Two experiments conducted in 2009 with the pigeon Winston and in 2023 with the pigeon Grey would suggest that, for short distances and limited amounts of data, i racing pigeons are surprisingly competitive and can transport data faster than an internet connection with optical fiberat least up to certain distances and excluding predators and other “logistical” problems due to the ...
THE knights templar they were a medieval Christian chivalric religious order born in 1118. They were intended to fight in Holy Land against Muslims during the so-called crusades and protect the pilgrims who visited Jerusalem. The Order enjoyed the support of the Church and managed to acquire enormous riches. He was therefore responsible not only for military operations in the ...
The American Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) was one of the most prolific and influential inventors and entrepreneurs in history. Thanks to his vision of applying mass production methods to his inventions, he transformed the world by bringing theelectricitythe sound recording and the cinematography within the reach of ordinary people. His name is in fact inextricably associated with technologies that had ...
I “not places” they are spaces like airports, shopping center or highways which, despite being frequented by many people, lack identity, relationships and history. Non-places are in fact environments where the individual passes without building lasting bonds, transit places which do not foster a sense of belonging. The concept of “non-place” was defined by the French anthropologist Marc Augé in ...
The barcode it is a technology that has revolutionized the way we manage and identify products of all kinds. It is a unique identification code made up of black and white bands of different thicknesses which is scanned and “read” using special sensors which often use laser technology. Its origins date back to the 1940s, when two engineering students, Bernard ...
Honesty And sincerity are two concepts that, although often used interchangeably, especially. in common and youthful language, they have different nuances: thehonesty it is associated with justice and righteousness, it is therefore a quality recognized in those who adhere to shared moral principles and the laws of the context in which they live. There sincerityon the other hand, is based ...
The e-SIM (embedded Subscriber Identity Module), also called embedded SIMare virtual SIMs that allow us to activate tariff plans in our smartphones without resorting to the “classic” physical SIM cards, of which they represent the natural evolution. In fact, they do not require the insertion of a physical card into the device, but work via a microchip integrated into the ...
There Kosovo war was fought between February 1998 and June 1999 by the forces of BORN and from Yugoslav Federation during the Yugoslav wars. The main reasons can be found in the ethnic tensions present in the Balkan region. Kosovo is in fact a territory inhabited by a Albanian majority and from one Serbian minority. For many years it was ...
A new study published in the journal Current Biologycreated by a research group Italian-American with the participation of scholars from the universities of Harvard, Florence and other European and American institutes, examined the Ancient DNA present in bone inside the casts of the victims oferuption of Vesuvius in 79 AD to Pompeii. It has emerged that the traditional interpretation attributed ...
It was the November 9th 198935 years ago, when the Berlin Wallanticipatory symbol of the end of Cold War (occurred by agreement in 1991). The Wall, the result of agreements between the Soviet Union and the United States of America after the Second World War, had divided the East Germany from the West Germany since 1961: let’s talk about 43 ...