12 Game-Changing Inventions You Didn’t Know Were Created By Black Innovators - Page 8
8. Illusion Transmitter
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In 1980, NASA employee Valerie Thomas invented the Illusion transmitter. This device used concave mirrors to create images that appear to be real, or in front of a mirror itself. This technology was used by NASA and has been used in surgery rooms and for television movie screen productions.