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Ingrid Hoeben Ⓥ 🇧🇪<p>Hedy Lamarr has been celebrated as "the most beautiful woman in the world," she was actually a remarkable inventor who devised a system for remote-controlling torpedoes that became the basis for bluetooth and wifi.</p><p>Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler (9 November 1914 – 19 January 2000)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/hedylamarr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hedylamarr</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inventor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/wifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wifi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bluetooth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bluetooth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/actress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cinema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cinema</span></a></p>
CornOnTheGob<p>Death day of the inventor of morse code- who was also a painter!</p><p>Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) was an American inventor and painter. After establishing his reputation as a portrait painter, Morse, in his middle age, contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs. He was a co-developer of Morse code in 1837 and helped to develop the commercial use of telegraphy.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Morse" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_M</span><span class="invisible">orse</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>painting</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/day" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>day</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inventor</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/til" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>til</span></a></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>OTD in 1982 William O. Holmes received a <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/patent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patent</span></a> for a <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/toilet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toilet</span></a> snorkel <a href="https://toilet-guru.com/snorkel.html?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">toilet-guru.com/snorkel.html?s</span><span class="invisible">=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ToiletSnorkel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToiletSnorkel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inventor</span></a></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>OTD in 1982 William O. Holmes received a <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/patent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patent</span></a> for a <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/toilet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toilet</span></a> snorkel <a href="https://toilet-guru.com/snorkel.html?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">toilet-guru.com/snorkel.html?s</span><span class="invisible">=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ToiletSnorkel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToiletSnorkel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inventor</span></a></p>
Vector Hugo<p><a href="https://burma.social/tags/Deconstructing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deconstructing</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/CoViD19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoViD19</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/Deceptions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deceptions</span></a><br>on <a href="https://burma.social/tags/UncapturedMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UncapturedMedia</span></a> <br><a href="https://youtu.be/FL9Gv2FsA0M" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/FL9Gv2FsA0M</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>No, it's not a new interview with <a href="https://burma.social/tags/PCRtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCRtest</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inventor</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://burma.social/tags/BigPharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigPharma</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/sceptic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sceptic</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/KaryMullis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KaryMullis</span></a>. Depicted <a href="https://burma.social/tags/vectorgraphic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vectorgraphic</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/portrait" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>portrait</span></a> is just a personal <a href="https://burma.social/tags/svg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>svg</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/cgi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cgi</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/wip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wip</span></a> tribute made with <a href="https://burma.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a>, not <a href="https://burma.social/tags/Adobe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Adobe</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/Illustrator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Illustrator</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/Ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ai</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/BS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BS</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/SW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SW</span></a></p>
Pyrzout :vm:<p>Josephine Cochrane Invented the Modern Dishwasher — In 1886 <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/03/11/josephine-cochrane-invented-the-modern-dishwasher-in-1886/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/03/11/joseph</span><span class="invisible">ine-cochrane-invented-the-modern-dishwasher-in-1886/</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/womenintechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>womenintechnology</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/dishwasher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dishwasher</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inventor</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/patent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patent</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Josephine Cochrane Invented the Modern Dishwasher — In 1886 - Popular Science has an excellent article on how Josephine Cochrane transformed how... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/03/11/josephine-cochrane-invented-the-modern-dishwasher-in-1886/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/03/11/joseph</span><span class="invisible">ine-cochrane-invented-the-modern-dishwasher-in-1886/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/womenintechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>womenintechnology</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/dishwasher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dishwasher</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inventor</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/patent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patent</span></a></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>OTD in 1981 William O. Holmes filed a <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/patent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patent</span></a> for a <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/toilet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toilet</span></a> snorkel <a href="https://toilet-guru.com/snorkel.html?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">toilet-guru.com/snorkel.html?s</span><span class="invisible">=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ToiletSnorkel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToiletSnorkel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inventor</span></a></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>OTD in 1981 William O. Holmes filed a <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/patent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patent</span></a> for a <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/toilet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toilet</span></a> snorkel <a href="https://toilet-guru.com/snorkel.html?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">toilet-guru.com/snorkel.html?s</span><span class="invisible">=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ToiletSnorkel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToiletSnorkel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inventor</span></a></p>
Alliterative/Endless Knot<p>We’re celebrating <a href="https://toot.community/tags/NationalInventorsDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalInventorsDay</span></a> – 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. <a href="https://youtu.be/NvYWVakoo8Y" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/NvYWVakoo8Y</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Etymology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Video</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/WordNerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordNerd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Words</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalLinguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/LingComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LingComm</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Edison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Edison</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/EdisonsBirthday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EdisonsBirthday</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inventor</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Bug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bug</span></a></p>
