What Have the Germans Ever Done for Us? Here in the UK, we like to think we have invented everything, and that any good idea must have had a Brit involved in it at some point. Perhaps we’re not quite so blinkered in this respect as our American cousins, who have been accused of rewriting… Continue reading Germany – Masters Of Engineering
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The History of Modems
For an invention which has revolutionised the way we live our lives, the modem gets very little credit. When it was first invented it struggled to download a simple 500KB webpage in twelve hours. Now, it transfers huge amounts of data within minutes. From the Data Phone to the The Hayes, to ISDN and ADSL… Continue reading The History of Modems
World’s Oldest Working Car Sells For $4.62 Million
Before this morning if you were to ask me what century or even decade we saw the first motor car I would have guessed at the 1910s – I would have been very wrong. Indeed, I have come to find that motor cars running on steam have been around for over 240 years, with Nicolas-Joseph… Continue reading World’s Oldest Working Car Sells For $4.62 Million
The Father of Computer Dennis Ritchie
The invention of the Unix operating system as well as programming language C was made a successful by Dennis Ritchie which facilitated the formation of internet, e-banking, smart phones in addition to modem computer software. Dennis Ritchie died when he was seventy years old. He was confirmed dead after suffering fro illness for a long… Continue reading The Father of Computer Dennis Ritchie
Knowing The Difference Between Trade Marks, Patent and Copyright Protection
Copyright protects a range of creative and artistic works like films, music and books. A trade mark will protect things like your company logo and branding as well as things like colours, sounds and shapes. So long as you can physically write it down and it’s distinctive enough you can protect it with a trade… Continue reading Knowing The Difference Between Trade Marks, Patent and Copyright Protection
Lite Brite Makes a Big Step from Table Top to iPhone
Lite Brite app for iPhone and iPod Touch can be described as the 1970s imaginative electronic project for young ones toy that has been recreated with the recent technology. To recapture the old memories it evoked then, the argument is, come up with images that are varying in terms of colour shades that can out… Continue reading Lite Brite Makes a Big Step from Table Top to iPhone
Save Time: Buy Mobile Phones Online
Mobile phones are perhaps the most marvelous invention in the history of telecommunications industry. Before the emergence of mobile phones, landlines used to be the primary source of communication and there was always a need for a technology which would allow the user mobility while conversing and at the same time be compact and travel… Continue reading Save Time: Buy Mobile Phones Online