The Moon also went to visit God and was given a chicken. In the morning the chicken crowed and woke the Moon. Again God said, "You did not eat the chicken I gave you for supper. You may keep the chicken but return here every twenty-eight day." That is why the Moon cycle is twenty-eight days long.

The human also went to visit God and was given a chicken. But the human was hungry after such a long journey and ate part of the chicken for supper. The next morning the Sun was already high in the sky when the human awoke, ate the rest of the chicken, and hurried to see God. God said, "I did not hear the chicken crow this morning." The human replied fearfully, "I was very hungry and ate it." "That is all right," said God, "but listen: you know that the Sun and Moon have been here, but neither of them killed the chicken I gave them. That is why they themselves will never die. But you killed yours, and so you must die as it did. But at your death you must return here."

And so it is.

George G.M. James and Stolen Legacy

Dr. George G.M. James, author of “Stolen Legacy: Greek Philosophy is Stolen Egyptian Philosophy”

Doctor George Granville Monah James was an African Guyanese scholar who held degrees and teaching certificates in theology, logic, Latin, Greek, philosophy, mathematics and history. A professor at Arkansas A & M and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, he studied the works of eminent Western scholars such as C.H. Vail, E.A. Wallis Budge, Swineburne Clymer and Godfrey Higgins. James in his seminal work Stolen Legacy, when published in 1954 concluded that the Greeks were not the originators of Greek philosophy. His was the first book to argue that the Greeks stole their philosophy from the people of North Africa commonly called the Egyptians.

James presents seven primary arguments: (1) Greek philosophy was stolen Egyptian philosophy, (2) Greek philosophy was alien to the Greeks, (3) Greek philosophy was the off-spring of the Egyptian Mystery System, (4) the Egyptians educated the Greeks, (5) the doctrines of Greek philosophers are the doctrines of the Egyptian Mystery System, (6) the education of the Egyptian Priests and the Curriculum of the Mystery System, show Egypt was the source of Higher Education in the ancient world, not Greece; and (7) the Memphite Theology contains the theology, philosophy, and cosmology of the Egyptians and is therefore an authoritative source of doctrinal origin.

The release of Doctor James’ long-awaited book stirred tremendous controversy in 1954 in apartheid America. His very attack on the Greco-Roman, Judaeo-Christian foundation of Western civilization upset western academia and still does today. His unveiling that Aristotle stole and plagiarized materials from the royal libraries and temples throughout Egypt offended those whose intent it was to keep Africans in subordinated places, away from power, and held captive by a history that starts in slavery thus having no impact on world high-culture except as hewers of wood and drawers of water. Dr James’ life ended in 1954 under suspicious circumstances, many alleging that he was murdered for revealing too much and thus daring to challenge the established racist European American power structure that vampiristically lives off black oppression. James’ work was seen as a shot across the bow of white supremacy, one whose echo reverberates throughout the African world. James had attained the nous. His Stolen Legacy is a must-read.

Often-times called "the umbrella man," because he was seldom seen without one in his hand, come rain or shine; "poppycock," because it was a common word he sometimes used when disturbed by others mediocrity; still there should not have been a solitary one of us African, African American and African Caribbean academicians who did not know of the late philosopher, theologian, mathematician, scientist, and professor George G. M. James and his works. It is as criminal as not having heard or known of the person and works of Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., and so many other African historical giants of our heritage which we should have enshrined during the Black Cultural Revolution of the era some still call The Glorious 1960's.

George G.M. James was born in the British Crown Colony of GUIANA, South America [presently the "Republic of Guyana"] to the Reverend Linch B. and Margaret E. James sometime in the latter half of the nineteenth century. He was nurtured into full boyhood, and completed his normal/elementary and advanced/high school education in his native homeland. Following this beginning he journeyed to England where he earned the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Theology degrees from Durham University. At London University he continued his studies in the area of research, having many projects to his credit, including work towards the Doctor of Letters degree. He left and entered the United States of America where he worked on his PhD degree. Added to all of this were: a Teacher's Certificate to teach Greek, Latin, and Mathematics in the State of New York school system, the same being equally true for North Carolina and Florida; at the latter also as an Administrator. His college career included two years as Professor of Logic and Greek at Livingston College, Salisbury, North Carolina; ten years as Professor of Languages and Philosophy at Johnson C. Smith, Charlotte, North Carolina; two years as Professor of Mathematics and Dean of Men at Georgia State College, Industrial College, Georgia; one year as Professor of Social Science at Alabama A. & M. College, Normal, Alabama; and five years as Professor of Social Sciences Arkansas State College, Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

In 1954 he published the long-awaited challenge to the Greeks having fathered "GREEK PHILOSOPHY"; thus his book Stolen Legacy. This was, unfortunately, the same year he mysteriously died after having left his job and friends at Pine Bluff, Arkansas for Nashville, Tennessee. This type of erratic behavior was never typical of the highly disciplined George G.M. James.

Professor James belonged to numerous organizations including the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Association of University Professors, the American Teachers Association, and the National Education Association.  The most important of the organizations he worked towards projecting for African people was the only one for which he made his deepest obligation; thus: Order of [the Egyptian, or Nile Valley indigenous people] Mysteries System, [O.M.S.], as High-Priest: Plumbed-Level-Square 360° .
Professor James had numerous publications, articles, and pamphlets. This is but a very short introduction to the "academic genius" who dared to challenge European, British, and European-American scholarship in the 1930's to 1950's, when most of his fellow African, African American, and African Caribbean educators were trying to secure their European American counterparts approval and endorsement as scholars.   George G.M. James equally challenged the very foundation of Judaism, Judaeo-Christianity, and Western Civilization as being original and/or void of their African Beginnings.  In so doing, he had revealed too much of the secrets of even friends, particularly in terms of their secret society’s teachings they, i.e. Europeans, stole and plagiarized from the teachings of the African Egyptian Mystery System which was housed in the Grand Lodge of Luxor in ancient times, and among very few today who still continue the objectives of first Grand Master Amen-Ra.  Man, African, Know Yourself, were the passwords of James' life.  And unfortunately, his light was snuffed out by those who want to maintain their control over the African people who George G.M. James wanted to be mentally free.