Shine My Crown<p>Celebrating Our Queens | Valerie Thomas: The NASA Scientist Who Invented 3D Technology <a href="https://shinemycrown.com/celebrating-our-queens-valerie-thomas-the-nasa-scientist-who-invented-3d-technology/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">shinemycrown.com/celebrating-o</span><span class="invisible">ur-queens-valerie-thomas-the-nasa-scientist-who-invented-3d-technology/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/BlackHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistoryMonth</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ValerieThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ValerieThomas</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/WomenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInSTEM</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inventor</span></a></p>
unixbhaskar<p>Happy Birthday Kenneth.L.Thompson!!</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/UNIX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UNIX</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>B</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computer</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/luminaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>luminaries</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inventor</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/creator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>creator</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/visionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>visionary</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/mastermind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastermind</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/brilliant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brilliant</span></a></p>
unixbhaskar<p>Happy Birthday Kenneth.L.Thompson!!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UNIX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UNIX</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>B</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/luminaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>luminaries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inventor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/creator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>creator</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/visionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>visionary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastermind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastermind</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/brilliant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brilliant</span></a></p>
Vee<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blackhistorymonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blackhistorymonth</span></a> </p><p>Meet Lonnie Johnson. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inventor</span></a> of the super soaker. Thank you for helping us cool off while having a blast! </p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonnie_Johnson_(inventor)" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonnie</span><span class="invisible">_Johnson_(inventor)</span></a></p>
Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋<p>🔴 **Far Out Images from Johann Zahn’s Oculus Artificialis (1685)**</p><p>"Through his descriptions and diagrams, illustrations and sketches Zahn shows readers the workings of the camera obscura and magic lantern"</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://flashbak.com/johann-zahn-oculus-artificialis-472978/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">flashbak.com/johann-zahn-oculu</span><span class="invisible">s-artificialis-472978/</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/EarlyModern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EarlyModern</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inventor</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Images" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Images</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/science" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>science</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/earlymodern" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>earlymodern</span></a></span></p>
Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋<p>🔴 **Far Out Images from Johann Zahn’s Oculus Artificialis (1685)**</p><p>"Through his descriptions and diagrams, illustrations and sketches Zahn shows readers the workings of the camera obscura and magic lantern"</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://flashbak.com/johann-zahn-oculus-artificialis-472978/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">flashbak.com/johann-zahn-oculu</span><span class="invisible">s-artificialis-472978/</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/EarlyModern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EarlyModern</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inventor</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Images" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Images</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/science" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>science</span></a></span></p>
Pyrzout :vm:<p>The Engineer Behind Mine Detection <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/01/10/the-engineer-behind-mine-detection/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/01/10/the-en</span><span class="invisible">gineer-behind-mine-detection/</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/metaldetector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metaldetector</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/minedetector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minedetector</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/MiscHacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiscHacks</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/worldwar2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldwar2</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inventor</span></a></p>
IT News<p>The Engineer Behind Mine Detection - According to [Joanna Goodrich]&nbsp; in IEEE Spectrum, prior to World War II, soldiers ... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/01/10/the-engineer-behind-mine-detection/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/01/10/the-en</span><span class="invisible">gineer-behind-mine-detection/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/metaldetector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metaldetector</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/minedetector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minedetector</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/mischacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mischacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/worldwar2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldwar2</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inventor</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>in particular).</p><p>A career civil servant in Nanyang, Heng was also an <a href="https://spore.social/tags/astronomer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomer</span></a>, <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathematician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mathematician</span></a>, <a href="https://spore.social/tags/seismologist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seismologist</span></a>, hydraulic engineer, <a href="https://spore.social/tags/inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inventor</span></a>, geographer, cartographer, ethnographer, artist, <a href="https://spore.social/tags/poet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poet</span></a>, philosopher, politician &amp; literary scholar. He was a bit of a controversial figure politically, sparing over calendar reform &amp; with rivals amongst the palace eunuchs. But both his poetry &amp; famous inventions are still remembered. He also improved the Chinese approximation for pi &amp; 🧵2/n</p>
bemmesr<p>As an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australian</span></a> I've always been a bit confused about the invention of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wifi</span></a> <br>If you look up "was wifi invented by Australia?" You'll generally get a resounding yes, and yet the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> entry for both Wi-Fi and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WLAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WLAN</span></a> don't even mention <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> or the supposed Australian <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inventor</span></a> <br>Well, I've stumbled onto this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/article" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>article</span></a> which cleared things up for me: <a href="https://hackaday.com/2024/08/20/australia-didnt-invent-wifi-despite-what-youve-heard/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2024/08/20/austra</span><span class="invisible">lia-didnt-invent-wifi-despite-what-youve-heard/</span></a></p>
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