African Creation Energy, Creative Solution-Based Technical Consulting. African Creation Energy is dedicated to the African Scientific, Technological, and Industrial revolution. This blog presents information related to African Science, Math, Engineering, and Technology
"Khnum-Ptah to Computer: The African Initialization of Computer Science" presents a comparative analysis between a
variety of concepts, customs, cosmologies, and practices found in
African Cultures to topics related to the field of Computer Science.
The African origin of Binary Code, Logic, Computers, Programming,
Robotics, Cyborgs, Androids, Virtual Reality, and Transhumanism are
examined using Sound Right Reason to show a relationship between two
dichotomies that have more in common than what meets the eye.
Chapters/Topics:
Initialization
Logic in Africa
Artificial Intelligence in Africa
Binary Code in Africa
Semiconductors in Africa
Computers in Africa
Robots in Africa
Cyborgs in Africa
Virtual Reality in Africa
Transhumanism in Africa
Rise of the Nubots: An Afrofuturistic Story
How to Create an AfroBot
About the Author / Programmer
15-Year-Old Kelvin Doe is an engineering whiz living in Sierra Leone who scours the trash bins for spare parts, which he uses to build batteries, generators and transmitters. Completely self-taught, Kelvin has created his own radio station where he broadcasts news and plays music under the moniker, DJ Focus.
Kelvin became the youngest person in history to be invited to the "Visiting Practitioner's Program" at MIT. THNKR had exclusive access to Kelvin and his life-changing journey - experiencing the US for the first time, exploring incredible opportunities, contending with homesickness, and mapping out his future.
Technophobia is the fear or dislike of advanced technology, and complex devices, especially computers. This episode shows that we as AFRICAN people are indeed Creators, Fashioners, and Makers of Technology and we have a place as the Developers, Programmers, and Designers of the Programs, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Computers that will shape the Highly Technical Advanced Future.
Binary Code is African; The Odus of Ifa are an example of Binary Code; The Drum is an example of Binary Code; "Computer Programming" means "With Ptah before the word"; Cybernetics - the etymological meaning is "the art of governing" - Establishing ORDER or MA'AT; African Statues are built to House Energies just like Robots and Androids; Akuaba are Fertility Statues; Ogun and Nana Adade Kofi are the real "Iron Men" blacksmith African Energies; Hieroglyphics and Griot stories are examples of Virtual Reality; The origin of Technophobia and Techno-Fear-Mongering has its origins with the Religion vs. Science, Vatican Church vs. Illuminati, and Creationism vs. Evolution debates; Technology has already altered DNA; No Human being has been infected by a Computer Virus to date but there has been an Implant in a Human that was infected by a computer virus; John Henry Thompson comes from an Afro-Centric family and invented the Lingo Computer Programming Language; Philip Emeagwali is a Nigerian African Computer Scientist who developed a super-computer; Herman Chinery-Hesse is a Pan-Africanist from Ghana who is the founder of the SOFTtribe company and considered the father of the African Industrial Revolution
http://www.anansios.oasiswebsoft.com/ source:http://www.thehabarinetwork.com/ghanas-raindolf-owusu-builds-computer-operating-system-relevant-africa-anansi
Raindolf Owusu has designed, built and launched a computer operating system relevant to Africa. The operating system is known as the Anansi Operating System. Anansi is a simple unique GNOME clone operating system developed on top of the linux kernel which re-defines the linux desktop user experience. Anansi is embedded with all the basic software and system wares that will enhance connectivity. Although Anansi was originally developed first for 32-bit x86-based computers, it is now easily portable to most general-purpose 32- or 64-bit architectures. It is a cross platform. Oasis Websoft has a developer Kit for any developer who wants to help with this open SuSe/Gnome project. Owusu, a 21 year old second year student of Methodist University College in Ghana, studying Information Technology founded and runs Oasis Websoft. He spent over a year designing Anansi which is based on the Open Source Coding and can be modified by other developers to be better in its nature. Anansi is now available for download at the Oasis Websoft website.
Bertin Nahum holds a Master of Science degree in robotics from the University of Coventry and is a native of Benin West Africa. In 2010, Bertin Nahum created ROSA, a robot that helps surgeons performs brain surgery. The ROSA robot is used in hospitals around the world. Bertin Nahum is the 4th most revolutionary high-tech entrepreneur in the world after Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and James Cameron. Bertin Nahum is CEO of Medtech, a French company which specializes in robotic surgical assistance which helps guide surgeons, doctors, and biologists during biopsies, implants, and surgeries.
Vérone Mankou is the 26 year old entrepreneur behind the African designed Way-C tablet computer. The tablet was launched earlier this year and attracted significant media attention. Mankou’s company VMK, which is based in the Republic of the Congo, this month also unveiled its first smartphone. "How we made it in Africa" asked Mankou about the business and how his company competes with the likes of Apple and Samsung.
Why did VMK decide to launch the Way-C tablet?
The project began in 2006. I was working at an internet service provider (ISP) and wanted to design a cheap computer to give access to internet for more people. After one year, when Steve jobs unveiled the first iPhone, I changed my plan and the project became the “big iPhone”, meaning a tablet.
Earlier this month VMK also introduced its first smartphone, just days before the launch of the iPhone 5. Why enter the smartphone market?