Doctor George G.M. James has been supported and promoted by many preeminent African scholars over the years including the likes of Doctor Asa Hilliard, Doctor John Henrik Clarke, Doctor Ivan Van Sertima, Doctor Chancellor Williams, and Doctor Yosef A. A. Ben-Jochannan.  Doctor George G.M. James’ work has come under attack due to some small errors based on the Medu Neter translations he had to rely on during his time. However, although Doctor Cheikh Anta Diop’s focus is Africa and Not Greece, Diop holds that Greeks learned from a superior Egyptian civilization, but Diop does not argue that Greek culture was simply a derivative of Egypt, but rather Greek culture was part of a northern cradle which distinctively grew out of cultural conditions influenced by Egypt.  In his book Civilization or Barbarism, Diop revisited the idea of the stolen legacy presented by George G.M. James, and by using his own translations of the Kemetic Medu Neter language, and Diop was able to confirm much of James’ work.

The loss of Professor George G.M. James to the African Communities everywhere can never be equaled; yet countless Africans will take heed of his clarion call in terms of their enlightenment with respect to their African Heritage he so devotedly brought to light.  If you ever dare to read the works of George G.M. James, you will never again be the same as you were before.


Sources:
“In Pursuit of George G.M. James” by Dr. Yosef A.A. Ben-Jochannnan
http://www.slideshare.net/rbgstreetscholar1/in-pursuit-of-george-g-m-james-study-of-african-origins-in-western-civilization-by-yosef-a-a-benjochannan

http://www.nbufront.org/MastersMuseums/DocBen/GGJames/OnGGJamesPrelude.html

http://www.sebadamani.com/2/post/2013/05/stolen-legacy.html

Stolen Legacy
http://www.jpanafrican.com/ebooks/eBook%20Stolen%20Legacy.pdf

S.T.E.M. and Roots – A lecture and demonstration of African Science, Math, and Technology

S.T.E.M. and Roots – A lecture and demonstration of African Science, Math, and Technology

S.T.E.M. is an acronym for the fields of study in the categories of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Many scholars have presented information showing that Africa is the Root origin of the S.T.E.M. fields. The application of the S.T.E.M. fields determines the Economic development, self-determination, survival, and well-being of a people. As the Root of S.T.E.M., it is important for Africans, and people of African descent, to be Creators and Producers Par Excellence in the S.T.E.M. fields. “African Creation Energy” has authored a series of books designed to motivate and inspire Africans, and people of African descent, in the S.T.E.M. fields, and will be doing a lecture and demonstration on African Science, Math, and Technology at Medu Bookstore on Thursday, October 24, 2013 6pm-8pm EST.

African Binary Math Class Syllabus

AFRICAN BINARY MATHEMATICS COURSE SYLLABUS

Location:    Online at http://akokonanhomeschool.ning.com

Materials:

• A working computer with internet connection
• African Binary Mathematics Workbook (comes with class)
• Pencil and Paper

Class website:

• http://akokonanhomeschool.ning.com
• http://www.AfricanCreationEnergy.com

Mwalimu:   
   Prophessor A.C.E. (African Creation Energy) “Osiadan Khnum Ptah”
   Phone:    678-235-8148
   Email:    africancreationenergy@gmail.com
           
Description:   
The “African Binary Mathematics” course will guide students through re-learning, remembering, and applying the way we Africans traditionally did Mathematics using systems similar to Binary code.  Topics covered will include the relationship between African Binary Mathematics to the study of Nature, Converting from Decimal Numbers to Binary numbers, converting from Binary Numbers to Decimal Numbers, Ancient Egyptian Binary Mathematics, Ethiopian Binary Mathematics, Binary Math and Eye of Horus fractions, Yoruba Odus of Ifa Binary Mathematics, Binary Arithmetic, and Binary Algebra.  Akoko nan is the perfect place to reconnect to our ancient works and solve the problems of our community through education.  Join us as we solve the following problem, “How Did Africans Traditionally Do Mathematics”. This class is designed for the entire home schooling family.

Cost:         $10 for 5 week session

Schedule Dates/Time:

SESSION 1: Sunday, Nov. 03, 2013
Title:         Introduction - Binary Math and the African Study of Nature
Objective:    
   The student will be able to:
   • Know the definition of Binary
   • Know the Advantages and Applications of Binary
   • Identify Binary Dualities in Nature
   • Use Binary Symbols to Represent Dualities in Nature
   • Know the Importance Africans traditionally placed on Mathematics
   • Identify Examples of Binary in African Culture
Assignment:
   • Homework Assignment: list 4 examples of Binary Dualities in Nature, create your own symbols for each
   • Watch The African Origin of Mathematics - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYny1iQ_1r8
   • Watch Introduction to Mathology Mythematics - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTPAqSMVnEE

SESSION 2:  Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013
Title:         Binary Numbers
Objective:    
   The student will be able to:
   • Convert between Decimal and Binary Number systems
   • Use Finger binary to convert between decimal and Binary Number systems
   • Use Finger binary to display values up to 31
   • Learn African names and symbols for Binary values
Assignment:
   • Binary Finger Quiz
   • Home Assignment: converting decimal to binary and binary to decimal
   • Watch Finger Binary for African Binary Math Class https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mxn2Ckuc0w

