Internet/Tech/Science

Combre-Fondel Elementary has been approved by the Calcasieu Parish School Board for a new STEM program. Learn more about the new academy here.

Joe Porche from Metairie, Louisiana beat out 1,300 contestants with his invention: the Handle & Haul.

He created many inventions like a flour mill, but his most famous was the railroad Jenny Coupler that automatically connected rail cars together.

She invented the Laserphaco Probe, performed the first cataract surgery with a laser, and co-founded the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness.

He developed the first IBM PC, the first color monitor, and the gigahertz processor.

This amazing inventor literally changed how perishable foods, blood, and supplies were delivered around the world.

Thanks to Dr. Drew, the Red Cross was able to adopt his invention of preserving blood and plasma, the blood bank, and mobile blood donation truck.

He patented the chemical air filter for gas masks, the burglar proof cash register, and wire precision resistor for the first implantable pacemaker.

Meet the man who invented the method of dry scouring garments. Best known as dry cleaning, Jennings became the first Black man to receive a US patent in 1821.

He is a true American trailblazer who invented the three system traffic light, the precursor to the gas mask, a better working sewing machine, and much more.