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Yusuf Bilesanmi, a Nigerian 🇳🇬 engineer who has won the One to Watch Award at the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation for his creation of "ShiVent", a low-cost, non-electric device ventilator that is efficient in its use of oxygen. Yusuf Bilesanmi is a 37-year-old Nigerian who came from a humble background. He had his first degree at Lagos State University where he studied Law before he switched paths later to science and engineering. ShiVent is a low-cost, non-electric, and non-invasive ventilator for patients with respiratory difficulties. Explaining how it works, he said, "ShiVent does not require electricity, it is easy to install, non-invasive, and oxygen-efficient, and our belief is that it will help save lives when more expensive or oxygen-intensive technologies can't get to patients.

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New violent clashes in France in water protest: AFP

French security forces again clashed with protesters Saturday as campaigners sought to stop the construction of reservoirs for the agricultural industry in the southwest of the country, AFP correspondents said.Around the construction site, defended b

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130 years ago, inventor, Granville T. Woods patented the electric railway system.
On November 10, 1891, the U.S. Patent Office issued Patent #463,020 to Granville T. Woods for his electric railway system. It was just one of the 60 patents that was issued over the course of his career as an inventor. Born to free African-Americans in 1856, he became known as "African Edison”. Woods invented 15 new technologies for electric railways, including the troller, a grooved wheel that allowed streetcars (later known as trolley cards) to pick up power from overhead lines. He also invented the “third rail” power pickup currently used by many electric transit systems. Woods was successful in selling many of his inventions to General Electric, Westinghouse and Bell Telephone.
One of his most notable inventions was the induction telegraph system which enabled moving trains to exchange messages, helping engineers avoid collisions and warn of hazards on the tracks. Woods defeated Thomas Edison’s lawsuit challenging his patent, and later turned down Edison’s offer to make him a partner.