SESSION 3:  Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013
Title:         Binary Math in African Culture
Objective:    
   The student will be able to:
   • Identify primary evidence of Binary Math in various traditional African cultures
   • Understand the relationship between Geomancy and the Yoruba Odu of Ifa to Binary Math
   • Use Binary Math to perform Ancient Egyptian Multiplication
   • Understand the relationship between Ancient Egyptian Eye of Horus Fractions to Binary Math
   • Use Binary Math to perform Ancient Ethiopian Multiplication
   • Understand how the Ishango Bone relates to Ancient Egyptian and Ethiopian Math, and Binary Math
Assignment:
   • Home Assignment: Ancient Egyptian Binary Multiplication, Division, Eye of Horus Fractions, Ethiopian Binary Multiplication, and Yoruba Binary Odus of Ifa
   • Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih1ZWE3pe9o
   • Watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXOTKidm7A0

SESSION 4:   Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013
Title:         Binary Arithmetic
Objective:    
   The student will be able to:
   • Add Binary Numbers
   • Subtract Binary Numbers
   • Multiply Binary Numbers
   • Divide Binary Numbers
   • Understand How Binary Arithmetic is Used in Computers
Assignment:
   • Home Assignment: Binary Arithmetic Homework Sheet
   • Watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFd5bnDdB3Q
   • Ontology Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO5t98V6VP4
   • Technophobia and Breaking the Spell - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQUMpQJ2bho

SESSION 5:  Sunday, Dec. 01, 2013
Title:         Binary Algebra
Objective:    
   The student will be able to:
   • Understand how African Nsibidi symbols relate to Binary Algebra Operators
   • Understand how Binary Algebra is used in Computers
   • Apply the Commutative laws of Binary Addition and Binary Multiplication
   • Apply the Associative laws of Binary Addition and Binary Multiplication
   • Apply the Distributive Law of Binary Algebra
   • Apply the rules and laws of Binary Algebra
Assignment:
   • Home Assignment: Binary Algebra Homework Sheet
   • The African Origin of Robotics - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM5tVNG2uds
   • AfroBot - African Robotics and Computer Science - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hij2fgFU0xg

Supplementary Reading:
•    “Supreme Mathematic African Ma’at Magic” (ISBN 9780557592142) by African Creation Energy  Cost $15
http://www.amazon.com/Supreme-Mathematic-African-MaAt-Magic/dp/0557592143

http://www.lulu.com/shop/african-creation-energy/supreme-mathematic-african-maat-magic/paperback/product-15818504.html

•    “Khnum-Ptah to Computer: The African Initialization of Computer Science” by African Creation Energy (ISBN 9781300498919)  Cost $20
http://www.amazon.com/Khnum-Ptah-Computer-African-Initialization-Science/dp/1300498919

http://www.lulu.com/shop/african-creation-energy/khnum-ptah-to-computer-the-african-initialization-of-computer-science/paperback/product-20565683.html

Ghana's Space Program

http://www.voanews.com/content/ghanas-home-grown-space-program-takes-off/1686704.html
Ghana’s Home-Grown Space Program Takes Off
by Robbie Corey-Boulet

In a small laboratory on the ground floor of a university 80 kilometers north of Accra, students practice counting down for the launch of their model satellite.

Later that same afternoon, the so-called CanSat, which is scarcely larger than a can of Coke, climbed nearly 200 meters into the overcast mid-May sky. While successfully launching the miniature device is but a small step toward establishing Ghana's foothold in the heavens, nearby posters of Japanese and American spacecraft on the lab’s lime green walls suggest the true size of the students’ ambitions.

​​Their dream of putting large-scale satellites into orbit is shared by Ghana’s government, which launched a national space program just over a year ago. But unlike African countries such as Nigeria that have received foreign help in developing satellites, Ghana is taking a home-grown approach.

Officials hope to have an observational satellite in orbit within five years. In order to ensure a strong program over the long term, they need to educate more students with a passion for space.

That’s why the head of the national space agency, Dr. Prosper Kofi Ashilevi, attended the launch of the model satellite, held on the campus of All Nations University in the town of Koforidua.

“One of our core businesses is to develop a human resource base for the space industry," he said. "If an education institution like this, a private institution like All Nations, has taken that bold step to go and do this — to train undergraduates, to train non-scientists for the industry — you know it’s very much welcome. Because we need the base, the human resource base, to go higher up.”

Students at All Nations spent several months working on the model satellite, coming into the lab after class and sometimes staying until just before dawn.

Though they initially hoped to launch the model satellite using a rocket, they were unable to get permission to import one. So instead, at just after 1 p.m. on launch day, they attached the CanSat to a bright yellow balloon, hoisting it up into the air using rope and letting it slowly fall down to earth with the help of a parachute, achieving a maximum height of 165 meters.

While only one of the two launch attempts was successful, the satellite did collect readable data, accomplishing the group's primary objective. As a cheering crowd looked on, the director of the lab read out temperature and air pressure readings and projected images taken by CanSat on a screen.

Aiding development

While some question Ghana's need for satellite technology and a space program — especially as data collected from satellites can be purchased from countries and agencies already using the technology — government officials emphasize satellite technology's ability to aid in predicting weather and natural disasters, and in monitoring natural resources.

Aaron Yankey, the 26-year-old systems engineer on the project, said he was glad to be part of something that could aid in the country’s development.

