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How an ancient Danish King, who united several warring clans, inspired modern Engineers to create a unified wireless standard.
Bluetooth: one protocol to rule them all
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How an ancient Danish King, who united several warring clans, inspired modern Engineers to create a unified wireless standard.
Bluetooth: one protocol to rule them all
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In late 90s , connecting devices with each other was a big nightmare. Almost every gadget had a custom cable.
And wireless space was fragmented among infrared and proprietary wireless protocols. 2/n
And wireless space was fragmented among infrared and proprietary wireless protocols. 2/n
Intel's Jim Kardach and Ericsson's Sven Mathesson were presenting competing wireless technologies MC-Link and Biz RF to industry.
Both got rejected. Later in the evening, they met up over drinks where Sven told Jim about King Harald Bluetooth of Denmark eetimes.com/document.asp?d…
Both got rejected. Later in the evening, they met up over drinks where Sven told Jim about King Harald Bluetooth of Denmark eetimes.com/document.asp?d…
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Once upon a time Hindi's Devanagari script was written in 2 different ways...
Then a few missionaries in Danish colony in Bengal and their rival press in Bombay changed it forever !
Read on.
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Once upon a time Hindi's Devanagari script was written in 2 different ways...
Then a few missionaries in Danish colony in Bengal and their rival press in Bombay changed it forever !
Read on.
#CBG_Thread
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If you read old manuscripts of Sanskrit / Hindi you would notice many strange characters in them. Characters no longer used in modern Hindi.
They were called the Calcutta style of Hindi. While the modern form is called Bombay style.
Why these names? Herein hangs a tale.
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They were called the Calcutta style of Hindi. While the modern form is called Bombay style.
Why these names? Herein hangs a tale.
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In late 18th century, Baptist missionaries led by William Carey wanted to setup a press in Bengal for printing church literature locally. Denied permission by East India company who feared a backlash, they found haven in Danish colony of Serampore. 3/n
