Tag: science & technology

NCSA Mosaic was developed in 1993 at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. It was the first browser with a graphical interface that helped popularize the World Wide Web.

Ayurveda is the ancient Indian system of medicine, and its origins are traced to the sage Atreya (also known as Atreya Punarvasu), who is considered one of the principal contributors to Ayurvedic knowledge. Otto Hahn discovered nuclear fission, Michael Faraday contributed to electromagnetism and chemistry, and John Kay invented the flying shuttle - none are related to Ayurveda.

William Harvey discovered the circulation of blood in 1628, demonstrating that blood circulates through the body pumped by the heart. Lanchester worked on engineering, J.J. Thomson discovered the electron, and Euclid was a Greek mathematician - none discovered blood circulation.

As of December 25, 2010, Widevine Technologies was Google's latest acquisition, announced in December 2010 for their digital rights management and video optimization technologies. Jambool (social gaming) and like.com (visual search) were earlier 2010 acquisitions. Phonetic Art was not a major Google acquisition.

Joseph Aspdin invented Portland cement in 1824 by burning finely ground limestone and clay in a kiln. Newton discovered laws of motion and gravitation, H.C. Urey discovered deuterium, and John Kay invented the flying shuttle - none invented cement.

Willem Kolff invented the first dialysis machine (kidney machine) in 1943 during World War II. Ramsay discovered noble gases, Caxton brought printing to England, and Gillette invented the safety razor - none worked on kidney machines.

Alexa Internet, founded in 1996, was a web information company that provided commercial web traffic data and analytics, known for the Alexa Rank. It was acquired by Amazon in 1999. Alexa is not an Android mobile, programming language, or 'all of the above' - it specifically refers to the web analytics company.

Modern paint was developed by the Shalimar Paints company, which pioneered paint manufacturing processes. Newton was a physicist, Bushell is not associated with paint inventions, and Galileo was an astronomer - the invention of paints is credited to Shalimar in this context.

Louis Daguerre invented the daguerreotype process in 1839, one of the first practical photographic processes. Goodyear invented vulcanized rubber, and Fawcett is not associated with photography - L. Daguerre is correctly credited with pioneering photography.

The safety pin was invented by Walter Hunt in 1849, who sold the patent for $400 to pay a $15 debt. Henry Beecher was a social reformer, J.E. Landstorm and William Cook are not associated with this invention - Hunt is the correct inventor.