Book Name : Inventing the 21st Century
written by
Stephen van Dulken
First Published in 2010 by
The British Library
The book has 50 stories of interesting inventions of the century.
The titles I read more than one time are :
The rise of e-books
Sony Reader : Launched in November 2006 with 200 MB memory, using e-ink from E-Ink Technologies of Cambridge.
Description of E-ink ......
Amazon Kindle : Launched in US in November 2007 , Rival with Sony ....one year after Sony Reader ....
After five and 1/2 hour --- all items were sold out.... no stock until April, wonder reader !!! Using E-ink, download availiablily from Amazon website.
Apple iPad : Launched in January 2010 , (no mouse, no keyboard) , touch screen for mouse, keyboard on screen. Compact design ... with bigger screen than others
Ebook : : : Sony , Amazon, Apple ...
Apples iPhone
Clean water
Coffee-cup sleeves
Robot helpers
The Roomba robot vacuum cleaner
Tubular containers for confectionery
Fed up with abusive teenagers hanging round your shop?
Who invented the MRI? A Nobel Prize dispute
Stamping out smoking
The Silent Knight anti-snoring ring
A novel broom
The Segway personal transporter
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