In short bursts, a lion or a cheetah can overtake it. But an ostrich can motor for 10 miles straight at a steady 30 miles an hourâfaster than Lance Armstrong in a time trial.Research biologist Jonas Rubenson of Northeastern University is one of several scientists eager to find out how they make it look so easy.n short bursts, a lion or a cheetah can overtake it. But an ostrich can motor for 10 miles straight at a steady 30 miles an hourâfaster than Lance Armstrong in a time trial.
View full sizeCleveland News fileGarrett Morgan, an inventor and part of Cleveland's black history, in 1949. As part of Black History Month, we remember Garrett Augustus Morgan, a Cleveland inventor and businessman best known for creating the modern-day gas mask and traffic light. Morgan, the son of former slaves, was born March 4, 1877. He moved to Cleveland in 1895 and was employed as a sewing machine repairman for a clothing manufacturer.
Some sources claim that the first traffic light was NOT in Cleveland, as earlier signals had been used in London England in 1868, and another version in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1912. But, there is one consistent design and name that comes up, Garrett Augustus Morgan, whose design was patented on November 23, 1923.