Puffing locomotives, the distinctive sound of train horns, and engineers in overalls tending a firebox are some of the most distinctive images from the golden age of railroading. In the 1920s, trains had already existed for 100 years - about the same time we’ve lived with commercial aviation...
Pro tip: Find out how many keys are included with the vehicle. Keyless-entry fobs can cost several hundred dollars, most new cars come with a pair, and you'll probably want two of them. So, if only one is included you can either request a second as part of the sale or factor that...
The sharing economy is apeer-to-peer(P2P) economic model. It facilitates acquiring, providing, or sharing access to goods and services. Sharing economies have existed throughout history, but in modern times the sharing economy is experiencing a revival with the support of community-based online p...
People born in the year of the Loong—an animal no one knows if it existed in real world—are enveloped in mystery, and very charming. Back in the pre-Qin period over 2, 200 years ago, there was already t...
Cognitive Systems partners with more than 160 ISPs. This January, Cognitive Systems announced that its technology will soon be available in many of the cheap smart plugs for sale on Amazon, allowing people to use Wi-Fi sensing through their existing Google, Apple, and Amazon Alexa smart-home ...
“I can’t think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything. Suddenly you are five years old again. You can’t read anything, you have only the most rudimentary sense o
One patient expressed that the mealtime music to her was a way of bonding with people with whom she would otherwise not share many commonalities: […] it is nice that there is background music […] we did not choose each other. In that way, it is nice that there is also music. ...
Before smartphones — in fact, before cell phones existed at all — there were rotary telephones. George Marks / Getty Images Although most of us take it completely for granted, the telephone you see in a restaurant or office is one of the most amazing devices ever created. If you want...
People have worn jewelry for as long as civilization has existed and mostly used it as a symbol of royalty, wealth, and status. Nowadays, jewelry is much more accessible and is worn by almost everybody. During the Victorian Era, enormous changes happened in the jewelry indu...