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African American Nurse MakesHomes Safer


Date: 1966​


Who: Marie Van Brittan Brown​


Where: Dahlgren, Virginia​


What: In 1966 Brown invented a system that used a camera that could slide into and look through four peepholes in her front door. Her invention was the first closed-circuit television security system that later became the bases for the Home security systems used today.​


Learn more: Marie van Brittan Brown | Lemelson (mit.edu)​




Abu, M. A., Nordin, S. F., Suboh, M. Z., Yid, M. S. M., & Ramli, A. F. (2018). Design and development of home security systems based on internet of things via favoriot platform. International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, 13(2), 1253-1260.​

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