Forgotten great inventors #2: Alexey Pajitnov– Tetris If you are old enough to have been at least 10 year old in the 80’s you know what Tetris is all about, and you might even remember the phenomenon that the game has created world-wide. The addictive computer game was invented by vi...
So, who invented writing? The answer you’re probably familiar with is: the Sumerians of ancient Mesopotamia. That’s true but it’s not the whole story because writing was invented multiple times, in response to social developments similar to those I outlined above....
German inventor, electrical engineer, and computer scientist known for his work on the Z3.Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, Scientist, and Writer Henry BriggsEnglish mathematician known for changing the original logarithms invented by John Napier.Category: Inventor, Manager, Mathematician, and ...
The Koosh Ball, made up of approximately 2,000 natural rubber filaments, was invented by an engineer who wanted to make playing catch more simple and safe for his children. After only a few years after the 1986 invention, Archie Comics picked up the idea, publishing a short-series based on...
The Koosh Ball, made up of approximately 2,000 natural rubber filaments, was invented by an engineer who wanted to make playing catch more simple and safe for his children. After only a few years after the 1986 invention, Archie Comics picked up the idea, publishing a short-series based ...
fall into the Matrix. It’s the player’s job to place each Tetrimino so that it forms an unbroken horizontalline(水平线), but can’t be flipped(翻折). When a straight line is formed, Tetris is one of the best-selling video games of all time. Have you ever wondered who invented ...
There are so many rumors about the origins ofacid-wash jeans. Some believe that an Italian company accidentally washed jeans in bleach without water and realized they’d struck gold; others think it was punk rockers who first invented the look in the early '80s, splattering bleach on their ...
but I don’t think that’s entirely true. For reasons I won’t go into just yet, I could describe my 2024 as having been pretty terrible, but when I put it into perspective against the year some of my friends have had, it starts to look not all that bad. What do you mean you’...