OTD in 1981 William O. Holmes filed a #patent for a #toilet snorkel https://toilet-guru.com/snorkel.html?s=mb #ToiletSnorkel #inventor
OTD in 1981 William O. Holmes filed a #patent for a #toilet snorkel https://toilet-guru.com/snorkel.html?s=mb #ToiletSnorkel #inventor
We’re celebrating #NationalInventorsDay – and Edison’s birthday – by looking back at an old video that covers the sometimes controversial history of patents, and some early work on sound recording by Thomas Edison and others. https://youtu.be/NvYWVakoo8Y
Je considère cet homme comme ayant déclenché , par son inventivité et bien malgré lui, le plus grand processus d’asservissement et d’abêtissement qui ai jamais touché l’humanité à ce jour, même si nous sommes toutes et tous responsables. Si demain, je pouvais le jeter, je le ferais sans hésiter.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_J._Canova
#smartphone #inventor #IBM
Celebrating Our Queens | Valerie Thomas: The NASA Scientist Who Invented 3D Technology https://shinemycrown.com/celebrating-our-queens-valerie-thomas-the-nasa-scientist-who-invented-3d-technology/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BlackHistoryMonth #ValerieThomas #NASA #WomenInSTEM #Inventor
Meet Lonnie Johnson. #Inventor of the super soaker. Thank you for helping us cool off while having a blast!
"Through his descriptions and diagrams, illustrations and sketches Zahn shows readers the workings of the camera obscura and magic lantern"
#EarlyModern #History #Tech #Technology #Inventor #Images #Science @science @earlymodern
"Through his descriptions and diagrams, illustrations and sketches Zahn shows readers the workings of the camera obscura and magic lantern"
#EarlyModern #History #Tech #Technology #Inventor #Images #Science @science
The Engineer Behind Mine Detection - According to [Joanna Goodrich] in IEEE Spectrum, prior to World War II, soldiers ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/01/10/the-engineer-behind-mine-detection/ #metaldetector #minedetector #mischacks #worldwar2 #inventor
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A career civil servant in Nanyang, Heng was also an #astronomer, #mathematician, #seismologist, hydraulic engineer, #inventor, geographer, cartographer, ethnographer, artist, #poet, philosopher, politician & literary scholar. He was a bit of a controversial figure politically, sparing over calendar reform & with rivals amongst the palace eunuchs. But both his poetry & famous inventions are still remembered. He also improved the Chinese approximation for pi & 
As an #Australian I've always been a bit confused about the invention of #wifi
If you look up "was wifi invented by Australia?" You'll generally get a resounding yes, and yet the #Wikipedia entry for both Wi-Fi and #WLAN don't even mention #Australia or the supposed Australian #inventor
Well, I've stumbled onto this #article which cleared things up for me: https://hackaday.com/2024/08/20/australia-didnt-invent-wifi-despite-what-youve-heard/
@drrjv
RE
The 2025 Door
Right, that's a scary door to open, not that WW3 is in there, but I wonder if 2024 will be the 1938 of the 21st century
(Note, Sept 1 1939 #Germany invaded #Poland)
But.... #HappyNewYear2025
Robert Wauchope (1788–1862) was the #inventor of the #timeball
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wauchope_(Royal_Navy_officer)
https://www.startresearching.com/blog/why-do-we-drop-a-ball-in-times-square-on-nye
2min VIDEO
A segment of the time ball drop from episode 5 of "Connections 2023" with #JamesBurke
Dungeon Master / #inventor is crowdfunding a wooden display that can turn your old flat TV into a touchscreen for battle maps https://www.geeknative.com/170286/frame-touch-turn-your-regular-tv-into-a-gaming-table/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-GNBlogWave1
#OnThisDay in 2013, #MikhailKalashnikov, Russian general and #inventor of the #AK47, died at 94. 
#RIP
FreeCAD hat nach 20 Jahren die version 1.0 erreicht
FreeCAD-Version 1.0 wurde veröffentlicht und bald erscheint sogar Version 1.1.
#FreeCAD #CAD #Assembly #IFC #BIM #Ondsel #realthunder #TNP #Solidworks #Inventor #Solidedge #Linux
https://gnulinux.ch/freecad-hat-nach-20-jahren-die-version-1-0-erreicht
Another 250 pounds of plywood and other sheet goods delivered today, to be used in making my latest product. Back into the shop now!
Tahira Reid Smith: Meet The Inventor Behind the World’s First Double Dutch Machine https://shinemycrown.com/tahira-reid-smith-meet-the-inventor-behind-the-worlds-first-double-dutch-machine/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #TahiraReidSmith #DoubleDutchMachine #Inventor #Persistence #Creativity
#OnThisDay Birth Anniversary of George Gallup (1901) - American pioneer of #Survey sampling techniques and #Inventor of the Gallup poll.
Birth Anniversary of #Physicist and Nobel Prize winner Patrick Blackett (1897). He was the first person to prove that #Radioactivity could cause the nuclear transmutation.
