The Afterburner installed on a GBA, showing internal lighting. The Afterburner lighting kit by Triton Labs is an aftermarket modification to the Game Boy Advance in which a frontlight is installed into the unit.
Thomas Jennings became the first African-American patent holder when he patented a method for dry-cleaning clothes. Thomas Jennings became the first African-American patent holder when he patented a method for dry-cleaning clothes. Thomas Jennings, the First African-American Patent Holder Search the site GO
Still it wasn't until William Blackstone designed the first hand-driven washing machine for home use in 1874 that technology began the fast leap forward that would combine with the invention of the dryer to revolutionize the way laundry is done. Today, nearly every home has a washer and dryer.rior to the invention of the washing machine, doing laundry took enormous amounts of time and energy as water often had to be pumped or drawn from a well, carried in, heated, clothes scrubbed, rinsed, and wrung out by hand. Even though the earliest designs were hand-cranked drums, it was a step in the right direction.