“The world is becoming more unstable — global warming and all that — so we need more sophisticated systems to monitor and predict things," he said. "I think it is very important for Ghana because Ghana is in a strategic point, economically and geopolitically, within the region. We need such things to be able to compete.”

But Samuel Donkor, president of All Nations University, says he has been questioned repeatedly on why he supports the program for students, which has so far cost the university $50,000.

“Why should we be thinking about going into space when we have basic fundamental issues with the economy and standard of living? These are some of the questions they ask," he said. "They wonder why anybody would even think of it when we can’t get a stable power supply in the country."

Despite the skepticism, he says the university will continue to support the satellite program.

Students say they hope to cast CanSat into orbit within two years.

Mars One - Human Martian Extraterrestrials

* The Mars One program seeks to establish a Human colony on Mars by the year 2023.
Mars One: http://www.mars-one.com

* In the first 2 weeks of the Application Process, 78,000 People applied to leave earth forever to live on mars http://www.nbcnews.com/science/78-000-apply-leave-earth-forever-live-mars-6C9826295?franchiseSlug=sciencemain

* We may witness the Birth of a Human Being on Mars

* The Human Martian Extraterrestrial Colonist who are part of the Mars One program will be Evidence of Actual Extraterrestrial Life elsewhere in the Universe

* From Afro-Centric to Astro-Centric, From Afro-Americans to Astro-Americans, From Afro-Futuristic to Astro-Futuristic

* Human Martian Calendar and Time System will differ from the Earthling Calendar and Time System

* Will this lead to widespread Interplanetary Colonization?

* Is this an example of Interplanetary White Flight?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_flight

* Will this lead to Interplanetary Gentrification?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentrification

* Will this lead to Interplanetary Slavery?

Robotics In African Culture Past And Present

A picture is worth a thousand words.  Robotics always has been a part of African culture.

http://www.amazon.com/Khnum-Ptah-Computer-African-Initialization-Science/dp/1300498919

BRCK: A Backup Generator for the Internet built for Africa

The BRCK is the easiest, most reliable way to connect to the internet, anywhere in the world, even when you don't have electricity.  All kinds of jobs require steady connectivity, even when infrastructure is spotty due to wireless connections, intermittent power, or devices that can’t share connections. The Ushahidi team set out to redesign connectivity for the world we live in - Africa. Ushahidi, Inc. is a non-profit software company that develops free and open source software.  Juliana Rotich, the Executive Director for Ushahidi, speaks about the BRCK at the TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh on the June 11, 2013.
http://brck.com
http://www.ushahidi.com

"If it works in Africa, it can work any where...Out of Adversity can come Innovation...What happens when Africans are no longer Global Consumers of Solutions, but Creators"

Why tech innovators are Africa's future

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/22/opinion/apps4africa-marieme-jamme/index.html

Apps4Africa has just announced the three winners of its 2012 competition, showcasing the best in African innovation.

The winners, chosen from nearly 300 submissions, were Ffene, from Uganda, an app that helps small and medium businesses reduce administrative costs; SliceBiz, from Ghana, a crowdsourcing platform to encourage middle class Africans to invest small amounts in high-growth startups; and Prowork, from Nigeria, which is a project management and real-time collaboration tool for businesses.

The Apps4Africa competition began in late 2009 as an annual program that aimed to support African social entrepreneurs using technology to solve societal problems. This year's competition demonstrated again that Africa has innovation and a growing number of innovators. But now the challenge for technology entrepreneurs is not merely to innovate and create apps, but to turn them into lucrative business ideas.

During my trips to Africa while coordinating the Apps4Africa competition, I witnessed from the innovators a real desire to innovate and have their voices heard. But whilst a technology revolution is taking place in Africa, with so many of these young men and women building and creating apps, they still face huge challenges in understanding how to start businesses around their innovations.

Most of the innovators are following trends and their dreams, inspired mostly by the stories of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs making it without a clear business plan or any structured road map when they started their businesses many years ago. The reality check has not yet taken place in the minds of Africa's innovators and lots of time is being wasted on unrealistic desires.

Young entrepreneurs in Africa have a mosaic of demands that need urgent attention. Policy makers need to start taking the young entrepreneurs seriously, as they are the future of Africa.

The growing number of competitions and gatherings -- like Apps4Africa, Startup Weekend, Africa Gathering, Maker Faire, Pivot East and BarCamps -- help to give visibility and credibility to these innovators, but this is not enough. The young African innovator needs business skills and funding.

However, preparatory brainstorming gatherings, where people meet to share ideas, cement relationships and learn, could form the missing link that helps to create a culture of entrepreneurship and trust, that challenges and empowers the technology entrepreneurs to do more for Africa, and encourages the funders to support them.

Now the competition is over, with the prize money coming soon into the winners' bank accounts, what is next for them? Many people are asking this legitimate question.

One thing is sure, the entrepreneurs have ideas; the proof is that we have banks of apps being developed from the continent. But 90% of the people who attended the Apps4Africa sessions, with their business ideas in hand, need mentoring.

The ecosystem in their countries to facilitate the creation of companies and a culture of entrepreneurship and risk taking is currently in its infancy or non-existent. Funding is currently a big issue. Investors don't take the technologists seriously, say the entrepreneurs. Whilst their intentions and ideas are good, many of the entrepreneurs that I meet need to be mentored intensively. Investors don't have time for this.

African policy makers need to seriously invest in creating more business schools and put the right infrastructures into place to save the private sector industry of Africa and youth of Africa. Technology hubs and innovative spaces are addressing these current needs.

The Apps4Africa winners now need to scale up their business models; this means they will need more funding, mentoring and manpower.