You know, when I was working on the tablet, I noticed that the biggest difference between a tablet and a smartphone is the screen size. After we launched the tablet we decided to work on a smartphone project, and now the project is finished. It’s a Android phone called the Elikia (which means “hope”).
Your products are designed in Africa, but assembled in China. Tell us a bit more about the design and manufacturing process.
You know it’s like building a house. Firstly you have an architect who draws the house and after you have the workers who will build that house using the plans of the architect, but the architect need to be there every time to check if everything is okay. And for the designing of a tech product, it’s the same.
You mentioned in a previous interview that you will roll out 3G enabled tablets.
The first version of the tablet was Wi-Fi only, and many people didn’t like this. They asked us to develop a 3G tablet, so now we are working on a 3G tablet that we will launch in the beginning of next year.
How do you compete with multinational tablet manufacturers such as Apple and Samsung?
For me Apple and Samsung are not interesting in Africa, because their cost is so high. My goal is to put a tablet in the hands of all Africans, their goal is just to make money. It’s different.
VMK has also launched a market place for African-focused apps. Tell us more about this.
I noticed that in Android Market, now called Play Store, more than 99% of apps are not developed in Africa and/or are not developed for Africa. When you search African content, it’s hard to find good ones. We decided to launch our own marketplace to help us promote African content. And for the smartphone Elikia we decided to launch a new version of our market, called VMK Market, with the possibility to buy apps via our gift card, called VMK Market Card. So now we are developing a real environment (including devices, content and monetisation) to help developers.
Describe some of the greatest challenges you are facing in making the Way-C a success.
Our biggest challenge is just to get funding, because it’s needed to produce more products and for marketing purposes.
What is needed for Africa to become a serious player in the tech industry?
Funding and innovation.
What does the future hold for VMK?
We decided to launch a tablet and smartphone. It’s done. Now I want to give all African households access to technology, and develop a new tablet for education priced at about US$100.
·Potassium-40 is a
naturally occurring isotope that is unstable and radioactively decays.
·The radioactive
half-life of Potassium-40 is 3.938×1016 seconds.
·The atomic mass of
Potassium is 39.1 g/mol.
·When Potassium-40
radioactively decays, 1 in every 100,000 decays emits an Anti-Electron or Positron
particle of Antimatter.
·For every 1,000,000
atoms of Natural Potassium, about 117 atoms are Potassium-40.
·Therefore, substances
dense with Potassium will likely contain Potassium-40 and will also
occasionally emit Antimatter in the form of an Anti-Electron.
Bananas are food that is rich with
Potassium. Let’s calculate the
Anti-matter emitted by an Average Banana.
·1 Average Banana
contains 0.450 grams of Natural Potassium
=
0.450 g × (6.02×1023) atoms/mol ÷ 39.1 g/mol = 6.93×1021
atoms of Potassium
Remember that for every 1,000,000 atoms of Natural
Potassium, about 117 atoms are Potassium-40.
So to find the number of atoms of Potassium-40 in our Potassium atoms
we
To find out how many decays of Potassium-40 occur
per second, we divide our total number of Potassium-40 atoms by the radioactive
half-life of Potassium-40 which is 3.938×1016 seconds
=
8.11×1017 atoms of Potassium-40 ÷ 3.938×1016 seconds = 20.58 decays of Potassium-40 per second
·Now
remembering that 1 in every 100,000 decays of Potassium-40 emits a Positron
particle of Antimatter, then we can calculate how often a Positron particle of
Antimatter is emitted from our banana by
= (100,000 decays ÷
20.58 decays per sec.) ÷ 60 sec. per min.
=
Every 81 minutes an Anti-Electron
Antimatter particle is emitted from a Banana
Yam and Plantain are two foods common
in African and Caribbean diets which are higher in Potassium content than
Banana. Let’s use the formulas provided
to calculate how long it will take for the African Yam and Plantain to emit a Positron
particle of Antimatter.
·1 Average Plantain
contains 0.534 grams of Natural Potassium
= 0.534 g × (6.02×1023) ÷ 39.1
= 8.22×1021
atoms of Potassium
= 12.5×1017
÷ 3.938×1016 = 31.75 decays of
Potassium-40 per second
= (100,000 decays ÷ 31.75 decays per sec.) ÷ 60 sec. per min.
=
Every 53 minutes an Anti-Electron
Antimatter particle is emitted from an African Yam
Jamaican
sprinter Yohan Blake eats 16 Bananas per day. There
are 1440 minutes in a day; therefore, Yohan Blake takes in about 18 Positron
Antimatter particles per day just from eating Bananas. Perhaps
the consumption of the Anti-matter found in Yam, Plantain, and Banana is what
has led to the superior performance of Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt, and the other
Jamaican sprinters in this year’s Olympic Games.
African Automotive
The Izuogu Z-600 was
the brainchild of Nigerian engineer Ezekiel Izuogu and was the first automobile developed of indigenous all-African technology in 1997
African Aerospace
NigComSat-1 was a Nigerian communication satellite. The initial contract to build the satellite was signed in 2004. It became the first African geosynchronous communication satellite, when it was launched at 16:01 GMT on 13 May 2007.
