The first satellite dish
Where is there an important satellite dish known as Arthur? A hint was given with the information that the name comes from King Arthur in the “Knights of the Round Table” legends, which are set in fifth-century Cornwall, in the…
Start of satellite communications
In 1962, British music producer Joe Meek was inspired to compose a tune named “Telstar.” But who made it into a hit record? The answer to the question abovw is the UK band, the Tornados, who took the instrumental to…
The transistor turns sixty
The transistor was described as «an abbreviated combination of the words transconductance (or transfer) and varistor. An early method for amplifying electric signals to produce sound was the carbon microphone. By the start of the 20th century, thermionic valves (or vacuum…
Bridging distance through telegraphy
Charles Wheatstone is perhaps most widely known not for telegraphy but for a device which he did not, in fact, invent: the Wheatstone bridge. Rather, he popularized practical use of an instrument developed by Samuel Hunter Christie in 1833, which…
Transatlantic telegraphy
International, submarine telegraphy began in 1850 with a line between Britain and France. In that article, we asked how a flagpole in Liverpool, United Kingdom, connects the engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel with the Atlantic Telegraph Company. The answer is Brunel’s…
The 7 myths of marketing
When you spend time and money randomly on marketing, then it probably is an expense because you’re not generating a return on the resources invested in it. Many people make the mistake of emulating the marketing tactics of large companies…
Working for yourself: can the dream come true?
Have you ever thought about working for yourself? Everyone dreams of working for themselves at some point in their career. The money, the glory, the control and more are all possible. However, so are extremely long nights, payroll, tax burdens…
Your Website must work for you
I’m a creative and I need all the impressions I send out to look fine. Every my website does that for me. I can’t be standing on every corner asking every client if they want to look at my art.…
The Art of Listening says: Shut Up and Sell More
The Art of Listening or Shut Up and Sell More. This article reminds animators that you’re in sales, so you have to learn the art of listening or just shut up and sell more. Let’s start with the fact that…
CleverTexting: все языки на равной основе?
Разработанная компанией Luna Ergonomics технология CleverTexting TM («умный» набор текста) вызвала в отрасли неописуемый интерес. Используемая в этом решении клавиатура Panin представляет собой набор лингвистических продуктов для целого набора языков, включая индийские наречия, дает пользователю возможность мгновенно перейти с любого…