The world's first mobile? How an Ohio inventor was having conversations in his car in 1920
Philadelphia inventor W W McFarlane created a telephone from a 'transceiver' box and three sections of stovepipe in 1920, which worked in cars at a distance of 500 yards.
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8 inventions that made our lives easier
These inventions in the fields of finance, healthcare, technology, food and energy have greatly improved our standard of living.
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Build Group Breaks Ground on First Solumbria Project
The San Francisco based design/build contractor to install the industry’s first adaptable array system at Veterans Affairs Hospital in Martinez, California.San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) January 31, 2012 Build Group, Inc. (http://www.buildgc.com) today announced that the company has broken ground on .504 MW of solar parking lot canopy structure for long time client REC Solar, Inc. at the Veterans ...
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New 2012 Fiat 500 Named "Best Car" in Travel + Leisure's Annual Design Awards Issue
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Feb. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Travel + Leisure Design Awards recognize thoughtful design that improve the travel experienceNew 2012 Fiat 500 models deliver contemporary Italian styling, ...
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In Beetle's creation story, a plot twist
The tale is intriguing: A Jewish engineer and journalist, whose designs and published work in the'30s laid out the basics for the Volkswagen Beetle championed by Hitler, was arrested, chased from Germany and nearly airbrushed out of history.
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