The Hidden Meaning of the Bluetooth Logo
Bluetooth technology is a wireless communication standard that enables the exchange of data over short distances between devices. It was developed in the 1990s as a way to eliminate the...
Category: History
Failed test of a flying suit that ends in tragedy
Wingsuiting is an extreme sport in which the participant wears a specially designed jumpsuit, called a wingsuit, that allows them to glide through the air like a bird or a...
The World’s Heaviest Door
Our ancestors have wondered for many years until finding a natural shelter which came in the form of a cave for millions of years. This natural housing is described as...
Leonardo Da Vinci self supporting Bridge
Leonardo da Vinci’s Ingenious Design for a Self-Supporting Bridge Da Vinci’s design serving as the support structure for this footbridge in Morsø in northern Denmark. Of the many structures Leonardo...
A large pumpkin impaled on top of a tower
On October 8, 1997, Cornell’s campus experienced an unusual sight: a large pumpkin impaled atop McGraw Tower. Almost 25 years ago, someone impaled a 60 pound pumpkin on the top...
Rosie the Riveter
Rosie the Riveter was an allegorical cultural icon of World War II, representing the women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II, many of whom produced munitions...
Amazing time-travel pictures combine past and present
These moving images match photographs of locations in the present day with the ghosts of the momentous historical events that happened there. Created by photographer Seth Taras, they were the...
ROC Monitoring Post
Bunkers in UK Royal Observer Corps Monitoring Posts are underground structures all over the United Kingdom, constructed as a result of the Corps’ nuclear reporting role and operated by volunteers...
Concorde flying at supersonic speed
Concorde Flying Supersonic MACH 2 This is a dramatic picture of Concorde G-BOAG flying at supersonic speed and is the only picture ever taken of Concorde flying at Mach 2,...
Life Before The Invention of CAD Software
For centuries, until the 1970s, all engineering drawing was done manually by using pencil and pen on paper or other substrate (e.g., vellum, mylar). Since the advent of computer-aided design...