To respond to this growing need, I have launched Spotone Mentoring @spot1mentoring, a new social enterprise initiative committed to supporting, guiding, unlocking the potential of the growing numbers of bedroom entrepreneurs in Africa.

With its official launch in the summer, it's an initiative I hope can help Africa's innovators to scale up and become profitable.

Africa's tallest building set for $10 billion Tech City in Ghana

http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/20/tech/hope-city-ghana/index.html

(CNN) -- Right now, it's nothing more than an empty plot of land, covered by just a few shrubs and the odd Neem tree. But within a few years, these grass plains just outside Accra, Ghana, could be transformed into a fertile breeding ground for world-class innovation.

Earlier this month, Ghanaian president John Mahama launched Hope City, a $10 billion high-tech hub aiming to foster technological growth and attract major players in the global ICT industry to the West African country.

The ambitious project is the brainchild of Ghanaian businessman Roland Agambire, head of local technology group RLG Communications. Smart and futuristic, the hub's sustainable facilities will include an assembly plant for various tech products, business offices, an IT university and a hospital, as well as housing and recreation spaces, including restaurants, theaters and sports centers.

"What is lacking in the African continent is a place where you can have well-designed products, backed with concrete research and proper hardware and software developers to be able to create infrastructure for the telecoms industry," says Agambire, 39, whose company has acquired the land where the technopolis will be built.

"So the inspiration behind Hope City is to have an iconic ICT park where ICT players from all over the world can converge to design, fabricate and export software and everything arising from this country," he adds.

Construction is expected to begin by June 2013 and when completed -- within three years, if everything goes as planned -- the technology park could house 25,000 residents and create jobs for 50,000 people.

Agambire, one of Ghana's top businessmen, says his company is financing 30% of the project, while the remainder will be funded by a wide array of investors and through a stock-buying scheme.

The entrepreneur says the IT hub has already attracted several partners, including Microsoft, with Microsoft corporate vice president Ali Faramawy among the guests at the Hope City launch event.

Agambire adds that the Hope City project also has the support of the Ghanaian government, as it aims to create create thousands of jobs and help turn technology into one of the country's main economic drivers.

"What we want to do is to create the environment and the human resource base for the technology industry to be able to use that [environment] and tap that opportunity," he says. "That's what has happened in China, that's what has happened in other places of the world."

Africa's highest tower

Hope City will be developed in an area of about 1.5 million square meters, located some 30 minutes west of Accra's city center.

Designed by Italian firm Architect OBR, the technopolis will be made up of six towers of different dimensions, including a 75-story, 270 meter-high building that is expected to be the highest in Africa. A system of bridges at different heights will link the towers together, creating a circular connection between the buildings' functions and public amenities.

OBR co-founder Paolo Brescia says the project's goal is to create a living place of discovery and exploration that reflects the tradition and culture of local people in a contemporary urban setting.

To achieve this, the architects designed Hope City with Ghana's traditional compound houses in mind. Originally made of mud brick walls and thatched roofs, compound structures have been a prevalent form of housing in the country for centuries, built to promote communal life and mutual assistance.

"We wanted to recreate, at a different scale, the same feeling of the compound house in a way that it could work as a compound cluster," explains Brescia.

"This place is designed to keep people together," he adds. "We developed this idea, not as a campus, where you have buildings which are dedicated to single functions, but as a city which is developed in a vertical way so that everything could be interconnected."

ICT revolution

The launch of Hope City comes just a few months after Kenya broke ground on its own flagship tech mega project; located some 60 kilometers southeast of the capital Nairobi, Konza Techno City is being touted as "Africa's Silicon Savannah," a major IT hub that aims to create some 100,000 jobs by 2030.

Kenya has already experienced a major IT boom in recent years, spurred in part by a surge in the number of innovation centers, such as Nairobi-based iHub, which enable young coders and aspiring entrepreneurs to collaborate, network and develop their trailblazing ideas.

Similar spaces have also mushroomed across Africa in recent years, from Egypt and Nigeria to Tanzania and Madagascar.

In Ghana, one such center is Accra-based Mobile Web Ghana, a vibrant tech space with more than 300 members. Florence Toffa, director of Mobile Web Ghana, welcomes the launch of Hope City.

"This city hopefully will bring the tech companies together and spark a new ICT revolution in Ghana," she says, adding that the project could equip local techies with the necessary skills to develop apps that would solve community problems, as well as provide a platform for tech companies to find new talent and opportunities to invest in.

For Agambire, this is a project that will position Ghana at the forefront of African technology.

"Africa is hungry for development," he says. "Want to make sure that in three years down the line, Hope City will be a reality and will be one of the biggest dreams that Africa has ever seen."

Konza Technology City in Kenya

Konza Technology City
http://www.konzacity.co.ke

Konza Techno City will be a sustainable, world-class technology hub and a major economic driver for the nation of Kenya with a vibrant mix of businesses, workers, residents, and urban amenities.   It is dubbed "where African silicon savannah begins".  The city will be located in the city of Konza in Kenya. It will be built in 5000 acres of land 64km south of Nairobi, Kenya.  The project is estimated to cost approximately $14.5 Billion Dollars US.  The official launch and groundbreaking ceremony of the project took place on the 23rd January 2013, headed by Kenyan president, Mwai Kibaki.  The Konza Technopolis will be a world class city powered by a thriving IT sector and generating 100,000 jobs by 2030.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konza_Technology_City

Entry plaza:

University campus:

Business district:

Technology and life science district:

Konza Techno City pavilion:

 Masterplan structure:

