Curated category
Dutch inventions
- Wi-FiIn 1985, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission released parts of the ISM bands for unlicensed use in the United States.
- Blu-raySony unveiled the first Blu-ray Disc prototypes in October 2000. These early devices relied on blue laser diodes operating at 405 nanometers to achieve…
- DVDIn January 1995, two rival optical disc proposals stood on the brink of a commercial stalemate. The Multimedia Compact Disc carried the backing of Philips…
- Python (programming language)In the late 1980s, Guido van Rossum began working on Python at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica in the Netherlands. He designed it as a successor to the ABC…
- SubmarineIn 1538, a demonstration took place in Toledo before Emperor Charles V and ten thousand spectators. Two Greeks showed how one could penetrate the bottom of…
- Optical microscopeThe earliest microscopes were single lens magnifying glasses with limited magnification, which date at least as far back as the widespread use of lenses in…
- ElectrocardiographyIn 1872, Alexander Muirhead attached wires to the wrist of a patient with fever to obtain an electronic record of their heartbeat.
- Refracting telescopeIn the month of May 1609, Galileo Galilei stood in Venice and heard news of a new invention from the Netherlands. A spectacle maker named Hans Lippershey had…
- TelescopeHans Lipperhey submitted a patent application to the government in the Netherlands during 1608. This document described a device using glass lenses to view…