Tag: travel-tech

The Origin of Bluetooth: Named After a Viking King

Most people use Bluetooth daily — to connect headphones, speakers, or even cars. But few know...

May 07, 2025
Your Smartphone Has More Power Than NASA’s Apollo Computers

 In 1969, NASA’s Apollo 11 mission made history by landing humans on the Moon. But what&r...

May 07, 2025
The First Webcam Was Invented to Watch Coffee — Not People

Long before Zoom meetings and TikTok streams, the first webcam in history had a surprisingly humble...

May 07, 2025
The First Smartphone Was Released in 1994 — and It Had Email

Long before Steve Jobs took the stage, IBM released the Simon Personal Communicator in 1994 —...

May 07, 2025
The FBI Once Tried to Ban Encryption… with a Clipper Chip

In 1993, the U.S. government proposed a small hardware chip called the Clipper Chip, meant to be emb...

May 07, 2025
The Hotel Where You Can Sleep in a Real Boeing 747

At Stockholm Arlanda Airport, a retired Boeing 747 has been transformed into one of the world’...

May 06, 2025
The Italian Village That Lives Inside a Cliff

Rising from a sea of mist in central Italy is Civita di Bagnoregio, a medieval village perched on to...

May 06, 2025
When a War Lasted 335 Years — Without a Single Shot Fired

Some wars are short and brutal. Others, like the 335 Years’ War, are long... and utterly absur...

May 06, 2025

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