A larger version at Atlantic-cable.com! Compare to the 2008 Submarine Cable Map, tell us the difference you've sensed. via Digg
Showing posts with label Technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Technology. Show all posts
Bell Steals Elisha Gray's Telephone Patent Idea?
In a new book "The Telephone Gambit: Chasing Alexander Graham Bell's Secret," due out January 7, journalist Seth Shulman, claims to have definitive evidence of a long-suspected technological crime - that Alexander Graham Bell [picture left] stole ideas for the telephone from a rival, Elisha Gray. Author Shulman believes that Bell — aided by aggressive lawyers and a corrupt patent examiner — got an improper peek at patent documents Gray had filed, and that Bell was erroneously credited with filing first. Alexander Graham Bell- Patent Thief? on Slashdot well summarized the main contents of Shulman's book
...Author Seth Shulman shows that Bell's notebooks contain false starts, and then after a 12-day gap during which he visited the US Patent Office, suddenly show an entirely different design, very similar to Gray's design for multiplexing Morse code signals. Shulman claims that Bell copied the design from Gray's patent application and was improperly given credit for earlier submission, with the help of a corrupt patent examiner and aggressive lawyers. Shulman also claims that fear of being found out is the reason Bell distanced himself from the company that carried his name. And if Gray Telephone doesn't seem to roll off the tongue, Shulman also noted that both of them were two decades behind the German inventor Johann Philipp Reis, who produced the first working telephony system."
Click here to read the full report on Smh.
#Tags: bell, telephone, elisha gray
Nano Bible
To increase young people's interest in nanoscience and nanotechnology, Israeli scientists at the Haifa Institute of Technology have successfully used a device called Focused Ion Beam (Fib)to inscribe a 300,000 worded Hubrew Bible on a nano chip, setting a record of the smallest Bible ever created.
The 0.5sq-mm (0.01sq-in) nano-Bible on the chip smaller than a pinhead was written on a silicon surface covered with a thin layer of gold (20nanometres thick - 0.0002mm). Source: BBC #Tags: israel, nanotechnology, bible, hubrew
Toyota Violin-playing Robot
Toyota violin-playing Robot picutre (AFP)
Japanese auto giant Toyota Motor today in Tokyo unveiled Toyota Partner Robot that can play the violin as part of its efforts to develop futuristic machines capable of assisting humans in Japan's greying society.
The 1.5-metre-tall, two-legged robot wowed onlookers with a faultless rendition of Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance, using its mechanical fingers to push the strings correctly.
With 17 joints in its hands and arms, the robot has human-like dexterity that could be applied to helping people in the home or in nursing and medical care. Source: AFP Tags:
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)