Extraterrestrial Calendars

* Extraterrestrial = any object outside of, or beyond (extra-) the planet Earth (terrestrial).
* Thus, the Sun and the Moon are Extraterrestrials by definition
* A Photon of Light which originates on the Sun and Travels to Earth is an Extraterrestrial which has come to Earth by definition
* If you reverence the Sun and/Moon, you reverence Extraterrestrials
* The Sun is the source of Life on Earth, so an Extraterrestrial is the Source of Life on Earth
* If the Sun is the source of Life on Earth, then why do we not consider the Sun to be alive?
* If the Sun is alive, then the Sun would be an example of Extraterrestrial Life
* A Day = 1 rotation of a Planet around its axis
* A Year = 1 rotation of a Planet around its sun/star
* A Month = 1 cycle of Lunar Phases of a Planet's Moon as seen from the Planet
* A Week is based more on Religious theology than Science
* If we lived on a Planet that did not have a Moon we would not have Months in our Calendar
* If we lived on a Planet that had 2 Moons, we would have twice as many months in our Calendar

Spiritual Science Part 2

-    Spirituality and Religion are good at instilling morals, ethics, and happiness in its practitioners but falls short in having the most accurate and correct information.
-    Science is good at having the most accurate, correct, and practical information but falls short in instilling morals, ethics, and happiness in its practitioners
-    The dichotomy creates 2 groups of people: A Spiritual/Religious group who are Happy and Moral People but have incorrect information (which some may call ignorant), and a Scientific group of people who Have Correct information (which some may call intelligent) but are miserable and lack morals
-    Science vs Spirituality/Religion is like "Miserably Intelligent" vs "Blissfully Ignorant"
-    The Allegory of the “Wise Serpent” and “Anansi the Spider – a deity of wisdom who also was a trickster”.  Why is it that some intelligent people choose to use their intelligence to beguile less intelligent people
-    If one of the Purposes of Religion/Spirituality is to put a person’s spirit at ease, ie make the person feel good, then that may explain why Truth is not explicitly given in religion, but rather the Truth is dressed up in mythology and allegory…because Truth hurts.  And if it is true that “Truth hurts”, then this may explain why people who prescribe to Scientific doctrines tend to be bitter…because they were explicitly told the truth
-    "The Invention of Lying" Movie
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1058017/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invention_of_Lying
-    In our traditional African culture, the Memphite Theology which is carved on the Shabaka Stone (which I call the Science of Sciences and the Science in Sciences) combined the best of the Spiritual world with the best of the Scientific world to create a “SPIRITUAL SCIENCE” which included the Morals, Ethics, and Happiness which is found in Religion and Spirituality with the correct, accurate, and practical information which is found in Science.

-    One of hallmarks of a “Religion” is that it creates a system of think by which you can predict a person’s response, actions, and thoughts.  Therefore, some of the non-formal religions which people prescribe to unknowingly are:
o    Conspiracy-ism
o    Racism
o    U.F.O.-ism
o    New Age Spritualism
o    Atheism/Science-ism
o    Pseudo-science-ism

-    Ebony Magazine says "African Americans May be Left Out of the 21st Century Job Market" due to a woeful under-representation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers which comes from instilling Religious/Spiritual values in African American households which do not value the importance of science, technology, engineering and mathematics
http://www.ebony.com/career-finance/why-african-americans-may-be-left-out-of-the-21st-century-job-market-498#axzz2SYYNtiuc
-    The modern-day 'slave class' is anyone who cannot do math
http://www.naturalnews.com/040027_financial_slavery_money_investments.html
-    Considering the two articles mentioned above, it is imperative that Africans and people of African descent start combining our Spirituality with Science in order to be emancipated from the bondage of being in The modern-day 'slave class' in the 21st Century

-    Space exploration has been privatized http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_private_spaceflight_companies
-    Steven Hawking has stated that "Humans have less than 1,000 years left on Earth" or be faced with extinction
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1301482/Human-race-colonise-space-face-extinction-warns-Stephen-Hawking.html
-    Considering the two links above, it is imperative that Africans and people of African descent start combining our Spirituality with Science in order to be able to start creating privately owned Space exploration companies to survive any calamities which may come to planet Earth which would require leaving Earth and colonizing other planets in the coming years

-    Many Scientists such as Nikola Tesla and Edward Leedskalnin also studied Mythological, Occult, Metaphysical, and Spiritual Information which motivated and inspired their Scientific inventions

-    An African American Scientist named Ronald Mallett was motivated by Science Fiction and has invented a time machine where he has shown it is possible to send energy/information back in time from the future.  If this is true, then could it be that people in present day who seem to have ESP, premonitions, or psychic abilities are actual receiving information being sent to them back through time from an Information Time Machine in the future?

-    “True Wisdom is not just thinking outside the box, true wisdom is being able to move in and out of various boxes and create new boxes at will”

African-American Scientist Ronald Mallett Invents The World's First Time Machine

http://www.thelavinagency.com/blog-science-speaker-ronald-mallett-time-travel-is-possible.html

Ronald Mallett: "I Want The Public To Know Time Travel Is Possible"
If you thought that time travel was purely science fiction—think again. As science speaker Ronald Mallett explained in a recent interview, time travel has already been proven to be scientifically possible. "Einstein’s theory says that time slows down the faster you travel," the Time Traveler author explains. "This has also been proven with clocks on passenger jets, the clocks actually slow down by a few seconds." Named as a role model for 2013, he first became interested in time travel after his father died when Mallett was only a young boy. Wanting to go back in time to spend more time with his father, he became inspired to build his own time machine. He began to read Einstein's theories about time not being fixed, and The Time Machine by H. G. Wells, and both showed him that that his scientific pursuit wasn't all that far-fetched.

