The world's first mobile? How an Ohio inventor was having conversations in his car in 1920
Philadelphia inventor W W McFarlane created a telephone from a 'transceiver' box and three sections of stovepipe in 1920, which worked in cars at a distance of 500 yards.
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Thomas Edison inspires the Oscar Awards you don't see
(ISNS) -- Thomas Edison's invention of the first motion picture camera in 1891 inspired scientific and technological advances that he never could have imagined.
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PG&E and Picarro Demonstrate Super-Sensitive Gas Leak Detector
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Testing ways that new technology can make natural gas pipelines safer, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and Picarro today demonstrated a car-mounted ...
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The Super Bowl ads: Tech winners and losers (first half)
Which tech company had the best first half ad in the Super Bowl? Here's a detailed analysis, written as it happened.
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What do zippers, cheese, electricity have in common?
Did you know the zipper was invented in St. Catharines? Or that the Leon’s furniture chain began in Welland? Niagara has been an inspiration to a number of entrepreneurs and forward thinkers over the years.[...]
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