While he says the "deep love of [his] father and [his] obsessive desire to see him again," was his primary motivation for learning theoretical physics, the more he studied the subject, the more he became passionate about it. Growing up, he says that he would read whatever books he could get his hands on. While he admits he didn't understand a lot of what he read at first, eventually he knew it would all make sense. Not able to afford college on his own, he joined the Air Force to get the GI Bill to pay for his school. Overcoming racial prejudice and poverty, he graduated from Penn State University with a Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD degree in physics.

He says he wrote his book, Time Traveler, so that everyone could learn about the possibilities of traversing through time. How does he explain the phenomenon to non-scientists?  "We all travel through time, but we do it day-by-day," he says. "Time travel means getting to the future faster than anyone else. A time traveler might be able to travel ten years in ten minutes."  While there is still much work to be done to create a device that makes time travel practically—not just theoretically—possible, Mallett is just as dedicated to his goal today as he was when he first started on his journey. His presentations and keynotes are widely attended and spark great debate about the possibilities that stem from his research. His speeches are equal parts scientific and inspirational, and no matter what you do in life, he advises his audiences to "follow your passion and enjoy your journey through time."

Spirituality vs Science vs Religion

Does Science Complete Spirituality or Does Science Compete with Spirituality

Outline of Topics discussed:
Is Science Absolute, does it absolutely explain everything, including that which is spiritual?
- Science is the ongoing search and study into the deep mystery of the unknown, to make it known
- Science is never complete, the more you know, the more you know you don't know (symbology of the incomplete Pyramid rising from the waters of Nun in Ancient Egypt)
- Conversely Religion claims to be absolute and claims to know everything via God
- You can never KNOW everything, you cannot know what the inside of your brain feels like, - there is some information that you will actually have to destroy yourself to know
- The God Omnipotence Paradox: Can an omnipotent being create a stone so heavy that it cannot lift it? If yes to either side of the Paradox, then there is something God cannot do, and thus is not Omnipotent
- The God Omniscience Paradox: If God is Omniscient, then God Knows Everything.  If God Knows everything, then this means God does not know Nothing. If God Does not know Nothing, then there is something that God does not know, and thus God cannot be omniscient.
- The omnipotence and omniscience paradox: "Does God know what he's going to do tomorrow? If so, could he do something else?" If God knows what will happen, and does something else, he's not omniscient. If he knows and can't change it, he's not omnipotent.

What is Spirituality and what is its purpose and objective?
-Spirituality as I define it is the collection of practices, customs, and concepts which a person takes very seriously and is near and dear to their heart.
-Spirituality can encompass all aspects of life, from the very mundane to the very deep
-The Goal and Objective of Spirituality is to make one's self "feel good" (calm the mind, ease tension, cease nervousness, end stress, be in harmony/balance, etc)
-Spiritualist use the scientific method to determine which set of spiritual practices they will utilize. Their Hypothesis is, "what feels good and works for me..."

What is Religion and what is its Purpose and Objective?
-A set of formalized customs and practices used to obtain Spirituality, a "Spiritual System"
-The Main Goal and Objective of Religion is to get people to "act right"/behave and most religions agree on these points of "how to act/behave"
-Religion also attempts to explain the origins of everything in Nature and the Universe with the character of "God" (Theos) - Religions disagree on these points
-Religion also attempts to explain what happens to a person after Death - Religions disagree on these points
-Some Religions do claim to know EVERYTHING and do claim to be ABSOLUTE (because of their association with their God character)
-Religion is like a Social Club (Good for the Spirit)/Fellowship
-Religion satisfies the need/want/desire for people to be around Positive people doing positive things and hear positive messages (make me feel good, good for the spirit)
-The Force which brought the people together is irrelevant to the bonds formed
-Unity and Comradery (Love) transcends the truth (people will bond over a lie)
-Practicality and Applicability transcends the truth (people will accept a lie to get food, clothing, and shelter)

What is Science and what is its purpose and objective?
- Science is the ongoing effort to obtain Correct Information (Right Knowledge) about Nature and the Universe
- Science seeks to comprehend and explain Nature and the Universe
- Science is the study of Nature and thus can be seen as a form of "Nature Worship" (the word Physics means Nature)
- Modern Science Grew out of Natural Philosophy (study of nature) and occult practices such as Alchemy, Astrology, and Metaphysics to Chemistry, Astronomy, and Physics
- Science is never complete (new information leads to new questions leads to new investigation)
- Since science is never complete, it does not claim to know EVERYTHING or be ABSOLUTE.
- People may think that Scientists think they "know everything" because of the Confidence (and Ego and borderline arrogance) that comes with KNOWING and being able to Prove and Demonstrate what is known is correct versus the inconsistencies and lack of verification that comes with Spiritual and Religious doctrines
- The lack of "how to act right/behave" within the "Doctrine of Science" - breeds the "Mad Scientist with no morals or Ethics"
- Yurugu by Dr. Mariba Ani speak on the "Mad Scientist" concept
- Science from the Western perspective breeds Atheist, people who don't believe in a Deity and don't see any consequences to their actions, and people who are somewhat out of touch with other people (example the Big Bang Theory sitcom)
- Scientific Theories as Theos (God) which explains things and Scientists as "Prophets" and Messengers of Theories (Theos) in the Scientific religion of the future
- image of the old white scientist with grey hair has been stamped in the minds of people, which for Africans and people of African descent, could be a form of reverencing other than self and kind.
- It is imperative that African people reverence the image of African Scientists like IMHOTEP
- Fellowship in Science, Science Symposiums and Conferences
- words like "the Universe" and "Energies" which are used by Spiritualist are coming from a subconscious acknowledgement of the legitimacy of Scientific information

Why is Science seen as NOT Spiritual?
- Vatican Church vs Illuminati (Religion vs Science)
- Some religions like Hinduism and Buddhism DO see Science as somewhat spiritual
- Church missionaries interpreted traditional African Spiritual systems which are closer to Science, based on their Christian Religious doctrine (Orishas became Gods rather than energies, Nyame became God rather than energy, "High Priest of Ptah" versus a Craftsman, etc - they made it spooky)
- In Reality, traditional African Spiritual Systems are closer to Science (Nature worship, ie Physics)
- Colonizers and enslavers removed the Science from your traditional African Spirituality, then used Science to rule and take over the world
- You can't pray, chant, tithe, and meditate you way into food, clothing, shelter, education, defense, self determination
- If Colonizers and enslavers can get you to believe science and technology is evil and not spiritual, then Colonizers and enslavers can make you dependent upon them to provide you with the things which Science produces
- Your Colonizers and enslavers removed science from your spirituality, then gave you a Doctrine (Christianity) which lacks accountability (Jesus died for our sins) so you won't have the will to be accountable and do for self
- Get back to your traditional African Systems which combined the Realities of Spirituality (Morals, Ethics, Culture, Fellowship) with Science (Truth, Practicality, Applicability, Usability)
- LIFE OF PI

Retired Officer Builds Human-like Robot from Appliances

Source: http://www.afro.com/sections/news/afro_briefs/story.htm?storyid=78143

As a boy, Mark Haygood disassembled and attempted to rebuild his mother’s household gadgets, including radios and hair dryers. A combination of trial and error in building and a passion for science-fiction led him to create HEX, a four-foot, three-inch, 50-pound, full-sized humanoid robot.

Haygood, now 49 and retired after 22 years as a Baltimore City police officer, always had a penchant for techno gadgets.

“I was the really shy-in-the-basement-building-robots guy,” said Haygood.
Haygood said his robot—made up mostly of mostly household appliances, including a clock radio, fan, and DVD player--is one of few full-sized humanoids in America. According to Merriam-Webster’s Learner’s Dictionary, humanoids is a word used to describe something that is looks or acts “like a human.”

In 2009, Haygood moved to Philadelphia and ran into what quickly became his “favorite” bipedal humanoid robot, Hubo, an advanced, full-body humanoid created by one of the leaders in the field, Professor Jun-Ho Oh, and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, according to gizmag, a widely respected magazine catering to new and emerging technologies, invention, innovation, and science news.

Released in 2005, Hubo cost under $1 million to build and is a competitor to Honda’s Aismo, which cost nearly $300 million and took almost twenty years to construct.

During a recent interview with the AFRO at his secluded home in Baltimore County, Haygood, the veteran officer and self-trained roboticist, powered up his human-like machine, equipped with flashing blue-neon lights and 3D-printer-made fingers. His “baby” as he refers to it, has the ability to move its arms and hands, rotate its head and hips, and soon, thanks to a newly installed speech synthesizer, will soon be able to speak.

“It’s the kind of machine that can only grow and become better,” said Haygood. He said that with “more sensors and functionality,” he can correct some minor design flaws of HEX and build a second, more cutting-edge robot.

Haygood requested the AFRO not to print the cost of creating HEX other than to say the price tag is under $100,000 and that it is the “cheapest humanoid robot you can make.” HEX was a four -year project for Haygood. Now more knowledgeable and confident, Haygood estimates that he can replicate HEX in about five months and cut costs by 40 percent.

Searching for a place to enhance his work, Haygood joined Baltimore’s Hackerspace in August 2012. He describes the Hackerspace as a place where “a whole bunch of Macgyvers get together to build stuff,” he said, referring to the TV show about a super geek who solves crimes. He pays a $50 monthly fee to have 24-hour access to equipment and professional programmers, hackers, and builders.

“It’s great because if there’s something you don’t know they can help you and if there’s something they don’t know you can help them,” said Haygood.

Although Haygood is now a proud member of a Hackerspace, he labels himself an “introvert.”

“It’s a weird situation to be in,” said Haygood as he described being a reserved person while working in a public field. Haygood said he survived by fulfilling his job and duties and not showing his “real self.” “Some people see violence and it rolls off their shoulders, but people like me can’t deal with it,” he added. The aggressive and open nature of being an in-the-field officer was a reason why Haygood decided to retire after 22 years and be “done with the war.”

Instead, his passion was to spend countless hours in the basement, tinkering with his mother’s objects, striving to build a robot.

“He used to scare me with his ability to invent things sometimes,” said Vivian Haygood, Mark’s mother. “It was just incredible what he could do with his hands and it’s been like that since he was a child and all the way up to adulthood.”
April is an important month for Haygood and the future of his robotic ambition.

Within weeks, he plans to launch a fundraiser to raise $50,000-- using Kickstarter.com, a crowd-funding website--to “correct the design flaws” in HEX, “build another bot, and have a lot left over for some additional things that are needed.”

Like some international robot builders, Haygood wants to create humanoids that can assist humans with daily activities. In 2011, the British Broadcasting Corporation reported that South Korea was testing out robots as prison wardens. In 2012, the Buffalo News reported that a sick child used a $4,839 “Roboswot” to virtually attend a class in New York when he was ill. News reports have also shown that robots have been used in classrooms to teach children Enlish.

Along with members of his Hackerspace, Haygood plans to attend the 14th annual Robot Fest on April 27 in Lithicum, Md. to promote HEX to children and other robot-friendly spectators.

“I want to help kids. I want to teach kids. I want kids to get a shot of adrenaline in the arm as far as advanced fields of robots are concerned.”